3.5 stars
Loved the stories of the SAR team and Kacey, the Army pilot who joins them. Ben, a Nashville musician and hometown boy, was a perfect foil for Kacey. She's had to be independent all this time and blames herself for the choices she had to make; Ben blames himself for not living up to what he should have as a preacher's kid and harbors blames for Kacey for years, until he sees her again and the sparks fly.
I still didn't like Ian—he's too controlling and driven—but he wasn't in it much, and I didn't have to put up with him like I did in the novella. Now for the next...