Product Description

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

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18317 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781594931420
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Fabulous story with a delightful romance
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

Worth every minute
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

Everything A Romance Novel Should Be
Just a very solid story well told. The protagonist is a Southern girl, feeling confined and restless after returning to her hometown from college. She watches a documentary on Kilimanjaro and decides to go to Africa and climb the mountain. When her boyfriend/fiance expresses no interest in the trip, she goes without him (check). In Africa, while climbing the mountain she meets and falls in love with a beautiful woman (check). And nothing is the same again. Good writing, good characters, good storyline.