White Mountain
by Dinah McCall | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1551668947 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1551668947 Global Overview for this book
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From Publishers Weekly
When Frank Walton, a Russian scientist who supposedly died in a plane crash 30 years earlier, is found murdered in an alley in Brighton Beach, N.Y., FBI agent Jack Dolan is instructed to poke around Braden, Mont., Walton's former residence, for clues to the man's past. Upon his arrival, Jack learns that Walton is survived by his "niece," the beautiful Isabella Abbott. Isabella runs an inn which houses couples seeking help at the famous White Mountain fertility clinic, run by her other "uncles," who are really just friends of her late father who helped raise her. As Jack begins to peel away the layers of secrecy that surround Walton's death, the fertility clinic and Isabella's uncles, his affection for Isabella, as well as his fear for her safety, intensifies. The pace picks up when the ex-KGB agent who killed Walton devises a plan to abduct Isabella and set himself up for life. The intimate encounters between Isabella and Jack are a welcome counterpoint to the action, and McCall (Storm Warning) skillfully keeps the reader guessing about the outcome of their relationship and the secrets of White Mountain until the novel's end. The weak point of the story is Isabella, who is little more than a modern day damsel-in-distress, but fast-paced action and a well-rounded hero more than compensate.
When Frank Walton, a Russian scientist who supposedly died in a plane crash 30 years earlier, is found murdered in an alley in Brighton Beach, N.Y., FBI agent Jack Dolan is instructed to poke around Braden, Mont., Walton's former residence, for clues to the man's past. Upon his arrival, Jack learns that Walton is survived by his "niece," the beautiful Isabella Abbott. Isabella runs an inn which houses couples seeking help at the famous White Mountain fertility clinic, run by her other "uncles," who are really just friends of her late father who helped raise her. As Jack begins to peel away the layers of secrecy that surround Walton's death, the fertility clinic and Isabella's uncles, his affection for Isabella, as well as his fear for her safety, intensifies. The pace picks up when the ex-KGB agent who killed Walton devises a plan to abduct Isabella and set himself up for life. The intimate encounters between Isabella and Jack are a welcome counterpoint to the action, and McCall (Storm Warning) skillfully keeps the reader guessing about the outcome of their relationship and the secrets of White Mountain until the novel's end. The weak point of the story is Isabella, who is little more than a modern day damsel-in-distress, but fast-paced action and a well-rounded hero more than compensate.
Part of the Thriller Bookbox - to be mailed week of 1/1/06
caught in the paperback thrillers bookbox.
Thank you for allowing me to participate.
Thank you for allowing me to participate.
received in a box of book bought at a yard sale
Journal Entry 5 by -AuntieM- at Postal Release in -- Mail, by hand, rings, RABCks etc, Oregon USA on Monday, April 28, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (4/28/2008 UTC) at Postal Release in -- Mail, by hand, rings, RABCks etc, Oregon USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
RELEASE NOTES:
Putting in the mystery thiller box
Putting in the mystery thiller box
Took this out of Mysteries/Thrillers book box.
This was a good romantic suspense. It had a good plot and some action to it.
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Sending this off in Trekwoman's Color bookbox. Happy traveling little book. Hope someone else will enjoy you too.
Sending this off in Trekwoman's Color bookbox. Happy traveling little book. Hope someone else will enjoy you too.
I took out of Trekwoman's color bookbox. I plan on reading and passing along soon.
I am taking this off my Mount tbr pile to read and I am so sorry that I haven't taken this out of it sooner to read. I am going to read and then hopefully get it moving if my sister doesn't want to read it. Then we will be passing it along shortly if she does.