Helpful Score: 1
I wish the other reviews had been wrong, but this book was not what I was expecting. I liked the main characters well enough... and the story held LH's typcial style, but there was wayyyy too much story and not enough dialogue between the characters. I was hoping it would be like Up Close and Dangerous, and in a way it was, but too much of the book involved the characters thinking.
Since Dare Cunningham moved back to Montana and opened a hunting business, Angie Powell has seen him as a rival. After three years of competition, Angie is now forced to close up shop and move her business to another location. Angie organizes one last trip into the wilderness with a client and his guest who want to hunt black bear. But soon the hunting trip turns deadly and Angie is the one being hunted...first by a killer with a loaded gun, and then by a ferocious black bear with a taste for humans.
I read a lot of negative reviews about this book and didn't know what to suspect. I have to say I was thoroughly entertained. It has all the elements I like in a romantic suspense story...a hot sexy hero, an "on the run" theme, and a fight against all the bad things mother nature can bring. I couldn't put this book down. In my opinion this is another winner by Linda Howard. My rating: 5 Stars.
I read a lot of negative reviews about this book and didn't know what to suspect. I have to say I was thoroughly entertained. It has all the elements I like in a romantic suspense story...a hot sexy hero, an "on the run" theme, and a fight against all the bad things mother nature can bring. I couldn't put this book down. In my opinion this is another winner by Linda Howard. My rating: 5 Stars.
Two hunting guides avoid both a murderer and a killer bear in the mountains of Montana. More suspense than romance, but a pretty good read. I wish the heroine would quit twisting an ankle and having to be rescued by the hero...but guess that's part of the formula to spark the romance between "enemies". I enjoy all Linda Howard's writing style, regardless of the story.
Good story, but not my favorite Linda Howard novel. I thought she got a bit dragged down in the middle and I found myself skipping over some pages which I never do with her books. Overall, a decent book.
Quick read. The story starts with the heroine angry with the hero, who moved into her rural area doing the same wilderness guide job. Her business is down and she is putting her place up for sale. She has some shady customers to take out and the real estate agent asks the hero to check on her despite their differences. Suspense and romance follow. Not bad story, the hero is very gruff, the heroine also more of a doer than a talker. This book read more like a romance than a suspense thriller, should appeal to readers of her earlier books.
I enjoyed this book although it is definitely not a 'keeper'. LH has definitely written more suspenseful, passionate books (ie. Kill and Tell, Dream Man for example). The story line of Angie losing her livlihood because Dare has taken all her business, and then her witnessing a murder on her last guide trip was believable but I thought the whole story was very predictable...even the part about the bear eating the bad guys. I did like the chemistry between Dare and Angie. LH has a way of always making my smile at the sharp repartee between the hero and heroine in her stories.
It was good and had all the usual Linda Howard parts and fun pieces. I had a little bit of a problem with the location as I had lived there and know a bit more about it than the book could understand. Not a bad book just a bit short on research.
While I enjoyed Prey, it didn't feel like the usual Linda Howard thriller. There wasn't a lot of action or dialogue. The majority of the book had the hero and the heroine waiting out the weather together in his camping shelter in the woods.
I thought this was a terrific book - it had everything: love interest, adventure, complex characters. I would recommend it to anyone who likes to read 'em fast cause you just can't put it down!
Ms Howard is a favorite and this is an excellent example of her work. I enjoyed everything about the book. I didn't want to put it down.
Having read other Linda Howard novels, I was dismayed by this book. Although the scenery was different (Montana woods and hills on a hunting trip), it really wasn't that suspenseful. I found myself skipping over the rambling, self-doubt and other inner thoughts of Angie Powell. Enough, all ready.
Dare Callahan was an engaging character, but I wondered why he was interested in Angie for two years with no encouragement. Then, oddly enough, it only took 2 days together for Dare and Angie to figure out they were in love with each other. Hmm.
I've decided to go further back in Linda Howard's book list for future reading. This just wasn't a very interesting story. I had to force myself to finish the book.
Dare Callahan was an engaging character, but I wondered why he was interested in Angie for two years with no encouragement. Then, oddly enough, it only took 2 days together for Dare and Angie to figure out they were in love with each other. Hmm.
I've decided to go further back in Linda Howard's book list for future reading. This just wasn't a very interesting story. I had to force myself to finish the book.
New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard gives her legions of fans an inside look at small-town life in the wild west, high up in the hills of Montana. Angie Powell is a strong, single woman who takes over Powell Guide Trips after her father's death. She grew up helping her dad guide big-game hunters to their prey, bear and elk. "She was a decent tracker, and a decent shot." Angie "loved being out on the mountains, she loved being in charge of her destiny."
There is one problem: Angie has stiff competition from Dare Callahan, Wilderness Guide. The perception is that a man is a more suitable guide, and the economy is so slow that it will not support two guide businesses in the same location. Angie must sell her childhood home and move to support herself and her business. Even more exasperating is the fact that Dare is sexy, a veteran with "brilliant blue eyes" that makes her heart beat faster. Angie isn't the kind of woman who gives in to blue eyes and a sexy physique. She is determined to ignore Dare's invitations to go out --- no way was she going to date the competition.
