Sunrise, Sky King Ranch #1 by Susan May Warren

Book description:

 Coming home was never the plan

After a terrible family fight, pilot Dodge Kingston left home to join the Air Force. A decade later, he's headed back to the destiny that awaits him as heir to Sky King Ranch. But that's not all that's waiting for him at home.

Echo Yazzie is a true Alaskan woman--a homesteader, dogsledder, and research guide for the DNR. After her childhood best friend and former flame, Dodge, fled Denali, she settled into life on the Alaskan range. She's made her peace with being left behind--by her mother and by Dodge. And she's strong enough to live without them.

When one of Echo's fellow researchers goes missing, Echo sets out to find her, despite a blizzard, a rogue grizzly haunting the woods, and the biting cold. What she doesn't know is that there are more than just the regular dangers of the Alaskan forests stalking her . . .

As Dodge sets out to find Echo, he can't ignore the feelings he still has for her. But will he be able to find her in time? And if he does, is there still room for him in her heart?

My review:

   I just started reading Susan May Warren's books in the last couple of years, and have enjoyed everything I have read by her. I was excited to see a new series by her to start the new year.

 Two things to know:
#1 There will be three books, all releasing this year. 

#2 The books are about triplet brothers, with each book being about one of the brothers: Dodge, Colt, and Ranger

  Awesome gets thrown around a lot, but this book was an awesome read. I loved the characters: Dodge, holding on to anger and unforgiveness towards one of his brothers and his dad, neither of whom he had seen for 10 years. Echo, loving a man who had left her 10 years ago, and she struggling to forgive her mother.

 This is not what I would call a mystery/suspense novel, yet the book is full of drama and suspenseful situations: poachers, a lost woman, stressful landings of planes, and more. Warren does an excellent job of describing the area of Alaska the book is set in, and weaves a great story around the characters and setting. I did find the book difficult to put down once I started reading it, and fortunately had the time free to read it in one setting.

 The book is categorized as a contemporary romance, and that has a big part of the story.

 The theme of forgiveness plays a big part in the story, and some great truths are brought in on that subject.

  There was a very satisfying end to the book, and then you turn the page and it says "what comes next". The author sets the stage for the next book, and leaves you dangling over a cliff with what is a major cliffhanger, and makes you wish the second book was out already. 

I was provided a copy of this book for review purposes. All opinions in this review are my own.

About the author:

Susan May Warren is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 85 novels with more than 1

million books sold, including the Global Search and Rescue and the Montana Rescue series, as well as Sunrise and Sunburst. Winner of a RITA Award and multiple Christy and Carol Awards, as well as the HOLT Medallion and numerous Readers' Choice Awards, Susan makes her home in Minnesota. Find her online at www.susanmaywarren.com, on Facebook @SusanMayWarrenFiction, and on Twitter @SusanMayWarren.

   

Sunrise is available from Revell Publishing, part of the Baker Publishing Group.

Thanks to Revell for the review copy.

                                                   Coming June 2022, Ranger's story