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Wedded in a Whirlwind
by Liz Fielding
Double delight! Emotional and action
packed in a unique inner and outer landscape
Miranda Grenville has
decided to strike out on her own, to leave behind
the mansion and her brother Ivo and his new family. For too long she
took care of her brother Ivo's life but now that he has found
happiness, Miranda needs to escape from all the emotions churning
inside. Although she had been assured that Cordillera island with its
ancient temples and archaeological wonders would be the next hot
destination, Manda learns that unspoiled means a severe lack of
creature comforts --- and about to get much worse! Archaeologist Nick
Jago has had enough of civilization with its sensationalism, scandals
and celebrity worship. This sexy adventurer is more at home out in the
wild exploring the remote ancient temples and doing quality research,
at least until an unexpected betrayal threatens his life's work. In an
instant, an earthquake changes everything. Plunged underground into the
depths of an underground temple, Manda and Nick must fight for survival
in a world of darkness with only the barest of survival aids.
Miranda is the ultimate survivor, a woman who has survived a difficult
past and prospered, but can she survive the challenges of a natural
disaster, especially when her survival might just mean trusting someone
besides herself? Nick Jago is just about the last man Miranda would
ever choose with his rustic rebellious ways, and yet, something about
the way this man treats her feels so different than anything she has
known before. About the last thing Nick needs is a beautiful stylish
woman by his side but something about her makes the fight for survival
all the more worthwhile. With their very lives at stake, can these two
put their differences aside and learn to trust in one another? Can
trust built in such an isolated place last beyond their escape? Or will
their differences finally separate them once and for all?
In WEDDED IN A WHIRLWIND, Liz
Fielding takes a secondary character,
Ivo's sister, from REUNITED:
MARRIAGE IN A MILLION and opens the door
on her heart. Liz Fielding places Miranda, a woman always in control of
herself and everyone else too, in a landscape where she really has no
control. Different than her in just about every way, Nick is
exactly the kind of man for her heart! Emotionally scarred from her
past, Miranda finds in Nick the one man with both the strength and
vulnerability she needs, the one man with whom she can shed the walls
she has built to protect herself. This reader secretly hoped for
Miranda's story ever since I met her in the previous book, and having
now read it, I am twice as thrilled as when I opened the first page and
discovered she was the main heroine.
WEDDED IN A WHIRLWIND
captures the reader's attention immediately with
a combination of emotion and dramatic fast-paced action that will keep
readers up late at night wanting to discover how these two can possibly
escape. Forced to work together in darkness and close physical
proximity, Miranda and Nick learn to see beneath the surface, hearing
in each other's voices and smallest body gestures intimate clues as to
the other's heart. The landscape of the dark underground temple mirrors
the emotional landscape of her characters, adding a rich depth to their
inner journey. From the most dark and barren place underground, two
hearts emerge, healed inside from a love that grows as they open up to
one another. In one dramatic moment, Miranda shares with Nick, the one
secret she could never share with anyone else. Nick's reaction could
not be more perfect. In WEDDED IN A
WHIRLWIND, Liz Fielding creates a
romance with all the elements her readers have come to love ---
emotional depth, a delightful sense of humor as the sparks fly in the
first encounter between hero and heroine, a richness of character that
draws the reader into her stories and a pivotal romantic moment that
opens the heart---but to this she adds even more. Placing the most
seemingly unlikely romance heroine in this inner and outer landscape,
Liz Fielding creates a romance that moves to the very depths of the
reader's heart. Each and every detail of this romance delights!
Publisher: Harlequin
Romance (November 2008)
Reviewed by Merrimon,
Merrimon Book Reviews
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