📷🌄🏜️ A Distance Too Grand 🏜️🌄 📷 (2019) - Book Review
MY REVIEW
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Revell (October 1, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0800736397
ISBN-13: 978-0800736392
“Meg Pero has been assisting her photographer father
since she was big enough to carry his equipment, so when he dies she is
determined to take over his profession--starting with fulfilling the contract
he signed to serve on an Army survey of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in
1871. What she doesn't realize is that the leader of the expedition is none
other than the man she once refused to marry.
Captain Ben Coleridge would like nothing more than to leave without the woman who broke his heart, but he refuses to wait even one more day to get started. This survey is a screen for another, more personal mission, one he cannot share with any member of his team.
As dangers arise from all sides, including within the survey party, Meg and Ben must work together to stay alive, fulfill their duties, and, just maybe, rekindle a love that neither had completely left behind.”
Captain Ben Coleridge would like nothing more than to leave without the woman who broke his heart, but he refuses to wait even one more day to get started. This survey is a screen for another, more personal mission, one he cannot share with any member of his team.
As dangers arise from all sides, including within the survey party, Meg and Ben must work together to stay alive, fulfill their duties, and, just maybe, rekindle a love that neither had completely left behind.”
Thank you to JustRead Publicity and Revell for providing me with a print copy to review. A positive review was not required nor am I being compensated for this review.
Let me start this review with this important note – I am not a historical fiction or historical romance kind of girl. A quick glance at my Goodreads profile, my Bookbub profile, and my blog would tell you that.
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Also, this is the first
book I’ve ever read by Regina Scott.
With that said …
This was an AMAZING read!
The first night/early morning (I started early morning Saturday 9/28) I read
104 pages, stopping at Chapter 9. I couldn’t put it down. All day Saturday as I
prepped my review – I couldn’t help but glance at the gorgeous cover and want
to steal a read in it. I save my reading for bedtime so I can get things done
during the day. I read this in about a day (ending early morning of 9/29), and
given the length of the actual story – 356 pages, that was an average of 178
per night. In total, it took roughly 10 hours for me to read this.
That just doesn’t happen
very often. It was that good!
“A Distance Too Grand” is
the first book in the “American Wonders Collection”, a historical fiction,
historical romance series about the National Parks and their history. This novel explores the history
of the Grand Canyon which was established February 26, 1919, marking its 100th
year this year. The term “Grand Canyon” was coined in 1871, which was
previously called the Big Canyon.
“A Distance Too Grand”
features Margaret “Meg” Pero, a photographer, who studied under her father.
When he dies from an illness, she takes over his profession as well as the
contract he had with the US Army and their survey team. The team is headed to the North Rim of the
Grand Canyon in August 1871.
Unfortunately for Meg,
the leader is a man she refused to marry – Captain Ben Coleridge. He would
prefer to leave her behind, however he needs her services and they have no time
to get a replacement photographer. But, he refuses to allow her to be a
distraction. This isn’t any normal survey mission; this is also personal for
Ben as he tries to figure out what happened to his father who went missing some
months earlier.
Danger begins to confront
them – coming from not only outside, but inside as well. Meg and Ben face it
together though in this beautiful novel full of intrigue, wonder, danger, and
romance.
This
is a wonderful book for not only the storyline, but the history of one of my
favorite subjects – photography. In addition the risks some photographers took
to get a picture along with their role with the Army survey teams. It is amazing
to learn how far we’ve come with it.
I
highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys historical romance, historical
fiction, romances with the Army, or expedition stories.
It
is interesting to learn how crucial the Army was in the lives of settlers with regard
to surveying safe routes, identifying water sources, along with food sources.
5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Regina Scott is the author of more than 40 works of warm, witty historical
romance. Her writing has won praise from Booklist and Library
Journal, and she was twice awarded the prestigious RT Book Reviews best
book of the year in her category. A devotee of history, she has learned to
fence, driven four-in-hand, and sailed on a tall ship, all in the name of
research. She and her husband of 30 years live south of Tacoma, Washington, on
the way to Mt. Rainier.
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