- Mass Market Paperback: 378 pages
- Publisher: Mira Books (26 Feb 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0778324036
- ISBN-13: 978-0778324034
- ASIN: 0778320847
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.7 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 652,481 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Sala keeps the tension high and the pace hopping."
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- Dark Water (Mira Books, 11/02) reached #15 on the New York Times bestseller list, # 12 on the Publishers Weekly list and #36 on the USA Today list.
- Dark Water had an NSR of 56%
- Sharon Sala's Snowfall (Mira Books, 11/01) reached #16 on the New York Times extended bestseller list, #39 on the USA Today list and #13 on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list.
- Snowfall achieved an incredible 67% NSR!
- Sharon Sala also writes under the pseudonym Dinah McCall.
- Dark Water had an NSR of 56%
- Sharon Sala's Snowfall (Mira Books, 11/01) reached #16 on the New York Times extended bestseller list, #39 on the USA Today list and #13 on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list.
- Snowfall achieved an incredible 67% NSR!
- Sharon Sala also writes under the pseudonym Dinah McCall.
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18 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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HE'D WITNESSED THE RAVAGES OF WAR FIRSTHAND AS AN ARMY SPECIAL OPS, BUT NOTHING COULD HAVE PREPARED WES HOLDEN FOR THE SENSELESS DEATH OF HIS OWN WIFE AND SON - OR THE PRIVATE NIGHTMARE THAT FOLLOWED. AN EMPTY SHELL OF A MAN, HE IS UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING BUT SURVIVE.
UNTIL THE DAY HE WALKS INTO ALLY MONROE'S YARD.
RAISED IN THE ISOLATED MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA, ALLY FACES A BLEAK FUTURE SPENT CARING FOR HER STERN WIDOWER FATHER AND TWO BROTHERS. BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP HER FROM DREAMING THAT A STRANGER MIGHT WALK INTO HER LIFE AND TRANSFORM HER LONELY EXISTANCE.
A SPECIAL BOND FROMS BETWEEN WES AND ALLY. BUT AS WES EMERGES FROM HIS HAZE OF PAIN, HIS SOLDIER'S INSTINCTS KICK IN. THERE'S DANGER IN THE MOUNTAINS, A PLACE CHOSEN TO HIDE A THRIVING ILLEGAL DRUG BUSINESS. FAR WORSE, THE THREAT IS CLOSING IN ON ALLY, AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT...
THIS IS AN ENGAGING STORY, WITH A HARD HITTING CHARACTOR IN THE FORM OF WES HOLDEN. A FORMER SOLDIER - WHO HAS SEEN TOO MUCH IN THE FRONT LINE AND THEN LOST HIS FAMILY TO A WAR ON HOME SOIL.
THIS CHARACTOR, FOR ME IS THE BEST BIT ABOUT THIS BOOK, THE DESCRIPTION WHICH IS UNMISTAKABLY SHARON SALA, OF HOW WES HOLDEN LOSES HIS FAMILY AND ULTIMATELY HIS SANITY IS JUST TOO BELIEVABLE. HE SHOULD BE MOURNED AFTER DYING IN COMBAT, NOT HIS FAMILY AFTER A TERRORIST LEAVES A CAR BOMB IN AMERICA - THIS IS HARD HITTING AND VERY BELIEVABLE .
ALLY ON THE OTHER HAND IS A CONTRADICTION IT TERMS. SHE STILLS LIVES AT HOME WITH HER FATHER AND BROTHERS, SHE HAS RESIGNED HERSLF TO THE FACT, THAT NO-ONE WANTS A CRIPPLE AS A WIFE. AND ALTHOUGH SHE WON'T ACCEPT PITY OR CHARITY, SHE REFUSES TO FIGHT HER WAY OUT OF HER MISERABLE HOME LIFE. WHY??
THESE TWO CHARACTORS COME TOGETHER AND EASE EACH OTHERS PAIN AND IN THE PROCESS FIGHT EVIL UP IN THE MOUNTAINS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WENT WRONG WITH THIS BOOK, IT STARTED OUT SO WELL, BUT JUST GOT LOST ALONG THE WAY.
I AM A HUGE FAN OF SHARON SALA'S AND HAVE SPOKEN TO HER ON MANY OCCASIONS THROUGH E-MAIL. I HAVE ALL OF HER BOOKS AND HAVE ENJOYED MOST OF THEM - THIS BOOK JUST DOESN'T CUT IT FOR ME.
IT IS AN ENJOYABLE READ, BUT IT LACKS THE SUSPENSE AND CAREFUL DIALOGUE THAT I WOULD NORMALLY EXPECT.
RECOMMENDED IF YOU HAVE LITTLE ELSE TO READ, IT WILL PASS THE TIME.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Exciting Heartwarming, an emotional rollercoaster
2 Nov 2004
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Wes Holden has been through hell. Literally, He has faced life and death in Iraq, he is a special ops soldier, who has finally made it home. Suffering from Post Delayed Traumatic Stress he is trying to pull his life togather. Suddenly his wife and son are killed in a terrorist attack in the commissary at Ft Benning. Wes shuts down. After almost a year the military releases him to his half-brother. They don't think he will ever come out of the catatonic state he is in. However, left to his half-brothers care, he suddenly realizes he will die if he doesn't escape. So When Aaron Clancy leaves him to sit in a chair alone without anyone to feed or care for him, he rises, packs a bag and leaves.
Walking and hiding from most everyone he travels from Miami to West Virginia.He has been on the road almost a year. His mind torn and shattered, he finally walks out of some woods to hear a sweet voice singing a hymn.
