Rating: ★★★★
Audience: Romantic Suspense
Length: 400 pages
Author: KP Haven
Publisher: Self published
Release Date: October 21st, 2026
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BOOK SUMMARY:
Chasing her next photograph, Jay Roke takes a chance on a remote Alaskan town. With her late father’s shadow hanging over her, a few months encased by towering spruce and endless wild is exactly what she needs.
She doesn’t expect Briggs Sawyer.
The sawmill owner is doing everything he can to keep his family’s business afloat. Burned by a failed marriage and too stubborn to admit how alone he is, he has no patience for outsiders—least of all a wildlife photographer with no intention of staying.
Then one impulsive night changes everything.
Snow-choked trails. Sun-starved wilderness. The undeniable pull between them. Jay wonders if Alaska offers more than her next viral shot—right up until her camera catches something she was never meant to see: a criminal operation hidden deep in the wilderness.
Now dangerous people want what’s on that memory card. And the one complication neither of them planned might be the only thing keeping her alive.
INTRIGUING.
This is my second book from this author. I had some mixed thoughts about the first one I read from KP Haven, but received an opportunity to try this book and I liked it! I would be interested in reading another. I think one of my favorite things to note is that it’s a genuine closed door (aka more than kisses). I feel like this niche in romances is hard to find and I appreciate it! I’m always here for a genuine slow burn too.
There’s some suspension of belief I had to rely on to follow through with a few tropes in here. It’s a little on the insta-romance side of things but it worked? I thought Jay and Briggs had chemistry and the banter between them worked well. I loved the remote Alaskan setting and the winter vibes this book provided. It does lean on the mildly heavy side but without overwhelming the romance. There were many themes to work through and I liked the way they were combined.
Overall audience notes:
- Romantic suspense
- Language: mild
- Romance: fade to black
- Violence: moderate-high
- Content warnings: murder, gun violence, physical violence, mentions of past abuse, divorce, arson
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