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Wilderness
by Lynn Burke
A Rich Tapestry of Feral Emotion...
Many years ago, after getting my master's degree, a work opportunity sent me westward from NYC to Anchorage. While the job didn't happen I fell in love with Alaska. And ever since I have dreamt of the wildness contained there. There is something unbridled almost feral about its landscape, an internal heartbeat that pounds out a predatory taboo declaring to all who tread upon its lands that it is not afraid to cannibalize those who trespass against it.
Being there prodded some of the darker parts of my soul while simultaneously envoking a level of peace within me I haven't felt again in all the years since. Until now, as here with her book "Wilderness" author Lynn Burke has somehow revived longings from so long ago; a wildness gone dormant but never truly forgotten within me.
This first book of her Midnight Sun series is the riviting story of Brock and Jessie. Brock being a wealthy adrenaline junkie from Boston. A man known for his fearlessness, almost arrogant regard for bigger and bigger adventures in life. Adventures that catch up to him in one horrific moment costing three people their lives, and in the aftermath sends him running to the wilds of Alaska to deal with the survivors guilt fueled demons the only remaining way he knows how, in complete solitude. And Jessie, an Alaskan bush pilot fighting like hell to restore her family's charter company to its former glory after her parent's deaths lead to stunning revelations about her father that leads his legacy to be taken out from under her and handed to a competitor. An experience that leaves her angry, emotionally closed off and filled with fiery determination to make it right and reclaim her father's legacy on her terms.
What follows is a powerful, at times overwhelming tale of fate, human brokenness, and the ever enduring fire of the human spirit. A story of how sometimes we meet the right person, at the right time. Someone the universe knows can bear the brunt of our damage, even when we don't want them too, and together endure the suffering in order to come through to the other side more whole than when we began.
It is an all-encompassing, almost erotic tale of human hearts burning hotter than the sun while their souls fight for emotional purchase. An unflinching, primal tale about the need to strip one's self down to the very marrow, to the most raw and vulnerable place within, and bleed in order to truly heal a tortured soul. It is a richly layered tapestry of human need and rawness so overwhelming at times you feel as though you may drown beneath it's depths.
The chemistry and connection between Brock and Jessie is beyond magnificent! The care they afford to each other, stunning. The humor and wickedness between them, sexy and inspiring. I loved every single word of it!
This was my first foray into anything written by Burke, but I can honestly say it will not be my last.
Many years ago, after getting my master's degree, a work opportunity sent me westward from NYC to Anchorage. While the job didn't happen I fell in love with Alaska. And ever since I have dreamt of the wildness contained there. There is something unbridled almost feral about its landscape, an internal heartbeat that pounds out a predatory taboo declaring to all who tread upon its lands that it is not afraid to cannibalize those who trespass against it.
Being there prodded some of the darker parts of my soul while simultaneously envoking a level of peace within me I haven't felt again in all the years since. Until now, as here with her book "Wilderness" author Lynn Burke has somehow revived longings from so long ago; a wildness gone dormant but never truly forgotten within me.
This first book of her Midnight Sun series is the riviting story of Brock and Jessie. Brock being a wealthy adrenaline junkie from Boston. A man known for his fearlessness, almost arrogant regard for bigger and bigger adventures in life. Adventures that catch up to him in one horrific moment costing three people their lives, and in the aftermath sends him running to the wilds of Alaska to deal with the survivors guilt fueled demons the only remaining way he knows how, in complete solitude. And Jessie, an Alaskan bush pilot fighting like hell to restore her family's charter company to its former glory after her parent's deaths lead to stunning revelations about her father that leads his legacy to be taken out from under her and handed to a competitor. An experience that leaves her angry, emotionally closed off and filled with fiery determination to make it right and reclaim her father's legacy on her terms.
What follows is a powerful, at times overwhelming tale of fate, human brokenness, and the ever enduring fire of the human spirit. A story of how sometimes we meet the right person, at the right time. Someone the universe knows can bear the brunt of our damage, even when we don't want them too, and together endure the suffering in order to come through to the other side more whole than when we began.
It is an all-encompassing, almost erotic tale of human hearts burning hotter than the sun while their souls fight for emotional purchase. An unflinching, primal tale about the need to strip one's self down to the very marrow, to the most raw and vulnerable place within, and bleed in order to truly heal a tortured soul. It is a richly layered tapestry of human need and rawness so overwhelming at times you feel as though you may drown beneath it's depths.
The chemistry and connection between Brock and Jessie is beyond magnificent! The care they afford to each other, stunning. The humor and wickedness between them, sexy and inspiring. I loved every single word of it!
This was my first foray into anything written by Burke, but I can honestly say it will not be my last.