Ally Munroe is the 28 year old daughter of Gidion Munroe. She has a limp and has taken care of her family since she was 16 when her mother died. She has just about given up on her hopes and dreams when the tall, ragged, sad faced man walks out of the woods. At first a little afraid she still offers him food and finally offers him a place to stay. She has inherited her uncle's litte cabin hidden in the woods.
With care and warmth she reaches out to the wounded animal that Wes has become. And Wes fighting and wrestling with his own dreams, or rather nightmares, slowly begins to open the door to his feelings which have been locked up so long.
What neither see is the evil that has come to these mountains. An evil from the city, full of greed and ego. An evil they will both have to fight.
Sharon Sala has given us a novel of all the emotions. I cried, I laughed. And at the end I was humbled. Do not miss this book.
Walking and hiding from most everyone he travels from Miami to West Virginia.He has been on the road almost a year. His mind torn and shattered, he finally walks out of some woods to hear a sweet voice singing a hymn.
Ally Munroe is the 28 year old daughter of Gidion Munroe. She has a limp and has taken care of her family since she was 16 when her mother died. She has just about given up on her hopes and dreams when the tall, ragged, sad faced man walks out of the woods. At first a little afraid she still offers him food and finally offers him a place to stay. She has inherited her uncle's litte cabin hidden in the woods.
With care and warmth she reaches out to the wounded animal that Wes has become. And Wes fighting and wrestling with his own dreams, or rather nightmares, slowly begins to open the door to his feelings which have been locked up so long.
What neither see is the evil that has come to these mountains. An evil from the city, full of greed and ego. An evil they will both have to fight.
Sharon Sala has given us a novel of all the emotions. I cried, I laughed. And at the end I was humbled. Do not miss this book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A timely subject
13 Mar 2005
Format:Mass Market Paperback
When you have romantic suspense titled "Missing", you're bound to think missing child, or maybe missing woman. Surprise.
This is the story of a missing MAN. Colonel Wes Holden is a soldier who's seen too much, been through too much, and he decides he doesn't want to be himself anymore.
The heroine of the story is a plain, good woman in the hills of West Virginia. She lives with her family. She finds Wes one day, as he approaches her, asking for water. She recognizes something in him, and reaches out to catch him.
There is a strong story line to this book which has very little to do with the main characters. I find that kind of refreshing, and more than believable, since Wes has more than enough on his plate than to have to be the center of the other plot, also. The "bad guy" in the book is also well drawn and more than believable.
There is also an element to faith in this book, as there often is in Ms. Sala's books. If you're allergic to the idea of God, perhaps you'll find this annoying. I find it surprising, since so few romances outside "inspirational" ones dare tread in this direction. But it's not so overwhelming (as another reviewer has suggested) that you've got God jumping out at every other plot device. Rather, it's a realistic portrayal of rural Eastern church-going folk. I find it kind of refreshing that this part of the character is actually addressed.
All in all, a good read.
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This is the story of a missing MAN. Colonel Wes Holden is a soldier who's seen too much, been through too much, and he decides he doesn't want to be himself anymore.
The heroine of the story is a plain, good woman in the hills of West Virginia. She lives with her family. She finds Wes one day, as he approaches her, asking for water. She recognizes something in him, and reaches out to catch him.
There is a strong story line to this book which has very little to do with the main characters. I find that kind of refreshing, and more than believable, since Wes has more than enough on his plate than to have to be the center of the other plot, also. The "bad guy" in the book is also well drawn and more than believable.
There is also an element to faith in this book, as there often is in Ms. Sala's books. If you're allergic to the idea of God, perhaps you'll find this annoying. I find it surprising, since so few romances outside "inspirational" ones dare tread in this direction. But it's not so overwhelming (as another reviewer has suggested) that you've got God jumping out at every other plot device. Rather, it's a realistic portrayal of rural Eastern church-going folk. I find it kind of refreshing that this part of the character is actually addressed.
All in all, a good read.
(*)>
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.5 stars ~ a little too gory
11 Jan 2008
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Army sniper Wes Holden has returned from the Gulf to resume his family life with wife Margie and son Mikey. Their happiness is cut short when they both perish in a terrorist bombing on the base. Frantic to find them before its too late, he quickly dispatches the suicide bomber then collapses in grief. In his own world for nearly a year, he sees his chance for escape and lands in the rural West Virginia mountains. The kindness of Allie Monroe reignites his heart, when she offers him a place to stay on her family's property. After her mother's death, Allie resumed the role as caretaker to her two brothers and father, and now dad is trying to repay her by marrying her off to the first widower in need of a mama for his kids. But she has eyes only for Wes. Due to his many years as a soldier, Wes' heightened sense of awareness alerts him to impending danger and he performs nightly recons on the mountain to see what is going on. Little does Allie and her family know, but the geeky man that lives up the hill is actually creating a genetically engineered drug guaranteed to hook addicts, and he'll stop at nothing to keep his crop and the overabundance of dead animals around his property a secret. Especially when he discovers that his creation has mutated into something lethal.
Sala is a hit or miss for me, and often her books fall into the average category. This one started out above average, but quickly she resorted to gore in order to move the story along. Does a reader really need details on someone being gutted? However, I have never cried so much - Wes grief is agonizing to read about, and quite realistic. I also liked that she allowed a relationship to build between Allie and Wes before tossing them in bed together.
Sala is a hit or miss for me, and often her books fall into the average category. This one started out above average, but quickly she resorted to gore in order to move the story along. Does a reader really need details on someone being gutted? However, I have never cried so much - Wes grief is agonizing to read about, and quite realistic. I also liked that she allowed a relationship to build between Allie and Wes before tossing them in bed together.
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