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Silver Linings
First published 1991 · 403 pages
A steamy, high-stakes jungle adventure where a broken heart must learn to trust again while dodging danger.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like being dropped into a tropical pressure cooker where romantic tension and physical peril are dialed up to the maximum. The narrative moves at a brisk, adrenaline-fueled pace, sweeping the reader from the eccentric comforts of Seattle straight into the humid, dangerous depths of a South Sea island jungle. It balances the sharp resentment of a woman scorned with the desperate, fast-talking charm of a man trying to make amends while dodging literal death. The mood is steamy and action-packed, anchored by the emotional friction of opposites forced to rely on one another. It will delight readers who crave a classic, high-stakes contemporary romance where survival depends just as much on physical endurance as it does on learning to trust a broken heart.
- Mood
- steamy
- action-packed
- tropical
- tense
- Tone
- adventurous
- romantic
- dramatic
- witty
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- second chance romance · opposites attract · survival and trust · overcoming betrayal
- The writing
- Fast-paced and emotionally charged, blending romantic tension with action-driven urgency.
- The arc
- Moves from heartbreak and lingering resentment to adrenaline-fueled reconciliation and passionate trust.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love a mix of high-stakes jungle adventure and steamy, second-chance romance between contrasting personalities.
Content notes
- murder
- physical peril
About the book
Successful but shy, Seattle art dealer Mattie Sharpe fell for handsome, outspoken, professional adventurer Hugh Abbot at first sight. So she turned up her courage, let down her hair and made him an offer she thought he couldn't refuse. But he broke her heart, and left Seattle for his South Sea island home. Angry and hurt, Mattie endured the advice of her eccentric, artistic family -- a sister who disdained Hugh as too "elemental," and an aunt who called him a "real" man. Mattie vowed that she'd meet Hugh again over her -- or better, his -- dead body.
When they do meet again, it's over someone else's dead body -- and now they're running for their lives through an island jungle. Hugh's talking fast to make-up for his mistake. Mattie's not listening...until his gentle touch ignites a white-hot fusion, and she gives in. But Hugh's past is catching up with them -- and Mattie must stake her very survival on the man she loves -- the only man who ever let her down!
Description from Open Library.
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