Worth Every Step [Paperback]

KG MacGregor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2, 2009

Family and friends are shocked when Mary Kate Sasser throws herself into the adventure of a lifetime. The small-town Southerner follows her imagination on a quest to Africa, refusing the escort of her boyfriend. His marriage ultimatum echoes in her ears, but she's not going to think about that until she has climbed the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Addison Falk also wants an adventure--and a vacation from her real life. Fresh from her MBA program, she is being lured from Miami to London for a job in her father's investment firm. For all the glitz and excitement a life in lesbian-rich Soho promises, Addison can't bring herself to take that next step without first adding her name to the rolls of those who have stood on Africa's highest peak.

Their mutual undertaking challenges not just daily survival, but also the plans each woman has made for her future. Finding their way back to earth--and back to their lives--may be the most difficult journey of all.

Lambda Award Winner KG MacGregor (Out of Love, Mulligan), with her trademark humor and insight, weaves a captivating story of high adventure and romance.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Bella Books (February 2, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594931429
• ISBN-13: 978-1594931420
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #740,686 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

KG MacGregor writes lesbian fiction "for the sheer joy of it," delighting in the encouragement her readers have so graciously given.

A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, KG works as a research consultant for a variety of industries, including television, publishing, and travel. When she isn't working or writing, she's probably on a hiking trail. Her favorite expedition was a trek to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro in 2001.

KG lived for several years in Northern California, but now splits her time between South Florida and her native Blue Ridge Mountains.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous story with a delightful romance, March 1, 2009

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E. B. MULLIGAN "Bronwyn" (Tampa, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Worth Every Step (Paperback)

I could not be happier having read this novel. I truly felt I was on this adventure with the characters.

Mary Kate is using her college degree at her home town school and dating the assistant principal who is the catch of the county yet gets on her last nerve enough that she has already declined his initial marriage proposal. She is entranced at the thought of reaching the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro and at age twenty-four sets out to do it.

Addison is the American born child of a British banker and a Peruvian mother who divorced when she was fourteen. She continued to school in America and considers herself American. She has completed her MBA and her father insists she move to London to work in his company. Her last gasp of independence is a trek to the highest free standing peak in the world.

As always with this author the writing is fresh and the characters beautifully, warmly fleshed out. The humor is spot on and laugh out loud funny. The friendship that develops between the members of the hiking group and especially between Addison & Mary Kate are totally fun to read. The romance that develops between Mary Kate and Addison is fascinating to watch and the passion that unfolds is erotically intense.

Love the story.

This is a keeper!

If you enjoy this novel don't miss the author's other novels -
Without Warning
Mulligan
House on Sandstone
Just This Once
Out of Love
Secrets So Deep
Sumter Point
After Shock

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth every minute, May 8, 2009

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ProfDPitt (WV USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Worth Every Step (Paperback)

I first read this story online. It was excellent then. Now it is even better. I must admit that some of the changes threw me at first, such as names and smaller plot lines. In the online version, the guy without his luggage was with a different group for the climb, for example. Once my mind quit getting confused about that, I enjoyed the story. It is well written, obviously including some of the experiences KG herself enjoyed on her climb of Kili. And the ending was great, KG. You really had me going there for a minute. That is definitely different from the online story!

So, if you've never read KG's stories, you will find quality writing and realistic story plots and people. If you've read her online stories, her published books are polished with additional content and story revisions to make a better read. And if you've read KG's published works, why are you reading this? You already know how good she is :-)


Worth Every Step

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The need for adventure leads to romance, April 9, 2010

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Sage320 (Newport News, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Worth Every Step (Paperback)

KG MacGregor uses the beauty of Africa and the majestic setting of Mt. Kilimanjaro as the setting of this novel about doing something daring in your life.

Mary Kate Sasser feels a need to do something spectacular in her life. Life in a small Southern town is stifling her and she craves adventure. She can't explain to her fiancé and family so that they'll understand why she needs to go to Kenya and climb Kilimanjaro, but go she must. Addison Falk is headed to the same location for a similar reason. She has just finished her MBA degree and her father expects her to come to London and take her place in the family firm. Addison isn't sure what she wants to do with her life, but she knows working for her father isn't it. She decides that climbing Kilimanjaro will give her a chance to do something exciting and some thinking. When the women are paired together as climbing buddies, they form a pact to help each other reach the summit. That act comes to be symbolic not only of them achieving their quest, but finding themselves and each other.

There are three major characters in this story, the two women and the mountain. As with all of MacGregor's books, the characters are well written and the story is solid. It is the mountain that sets the tone though. No matter what happens to Mary Kate and Addison the mountain is there hovering over them. Massive and dangerous it represents the challenges they face and the decisions they have to make. There is plenty of humor and sexual tension, but always there is the adventure and the need it represents in both of them to change their lives. MacGregor has put her personal knowledge of that environment to good use in this book.

Anyone looking for a book to provide some hours of enjoyable reading should give Worth Every Step a chance. Adventure, suspense, romance, sex, it has a little for everyone.