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Withering Hope by Layla Hagen
Publication date: January 19th 2015
Publication date: January 19th 2015
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Synopsis:
*This will be a STANDALONE CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE.*
Aimee’s wedding is supposed to turn out perfect. Her dress, her fiancé and the location—the idyllic holiday ranch in Brazil—are perfect.
But all Aimee’s plans come crashing down when the private jet that’s taking her from the U.S. to the ranch—where her fiancé awaits her—defects mid-flight and the pilot is forced to perform an emergency landing in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
With no way to reach civilisation, being rescued is Aimee and Tristan’s—the pilot—only hope. A slim one that slowly withers away, desperation taking its place. Because death wanders in the jungle under many forms: starvation, diseases. Beasts.
As Aimee and Tristan fight to find ways to survive, they grow closer. Together they discover that facing old, inner agonies carved by painful pasts takes just as much courage, if not even more, than facing the rainforest.
Despite her devotion to her fiancé, Aimee can’t hide her feelings for Tristan—the man for whom she’s slowly becoming everything. You can hide many things in the rainforest. But not lies. Or love.
Withering Hope is the story of a man who desperately needs forgiveness and the woman who brings him hope. It is a story in which hope births wings and blooms into a love that is as beautiful and intense as it is forbidden.
Aimee’s wedding is supposed to turn out perfect. Her dress, her fiancé and the location—the idyllic holiday ranch in Brazil—are perfect.
But all Aimee’s plans come crashing down when the private jet that’s taking her from the U.S. to the ranch—where her fiancé awaits her—defects mid-flight and the pilot is forced to perform an emergency landing in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
With no way to reach civilisation, being rescued is Aimee and Tristan’s—the pilot—only hope. A slim one that slowly withers away, desperation taking its place. Because death wanders in the jungle under many forms: starvation, diseases. Beasts.
As Aimee and Tristan fight to find ways to survive, they grow closer. Together they discover that facing old, inner agonies carved by painful pasts takes just as much courage, if not even more, than facing the rainforest.
Despite her devotion to her fiancé, Aimee can’t hide her feelings for Tristan—the man for whom she’s slowly becoming everything. You can hide many things in the rainforest. But not lies. Or love.
Withering Hope is the story of a man who desperately needs forgiveness and the woman who brings him hope. It is a story in which hope births wings and blooms into a love that is as beautiful and intense as it is forbidden.
*I
received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to
Xpresso Book Tours and Layla Hagen*
3/5
stars
Aimee is
on a private plane to Brazil where she is going to marry Chris, her fiancé and
best friend. But the plane doesn’t make it to Brazil. Instead, Aimee ends up in
the middle of the Amazon rainforest with only the pilot, Tristan, and the
Amazon’s dangerous inhabitants for company. With low food supplies, Aimee and
Tristan must try and survive until they are rescued. But can they endure in a
place filled with the potential disease, starvation and animal attacks?
Throughout
all this, Aimee is consumed with guilt as she struggles to come to terms with her
growing feelings for Tristan.
Withering
Hope is a thought-provoking read filled with learning to let go of the past and
learning to hope.
Aimee
was a good protagonist although it did take me a while to warm to her. At the
beginning, before the plane crashed, it seemed to me that the author set Aimee
up to seem like a control freak who wouldn’t cope well being stuck in the
middle of nowhere, but Aimee was strong and coped very well. I felt so sorry
for her as she struggled with the overwhelming guilt of her feelings for
Tristan and I liked that it wasn’t insta-love, that her feelings grew over time.
Tristan was a complicated character who was
haunted by his past. After being in the army, Tristan had post-traumatic stress
disorder and his marriage broke down. Tristan had always had feelings for Aimee
but he’d kept them hidden. As a result of his time in the army, Tristan has bad
nightmares which only Aimee can stop, which I thought was sweet. I liked
Tristan and was glad that he was able to overcome the guilt that caused him to
have the nightmares. It was lucky that Tristan had survival training otherwise
they probably wouldn’t have lasted in the rainforest.
It
took me a while to get into the book and I enjoyed the second half a lot more.
The writing style was good and, while it didn’t feel like a lot happened, I was
interested to see what happened and wanted to read on.
I
was relieved at the happy ending – for a moment I wasn’t sure there would be
one! There are two epilogues which I thought were a good touch, although the
second one had me in tears.
Overall
this was an enjoyable read.
AUTHOR BIO
My name is Layla Hagen and I am a New Adult Contemporary Romance author.
I fell in love with books when I was nine years old, and my love affair with stories continues even now, many years later.
I write romantic stories and can’t wait to share them with the world.
And I drink coffee. Lots of it, in case the photo didn’t make it obvious enough
I fell in love with books when I was nine years old, and my love affair with stories continues even now, many years later.
I write romantic stories and can’t wait to share them with the world.
And I drink coffee. Lots of it, in case the photo didn’t make it obvious enough
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