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    The Simple Wild: A Novel

    Written by K.A. Tucker

    Narrated by Rebekkah Ross

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    City girl Calla Fletcher attempts to reconnect with her estranged father and unwittingly finds herself torn between her desire to return to the bustle of Toronto and a budding relationship with a rugged Alaskan pilot in this masterful new romance from acclaimed author K.A. Tucker.

    Calla Fletcher was two when her mother took her and fled the Alaskan wild, unable to handle the isolation of the extreme, rural lifestyle, leaving behind Calla’s father, Wren Fletcher, in the process. Calla never looked back, and at 26, a busy life in Toronto is all she knows. But when her father reaches out to inform her that his days are numbered, Calla knows that it’s time to make the long trip back to the remote frontier town where she was born.

    She braves the roaming wildlife, the odd daylight hours, the exorbitant prices, and even the occasional—dear God—outhouse, all for the chance to connect with her father: a man who, despite his many faults, she can’t help but care for. While she struggles to adjust to this new subarctic environment, Jonah—the quiet, brooding, and proud Alaskan pilot who keeps her father’s charter plane company operational—can’t imagine calling anywhere else home. And he’s clearly waiting with one hand on the throttle to fly this city girl back to where she belongs, convinced that she’s too pampered to handle the wild.

    Jonah is probably right, but Calla is determined to prove him wrong. As time passes, she unexpectedly finds herself forming a bond with the burly pilot. As his undercurrent of disapproval dwindles, it’s replaced by friendship—or perhaps something deeper? But Calla is not in Alaska to stay, and Jonah will never leave. It would be foolish of her to kindle a romance, to take the same path her parents tried—and failed at—years ago.

    It’s a simple truth that turns out to be not so simple after all.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateAug 7, 2018
    ISBN9781508276869

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    • 4/5
      The Simple Wild is a book about relationships, friendships, and finding out who you are.

      Calla thought her life was set in the city with her mother and stepdad trying to get success in the influencer world and live her best life with her best friend at her side. She never thought her next move would take her to Alaska to see her dad for the first time in 24 years when he's been given an irreversible diagnosis. To top it off she has to deal with the brooding, Viking, sky cowboy, Jonah.

      This is a beautifully written enemy to lovers with such a sexual build-up that I nearly died. Calla and Jonah have some laugh-out-loud moments and Calla definitely gets served her fair share of reality from Jonah. There are heartfelt moments between dad and daughter and as a reader, you can see the clock ticking and it's just not fair but where there are some heartbreaks there are always some highs.

      I was so excited for the moment where Calla and Jonah would rip each other's clothes off and this is the only reason it is not a 5-star rating because it FADED TO BLACK!!!!! I was shocked. Absolutely shocked. All that build-up and every time they jumped each other's bones it. Faded. To. Black. That is my only critique. Maybe I've become too much of a massive smut reader but I craved it.