Following my heart, one book at a time...
<— M/M ROMANCE starting with a plane crash and survival in the Alaska Wilderness?!!! You know I’m totally into this trope and this nail-biter of an excerpt gets me SO excited!!! And it’s going live on June 3rd!!
It was described to me as:
…features the rugged Alaskan wilderness, some sizzling slow burn attraction, and some rough and tumble men without an interest in falling in love…until they do.
YES PLEASE!!! 😀
Ready for a taste-test?
ARCTIC WILD SPECIAL EXCERPT #3
Jennifer was looking for this one, and I was able to answer it ’cause I read it!!!
I’m a sucker for shipwrecks or plane crashes that end up on a deserted island themes!!!! And in case you are too, and haven’t read this one yet, I thought I’d post it even though I’ve answered it. 😉
She asked:
Jennifer: I need your help.
A year or two ago I read a book it was about a plane crash a man and a woman survived. There was a couple with 2 children the couple died in the crash. The two children survive…
Girl Underwater
A survival-against-all-odds situation merging into a potential love story that develops ever so subtly. So subtly, in fact, that while you have a feeling that a bond will be forged forever (an obvious bond due to tremendous circumstance), I didn’t became fully invested in them. Normally, a story such as this one would keep me reading late into the night, unable to put it down, but this one was… slow going. Hesitant, and confusing as we switched back and forth on the timeline (annoying me, because I KNEW what timeline interested me the most. And we didn’t spend enough time there for me to fully connect).
When it comes to love stories, there is nothing more fun than two people (strangers, or enemies, or maybe one of ’em being an unrequited love-secret admirer) to be thrown together and… stuck together for whatever reason.
This is a “genre” that I am SO drawn to and the ones I read, I simply can’t forget. ‘Cause while it “sounds” romantic (escaping the stresses of our fast-paced lives and living in seclusion and “peace” in a tropical paradise), truth be told, in reality? It’s a total nightmare! Especially those where “they” are stuck in some sort of a “deserted” area. Whether it be on a deserted island (plane crash or sinking boat), completely snowed in, in a bare-minimum cabin, or even stuck in an elevator, there has been some exciting, scary and especially STEAMY intensity going on.
One of my favorite genres!!! The whole… “surviving in a deserted *area* with a stranger” thing. I LOVE THAT! ‘Cause it’s already sheer torture considering you’re in “survival” mode and in a desperate state, but to have to depend on (or trust!) someone you don’t really know (or know at all), to aid in your survival is even scarier.
Or maybe more exciting. To me? More exciting. ‘Cause WHO the heck wants to be on a deserted island, or stuck in the thick of the rainforest, or be in a dystopian world (where it’s all about survival of the fittest)… alone? To be with someone you don’t know at all, and maybe don’t like or trust, is scary. But to be completely alone? Even scarier, if you ask me. Best with a “partner” but let’s hope he or she is a true teammate.