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Boone's Creek: Almost Home [Paperback]

Kathryn Neff Perry (Author)
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March 24, 2008
Jenna Lewis is a search and rescue handler. She and her beloved dog Nikko are summoned to Sebring, Florida, to aid in the rescue of a family who has gone missing. Jenna feels she is out of her league until the night her own grandmother goes missing too. The horrible accident which takes Jenna’s family motivates her to rescue other people. Jenna becomes the target of a web of deceit and corruption. Even though she is afraid to let herself fall in love, she realizes she needs Joe’s help to find her grandmother.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 172 pages
  • Publisher: PublishAmerica (March 24, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1605631655
  • ISBN-13: 978-1605631653
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,365,920 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars A grandmother goes missing, September 6, 2008
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A grandmother goes missing, and a long search is needed to find her. "Boone's Creek: Almost Home" is the novel of Jenna's quest to find her grandmother, after a terrible accident strikes her family. Desperate to set things right alongside Nikko, her beloved dog, and Joe, the only man willing to help her, "Boone's Creek" is a story of love and overcoming adversity, sure to please readers looking for some thrills mixed with their romance.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Boone's Creek: Almost Home, September 28, 2008
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Great book. Well written, great story line. Kept me interested all the way through and it goes REAL fast. Highly recommended.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Has Potential, but...., May 13, 2008
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Jenna Lewis's job as a search and rescue handler in South Carolina keeps her busy. She and her dog Nikko have found many missing people. Still, she isn't sure she can help when she is asked to go to Florida to search for a missing family. She reluctantly agrees to go and is even more perplexed about the case when she and her beloved grandmother ("Nana", acting as her helper) get there. She suspects there's more to the case than she's being told and she begins to wonder who she can trust, including the police. When her Nana also disappears, Jenna is determined to find all the missing and solve the case before someone gets hurt.

"Boone's Creek: Almost Home" never quite lives up to its intriguing premise. The search and rescue aspects were the best part - they were interesting to read and well done. Jenna is a well-written heroine - still haunted by the death of her parents and brother and tireless in her search and rescue work (so tireless that I don't think she ever slept or ate - I was exhausted just reading it!). Unfortunately, she's the best written character - her boyfriend Joe failed to move me and her beloved Nana showed some promise as a character, but was never quite as spunky and memorable as she should have been.

The novel could have been better if the writing was tightened up more. Most of the book is in the first person, but it seems as if author Kathryn Neff Perry either couldn't decide if it should be in the first person or third person or had written it in the third person originally because the viewpoint suddenly, inexplicably changes from Jenna's first person viewpoint to Nana's third person viewpoint late in the book, for just a few chapters. Also, too many characters "laugh out loud" far too often - a few chuckles, giggles, or even chortles would have been welcome. And, while the search and rescue cases at the beginning of the book were interesting, the main plot line wasn't. The mystery wasn't fully developed enough and the bad guys revealed far too early. And I never could figure out why they got Jenna involved in the first place.

The ending of "Boone's Creek: Almost Home" looks like it might be a set up for a sequel. If so, I hope Perry focuses on the search and rescue aspects, which are the most compelling parts of the book and could make a really good read.


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