As in all small towns, the locals look out for one another. Harlan Forbes is the local realtor and her father's long-time friend. Harlan has watched the town's population dwindle and hates that Angie has just listed her place for sale. There's only one man in town with the means to buy her out: Dare Callahan. Dare's offer is not welcome, but Angie agrees to think about it during her last guide trip. As luck would have it, Angie's last trip is the trip from hell, and she is prey in more ways than one.
Angie is not comfortable hunting for bear. But that is exactly what the clients, city slickers Chad Klugman and Mitchell Davis, want, and Angie needs the money from this one last guide trip. What she doesn't know is that Chad is using this trip to lure his boss, Mitchell, from whom he has been stealing money for years, to the wilderness so he can kill him before he finds out. Lucky for Angie, Harlan asks Dare to follow the group because he smells trouble. Since Dare secretly fantasizes about Angie, he agrees to keep an eye on them.
Howard inserts some gruesome scenes of an innocent hiker being torn apart by a man-eating bear. When Angie finds the remains, it changes the dynamics of the trip, and Chad must speed up his plans. The storm of the century comes out of nowhere, the bear finds Angie's camp, and all hell breaks loose. Chad makes Angie his next target, steals the horses, and leaves her alone in the woods with lightning crashing all around. She runs for her life until she hurts her foot and has to crawl on the mud-soaked ground away from her camp and the remains of the bear's second prey, Mitchell.
If you're looking for a light, breezy Linda Howard romance reminiscent of her earlier novels, PREY isn't it. It is survival 101: survival of the sexiest, survival of woman and man over bear, and triumph of good over evil. This is high adventure and non-stop romantic suspense. Leave it to Howard to entertain her readers with male fantasies. PREY is pure satisfaction.
There is one problem: Angie has stiff competition from Dare Callahan, Wilderness Guide. The perception is that a man is a more suitable guide, and the economy is so slow that it will not support two guide businesses in the same location. Angie must sell her childhood home and move to support herself and her business. Even more exasperating is the fact that Dare is sexy, a veteran with "brilliant blue eyes" that makes her heart beat faster. Angie isn't the kind of woman who gives in to blue eyes and a sexy physique. She is determined to ignore Dare's invitations to go out --- no way was she going to date the competition.
As in all small towns, the locals look out for one another. Harlan Forbes is the local realtor and her father's long-time friend. Harlan has watched the town's population dwindle and hates that Angie has just listed her place for sale. There's only one man in town with the means to buy her out: Dare Callahan. Dare's offer is not welcome, but Angie agrees to think about it during her last guide trip. As luck would have it, Angie's last trip is the trip from hell, and she is prey in more ways than one.
Angie is not comfortable hunting for bear. But that is exactly what the clients, city slickers Chad Klugman and Mitchell Davis, want, and Angie needs the money from this one last guide trip. What she doesn't know is that Chad is using this trip to lure his boss, Mitchell, from whom he has been stealing money for years, to the wilderness so he can kill him before he finds out. Lucky for Angie, Harlan asks Dare to follow the group because he smells trouble. Since Dare secretly fantasizes about Angie, he agrees to keep an eye on them.
Howard inserts some gruesome scenes of an innocent hiker being torn apart by a man-eating bear. When Angie finds the remains, it changes the dynamics of the trip, and Chad must speed up his plans. The storm of the century comes out of nowhere, the bear finds Angie's camp, and all hell breaks loose. Chad makes Angie his next target, steals the horses, and leaves her alone in the woods with lightning crashing all around. She runs for her life until she hurts her foot and has to crawl on the mud-soaked ground away from her camp and the remains of the bear's second prey, Mitchell.
If you're looking for a light, breezy Linda Howard romance reminiscent of her earlier novels, PREY isn't it. It is survival 101: survival of the sexiest, survival of woman and man over bear, and triumph of good over evil. This is high adventure and non-stop romantic suspense. Leave it to Howard to entertain her readers with male fantasies. PREY is pure satisfaction.
I disagree with the other reviews! I thought this book was highly original. I enjoyed, and felt the fear of Angie as she outwitted the bear and murderer to save herself. I did enjoy immensely the dialogue, and wish there had been more, but the book is worth a second read!
edge of your seat suspense...Lida Howard has done it again..definitely a keeper!
A terrific read. The storyline is interesting and the action and mystery builds and builds and builds. It's a reasonably quick read. The location and topic are new and refreshing from the same old inner-city Chase the bad guys books.
Great read! A good mix of outdoor adventure and romance. Great characters too.
Linda Howard is amazing at telling a story
I was disappointed with this book. It just felt very cliched. I was rooting for the man-eater....
Good story line. Suspense and romance keep you reading this.
I liked the book, but not a book I would want to read again.
