The wildlife is fascinating and the scenery is gorgeous. There is something about this isolated part of Alaska that has captured him. Things get heated, and fast and suddenly, all he wants to do is quit his job and stay on the Edge for the rest of his life. He’s too caught up in the world to come clean with her and then he is scared of the consequences. Then, once he arrives on the Edge, he sees how wonderful Alaska (and Mel) can be. He’ll take Mel’s picture, but he won’t turn them over or print a word of her story unless he receives written permission to do so. Being a man of incredible honor, he refuses to do this job. Once he boards his plane to Alaska, he learns that not only has Mel not granted permission to do her story, but his superiors have booked him under a false name so they can be surreptitious about obtaining her story. Then we have Cache himself, a character I was instantly rooting for. Either way, watching her fight her attraction to Cache was very amusing. I can also imagine that she’s still suffering lingering effects of PTSD. I cannot imagine the horrors of her kidnapping and the torment of being held captive for as long as she was, but I can imagine that after an ordeal like that, control is paramount. But it also makes you wonder how important that control over her world is. The woman can take on almost any challenge. She hunts, she fishes, she flies a damn plane. After all, this woman is fully capable of looking after herself in Alaska, where the dangers range from hypothermia in the winter to bear attacks to angry poachers to just making sure you have enough food. She’s smart and strong and completely enviable in some ways. Mel was a stubborn character! She was determined to have everything her way, regardless of the cost to her. But when strange things start happening at the Edge just after Cache’s arrival, her control and her grip on reality start to falter and suddenly, she has much bigger problems than the people at the lodge discovering her past. No one in her new life knows that she was the kidnap victim of a religious fanatic 20 years ago. Mel Bennett has left her old life as far behind as possible. That is, until he learns that his subject is Amelia Bennett, the girl who gave him the acclaim to chase the stories he wanted. So when his boss shows up demanding he travel to Alaska for a new story, he tells him to shove it. It was his fault they were there, chasing a story for his photojournalism career. He is still trying to get his bearings after a suicide bomber left him injured and his friends dead.

PUBLISHER: The Story Vault (book) / Audible Studios (audio)Ĭache Calder’s life will never be the same.

PUBLICATION DATE: Ma(book) / Decem(audio)

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