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    Dangerous Ground by Rachel Grant

    written by Dísir
    Dangerous Ground by Rachel GrantDangerous Ground by Rachel Grant
    Series: Fiona Carver, #1
    Published by Montlake on 17th August 2021
    Pages: 410
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    three-stars

    Archaeologist Fiona Carver has unfinished business in the Aleutian Islands. After an emergency evacuation cut her first expedition short, she’s finally back. But time is not on her side as she races to finish documenting the remnants of a prehistoric village, recover missing artifacts, and track down missing volcanologist Dylan Slater.

    Having bluffed his way onto Fiona’s team with fake credentials, wildlife photographer Dean Slater is willing to risk more than federal prison to find his missing brother, but he needs Fiona’s help. She knows the inhospitable terrain better than anyone.

    When the two set out together on a perilous journey, it becomes more than a recovery mission. In their fight for survival, nature isn’t the only threat. They aren’t the only ones on the hunt. Mile by dangerous mile, someone is hunting them.

    Rachel Grant’s books are always well-researched: the author’s need to accurately portray indigenous cultures is one that I’ve always loved and ‘Dangerous Ground’, set in the remote Aleutian Islands, is painstakingly done and written with rich detail. It is however, also the start of a new RS series, beginning with the archaeologist Fiona Carver’s expedition getting railroaded by a famous photographer pretending to be someone he’s not as he goes in search of his fraternal twin brother.

    There’s more of an adventure thriller/mystery going on than the romance; instead Grant sets out to delve deeper into both protagonists’ motivations and feelings rather than jump quick into the hot and heavy. With Grant, things are seldom simple and straightforward as her stories are almost always written with the assumption that they are being told to an intelligent reader liking to unravel and put together the plot themselves, as multiple sub-plots and threads are woven together until it all comes together at the end. That this is a series means that unfinished business is the order of the day, as is the relationship between Fiona and Dean.

    But frankly, I didn’t like Dean Slater to start with (deception and the womaniser-type males with issues always get my teeth clenched, more so because he tried to act on his attraction to Fiona even when he’d thought she was his brother’s girlfriend) despite his desperation to do whatever it takes to find his twin.

    I thought him too smug, too smarmy at first, too absorbed in his high-flying (and shallow dating—with way too many constant reminders of that in the story) life before circumstances really tested his mettle and showed his need for his brother.

    Clearly, there’s a lot more growth from Dean that I expect over the coming books but whom I really found fascinating was Dylan instead (when a secondary character becomes your object of interest instead of the protagonist does it not signal trouble?) and I wanted his story told instead of hearing about Dean’s repetitive, deep-seated commitment problems and his refusal to step out of that comfort zone while insisting that his brother deserved Fiona more.

    So, this became out a mixed bag in the end. The alluring setting and the breathless action scenes towards the end kept me enthralled but this sort of dimmed given the less than compelling protagonists at this stage. With an abrupt relationship-cliffhanger ending, ‘Dangerous Ground’ turned out somewhat disappointing by the time I turned the last page.

    three-stars
    Dangerous Ground by Rachel Grant was last modified: March 22nd, 2021 by Dísir
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    Soul of Eon by Anna Hackett

    by Dísir 20th March 2021

    Soul of Eon by Anna Hackett Series: Eon Warriors #8 Published by Amazon Digital Services, Amazon Publishing, Anna Hackett on 16th February 2021 Pages: 211 Buy on Amazon Goodreads The…

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    The Final Dawn by Jess Anastasi

    by Dísir 12th March 2021

    The Final Dawn by Jess Anastasi Series: Atrophy #5 Published by Entangled Publishing: Amara on 22nd March 2021 Pages: 400 Buy on Amazon Goodreads Rian Sherron is a lot of…

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    Northern Escape by Tonya Burrows

    by Dísir 8th March 2021

    Northern Escape by Tonya Burrows Series: Northern Rescue, #1 Published by Amazon Digital Services, Amazon Publishing on February 23rd 2021 Pages: 247 Buy on Amazon Goodreads Brielle Ives prefers dogs…

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    Hard Pursuit by Pamela Clare

    by Dísir 4th January 2021

    Hard Pursuit by Pamela Clare Series: Cobra Elite, #6 Published by Pamela Clare on 15th December 2020 Pages: 254 Buy on Amazon Goodreads She walked away once… When ER nurse…

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    Mission: Her Justice by Anna Hackett

    by Dísir 19th December 2020

    Mission: Her Justice by Anna Hackett Series: Team 52, #8 Published by Anna Hackett on 29th November 2020 Pages: 229 Buy on Amazon Goodreads When a dangerous redhead invades his…

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    The Troubleshooter by Anna Hackett

    by Dísir 5th November 2020

    The Troubleshooter by Anna Hackett Series: Norcross #2 Published by Amazon Digital Services, Amazon Publishing, Anna Hackett on October 20th 2020 Pages: 168 Buy on Amazon Goodreads Never, ever fall…

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