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A review by ncrabb
Prey by Linda Howard
2.0
The accountant is a nondescript embezzler. He’s worked for years to maintain that nondescript demeanor. He’s just not someone you’d notice in a crowd, and he’s someone you soon forget even after a conversation, so average and bland is he. But he has stolen from his company, and not a small amount. The thing is, he knows the boss will soon be on to him if he doesn’t take evasive action. The solution? Encourage the boss, an outdoors kind of guy, to accompany him on a bear hunt in Montana. Then the nondescript accountant arranges a little accident, and ah, shucks! The big boss is gone before anyone notices the theft.
Ah, the best-laid plans. It doesn’t take long before the boss stumbles onto Adam’s theft, and Adam, the accountant, must move more quickly than he had planned.
Angie Powell is on the verge of bankruptcy. When her dad died, she thought she could move back home and take over his wilderness guide company. She tried, but competitor Dare Callahan proved too savvy and capable a competitor. She wants to sell out, and the only potential buyer is none other than Dare Callahan. Angie determines to lead one last wilderness hunt, and it turns out that Adam the embezzler and his boss are her last clients.
The black bear weighs more than 500 pounds, and it has developed a taste for human flesh. It has killed before, and it’s going to again, and this time, the kill directly impacts Angie’s business. For reasons he can’t explain, Dare Callahan worries about Angie up there in those unforgiving mountains with two male clients. He sets up camp near her so he can keep an eye on her.
The rest of this is so predictable you’ll want to hurl. The marauding bear kills a member of Angie’s party, the other guy steals Angie’s horses and strives to escape, she gets injured and …
I’ll leave it to you to read this and find out what happens. This is just ho-hum romance dressed in suspense and mystery’s clothes. If you like that kind of thing, (and I’m less and less patient with it the older I get because of the tropes, the predictability, and the condescending stuff-little bankrupt girl needs rescuing by perpetual-hard-on tough guy—and a summer storm holds everyone hostage, and they can’t do anything but play doctor in the secluded mountain hideaway. Good grief! Spare me!
Ah, the best-laid plans. It doesn’t take long before the boss stumbles onto Adam’s theft, and Adam, the accountant, must move more quickly than he had planned.
Angie Powell is on the verge of bankruptcy. When her dad died, she thought she could move back home and take over his wilderness guide company. She tried, but competitor Dare Callahan proved too savvy and capable a competitor. She wants to sell out, and the only potential buyer is none other than Dare Callahan. Angie determines to lead one last wilderness hunt, and it turns out that Adam the embezzler and his boss are her last clients.
The black bear weighs more than 500 pounds, and it has developed a taste for human flesh. It has killed before, and it’s going to again, and this time, the kill directly impacts Angie’s business. For reasons he can’t explain, Dare Callahan worries about Angie up there in those unforgiving mountains with two male clients. He sets up camp near her so he can keep an eye on her.
The rest of this is so predictable you’ll want to hurl. The marauding bear kills a member of Angie’s party, the other guy steals Angie’s horses and strives to escape, she gets injured and …
I’ll leave it to you to read this and find out what happens. This is just ho-hum romance dressed in suspense and mystery’s clothes. If you like that kind of thing, (and I’m less and less patient with it the older I get because of the tropes, the predictability, and the condescending stuff-little bankrupt girl needs rescuing by perpetual-hard-on tough guy—and a summer storm holds everyone hostage, and they can’t do anything but play doctor in the secluded mountain hideaway. Good grief! Spare me!