Alaskan Avalanche Escape by Darlene L. Turner

Alaskan Avalanche Escape
by Darlene L. Turner

ISBN-13: 9781335587565
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Love Inspired Suspense
Released: February 21st 2023

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
After surviving a sudden avalanche, mountain survival expert Jayla Hoyt and her search-and-rescue K-9 discover that it was no accident—someone deliberately triggered the mountain explosion. To uncover the culprit, she’ll have to partner with Alaska park ranger Bryson Clarke, a man she doesn’t trust, who insists they can't trust anyone else.


My Review:
Alaskan Avalanche Escape is Christian romantic suspense. Ex-cop Bryson's attracted to Jayla's beauty (it's her defining, much-mentioned characteristic) even though his last girlfriend betrayed him. Jayla didn't trust Bryson because his inaction at a critical moment left her friend crippled. I guess he's determined that will never happen again because he kept knocking Jayla down and covering her body with his when they're shot at. He had a gun and played protector while ex-army Jayla willingly went around unarmed, unarmored, and acted like she never had combat training. Bryson even told her how to do something she's supposedly an expert in. She's just grateful that someone cared enough to rescue her even though it's his bad decisions that were putting her in danger. When she finally spoke up and said they needed help and could trust some people, he got angry that she questioned his game plan.

Jayla trusted everyone even when she ought to be suspicious. Bryson trusted no one except her, because, well, she's beautiful? People were being killed left and right from guns, assassination, overdoses, grenades, explosions, fires, avalanches, and more, yet they didn't protect themselves better. So many things didn't make sense or didn't seem realistic.

Jayla was willing to risk human lives to save her dog. She kissed her dog a thousand times but physically pushed Bryson away until the very end. Bryson didn't seem to care that he was second place to the dog. Jayla didn't think God listened to her prayers and Bryson was raised agnostic, but both prayed to God for help on several occasions. There was no sex or bad language.


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