Montana Wild
By Roni Hall
Genre: Contemporary Romance Adventure
Born and bred in
NYC, fate leads Jamie to the wilds of Montana where the reluctant city girl
encounters adventure with the people, the land and even the animals.
Risking her life
to save a child, Jamie shares an undeniable bond and escalating passion with
her co-rescuer, Kevin. Empowered by her new surroundings, she risks it all…only
to have it taken away by past demons. She has no choice but to hurt Kevin in
order to save his life and returns to New York.
Searching for
Jamie, Kevin learns the truth as Jamie tries to protect Kevin but this
time…gets caught in the cross fire.
Swept up into
the sea of travelers at the airport, she focused her attention back to the
present as she followed the human current through check-in and security gates.
It wasn’t until she was buckled into her seat that she registered the panic
present in the far corner of her mind. What am I doing? A sickening
wave of nausea rose in her throat as clammy beads of sweat trickled down her
face. What the hell am I doing? Get up. Get off the plane now. It’s not
too late, go!
Dizzy with
indecision, she reached for the buckle on her seatbelt as her alternate
conscience spoke up. No, stay. Do I really want to go back to my cramped
little studio and spend more time alone? Her fingers released the grip on
her seatbelt and she closed her eyes, deliberately trying to relax the tense
wires in every fiber of her body.
Uneasy thoughts
lingered after her internal schizophrenic conversation and she tried to leave
all doubts behind as the plane ascended. Finding it impossible to concentrate
on reading, she tried to distract herself by striking up a conversation with
the unlucky soul sitting next to her.
“Have you ever
been to Montana?”
“Oh yes, my
sister lives there and I try to visit her every few years. How about you?”
“No, I’ve never
been. This’s my first time and I’m nervous,” Jamie admitted.
“It’s pretty
enough, but it’s rough country. I couldn’t live there. What brings you?”
Well, I finally
got enough backbone to break up with my abusive, criminal boyfriend Derrick
three months ago, and then my best friend and only ally, Noah, left on tour. I
have NO family since my father died an agonizing death from lung cancer ten
years ago, resulting in my mother becoming depressed and committing suicide two
years later. I was pathetic enough to attach myself to one of my patients and
become a helpless spectator as death cruelly consumed him. Only days after his
death, my only surviving relative and second mother died, leaving me a
31-year-old orphan. So you see, I’m a loser and terribly lonely. So when this
man I’ve never met in person asked me to join him on an intriguing escape
across the country, I accepted.
That was the
whole enchilada she wanted to spew out to the sweet, unsuspecting gray-haired
matron in seat 21A. Instead she answered succinctly, “Just visiting a friend.”
The summer after
high school graduation, Roni worked two jobs to pay for nursing school. During
the midnight shift as a waitress, a charismatic young man at the counter flirted
with her for hours as he consumed seven cups of coffee. Their first date was
eventful enough to be a book itself! Thirty-seven years and two kids later, the
love story continues. Just like her novels, life can’t be too simple and you
must make it an adventurous ride!
Her favorite
place to write is in her hammock at their small Michigan cottage where she
literally dodges the feeding hummingbirds while being serenaded by the lake’s
loons. Besides writing, she loves Slow Rollin’ in Detroit and the combination
of good food, better wine, and dear friends.
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Awesome site Laura! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteMontana Wild was recently released as an audiobook. Would love to hear your thoughts. :)
-Roni Hall