In July of 2018, I read a book about a twenty-something risk analyst from Canada who picked up and went to Alaska to mend fences with her estranged father. There she met a wildly attractive bush pilot who turned out to be the biggest risk of her life. That book, The Simple Wild, immediately became my TOP FAVORITE READ of the year and one of my all-time favorite novels ever. It ended perfectly and beautifully but with so much possibility for where Jonah and Calla's story could go. I didn't know it then that KA Tucker would return to Alaska to bring us more of their love story, bring us on a new adventure with this couple and all the risks they'd yet to gamble on together. I didn't know it then but their story was far from over and this follow-up, Wild at Heart, would immediately become my new favorite of 2020 and another top favorite read EVER!!
I haven't read a book that gave me such wanderlust in quite some time. I haven't read a book in ages that had me setting it down just so I could talk about it with anyone who'd listen. I'm an indoor girl with a major aversion to winter and nature and I admittedly have zero survival skills. (Camping gives me hives.) But this story, Calla's story, made me want to be brave and wild and fearless and I completely immersed myself in every bit of this adventurous risk right along with her. Her fears, her reluctance, her jealousy, her devotion, her loyalty, her kindness, her perseverance, her determination, her friendships, her romance, her longing... I WAS HERE FOR ALL OF IT. I felt every bit of this journey right along with her, all the uncertainty and the solitude and the insecurity and the strength of will she exhibited, I felt it all and it made for the most PHENOMENAL reading experience.
The chemistry and raw devotion between Calla and Jonah is next level. To this day I tell everyone I know that The Simple Wild is one of the best books I've ever read. But still, I somehow forgot just how much these characters had woven themselves under my skin. As soon as I opened the first page, I was reminded of precisely why I was so desperate for more of their story and if I thought I loved them then, my love for them NOW is exponentially more profound. Their journey in this book is PERFECTION. I couldn't have dreamed up a better sequel, I couldn't have envisioned a more exciting, riveting, emotional romance than what KA Tucker delivers in Wild at Heart.
This story is beyond anything I can even say about it. There just aren't words. I loved every character, every bit of dialogue, every ounce of tension and strife and unspoken word. I loved getting lost in the Alaskan wild, in a cabin in the forest with a curmudgeon of a neighbor and a pushy, bullheaded local woman making demands. I loved the heartwrenching memories of another time, in another house that came full circle in this story. I loved the perfect amount of steam and the perfectly potent amount of angst that Tucker wove through such a blissfully romantic happily ever after. I loved the danger of Alaska and the danger of the skies and the palpable fear that gnawed at my insides through all of it. I loved the strangers who became friends and the friends who became family and the goat. I loved the goat. I loved every single thing on every single page of this book. The timing and pacing of this story, the dialogue and the sexy banter, the insecurities and the sheer romance set against such a wildly unforgiving backdrop. All of it was SUPERB. The Simple Wild was too good to be followed up by anything less that PERFECTION and KA Tucker KILLED it with Wild at Heart. If I read nothing else this year, I'll feel content because I had THIS story, I experienced THIS adventure. Wild at Heart is breathtakingly remarkable and I will never, ever get over it.
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Wild at Heart by K.A Tucker Book 2 of 4 in series 4.5⭐️ Contemporary Romance Format: Paperback Book 31 of 2022 📚📚📚📚 I am loving this series! I will admit the beginning of book 2 was slow and a bit boring thus, its half star from perfection. However, it picked up. Again it was funny, and endering. Sad at times and had some definite nail biting moments. It was also steamy and sexy. I like that the romance in this was detailed enough but not graphic and left some to the imagination. I love this world and the characters. I really like the new characters this book introduced us, especially Roy. This book has also opened my eyes to Alaska. I always joke that I'm too hot and I need to move to Alaska. After reading these books yeah, probably not. 🤣 📖📖📖📖 Calla Fletcher returns to Toronto a different person, struggling to find direction and still very much in love with the rugged bush pilot she left behind. When Jonah arrives on her doorstep with a proposition she can’t dismiss, she takes the leap and rushes back to Alaska to begin their exciting future together. But Calla soon learns that even the best intentions can lead to broken promises, and that compromise comes with a hefty price—a log cabin in interior rural Alaska that feels as isolating as the western tundra. With Jonah gone more than he’s home, one neighbor who insists on transforming her into a true Alaskan, and another who seems more likely to shoot her than come to her aid, Calla grapples with forging her own path. In a world with roaming wildlife that has her constantly watching over her shoulder and harsh conditions that stretch far beyond the cold, dark, winter months, just stepping outside her front door can be daunting. This is not the future Calla had in mind, leaving her to fear that perhaps she is doomed to follow in her mother’s fleeing footsteps after all. #books #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookworm #reading #katucker #romance #contemporaryromance #Alaska #bookstagram
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