Search - Up Close and Dangerous

Branded as a gold-digging tramp, Bailey Wingate is used to being ostracized by people that don't even know her. Cam Justice is no exception. It was bad luck that put Cam in the pilot's seat of the plane that would take her to Denver. So excited to get away on vacation, even Cam can't dampen Bailey's mood.

Cam Justice prefers not to have contact with Bailey Wingate. Pegging her as an Ice Queen, Cam has turned all of Bailey's flights over to his partner, Bret. Only Bret being violently ill could ever make Cam fly Bailey anywhere. That's exactly what happens and Cam finds himself enclosed in a small jet with the Ice Queen herself.

When their plane goes down, Cam realizes that his very survival depends on the woman he despises. Cam soon comes to see that there is more to Bailey Wingate that meets the eye. When they both find that the plane was deliberately brought down, Bailey knows exactly who wants her dead. Both her and Cam are determined to get back to Seattle to prove it.

Up Close and Dangerous is not Linda Howard at her best. While this was an entertaining book, it wasn't what I've come to expect from a Howard novel. I enjoyed the story of Cam and Bailey and how they had to set aside personal feelings so they could stay alive. Howard did a really good job of showing how fast things can change when your survival depends on another person.

I had a hard time putting this book down. It's a fast easy read for the summer. Nothing surprising about the romantic storyline (man and woman trapped on a mountain and have to survive) but the killer surprised me at the end! Hope you enjoy!

Another exciting book from Linda Howard. Since her elderly husband passed away, Bailey has recently become a very rich widow, much to the dismay of her two stepchildren. They'd do anything to make her life miserable. But when the small plane she's in crashes, and she becomes "up close and personal" with the pilot, things really heat up in the mountains. On top of that, the plane didn't fail because of mere mechanical problems...they were created. But, who would so such a thing?

A good read and I highly recommend it..

When her husband dies and leaves Bailey Wingate in charge of her adult stepchildren's fortune, they are not happy with her believing she is a golddigger. Bailey, who needs to get away from the continuing war with her stepchildren, leaves on a much needed vacation in Denver. But when her small plane develops engine trouble, Pilot Cam Justice has to crash-land the aircraft in the Idaho mountains. Stranded in the wilderness, Bailey and Cam must work side by side, trying to answer the questions of who tampered with the plan? Who wants Bailey dead? And will they ever be rescued?

I was thoroughly entertained by this book. Cam believed Bailey is a spoiled Ice Queen until she proves that there is more to her by saving his life. Bailey doesn't like to have anyone get close to her...either physically or emotionally. But she doesn't have much choice when she has to depend on another person and work together to stay alive. My rating: 5 Stars.

I liked this book. I wish the story had gone a little farther, though.

I really enjoyed this book as well as other books of her's that I have read.