Fish Out of Water

De: Katie Ruggle

Narrado por: Cassandra Myles

When Dahlia Weathersby’s sister disappears on what should have been a simple day hike, Dahlia immediately heads to the Colorado Rockies to find her. Knowing that she’ll never survive the mountains alone, she convinces the local hermit, grouchy Winston Dane, to be her guide.

All it takes is a good helping of Dahlia’s charm—and just the teeniest bit of blackmail—before she’s got all six-foot-something of him wrapped around her finger. But it’ll take more than charm and some city-girl ingenuity to make this mountain adventure anything but a disaster waiting to happen.

As the two retrace her sister’s trail deep into the wilderness, they’re forced to face wild animals, bad weather, and a slowly simmering attraction helped along by a single shared sleeping bag. Dahlia’s never felt more out of her element—or more certain she’ll never fit into the gorgeous world Winston calls home.

Yet as it becomes increasingly clear that Dahlia’s sister isn’t just missing but may have been taken, Dahlia and Winston will have to work together to find her in time…as they face everything the Rockies have to throw at them.

©2024 Kate Ruggle (P)2024 Dreamscape Media

Listen to a sample first

I’ve listened to several books by this author and thoroughly enjoyed the creativity and mystery and characters in them, so I downloaded this without listening to a sample. I wish I had. I’m sure the narrator put a lot of time and effort into recording this, so I don’t want to say too much, but the character voices were a challenge for me to listen to. Maybe that won’t factor in for you.

Narrator aside- the storyline, though somewhat cute, seemed more shallow with what felt like a fair amount of recycled bits from previous book characters and experiences. There were a lot of similarities that I found myself groaning at. Love the wilderness romance and mystery theme, but after listening to the others I just didn’t love this particular story. It also felt like the main character was more interested in time with her tent buddy than finding her missing sister, which was a little odd.