Everglades is a contemporary romance from Desert Breeze. A smooth, easy read. Petie offers great details of the everglades, and I would be surprised to learn that she hasn't spent some serious time in them herself.
It was nice to revisit 1980s romance characters where the heroine immediately dislikes the hero for one scowling glance. Plus, Everglades was a love-at-first sight romance, with the majority of the book covering two days in lives of Skye and Kayli. Their developing relationship is a slowburn lust rather than passionate kisses and too quick sex — so that's cool too.
This novel wouldn't be pegged as Christian fiction, but it had the worldview of God as Creator, some moments of panic prayers, and an Indian guardian angel element of the supernatural. Plus, the main story theme was trust.
The ending was intense, but the story was so caught up in plot and love relationship that a few threads were dropped. The heroine never had to fess up to her part in not being honest. And the political subplot, particularly the villain, left a lot to the reader's imagination how that ended up. But imagination is a good thing, right?
I liked this one for the setting, the instant attractions between hero and heroine, and the action scenes. See if you do, too.
