A Distance Too Grand (American Wonders Collection Book #1)

by Regina Scott

Overview

Meg Pero has been assisting her photographer father since she was big enough to carry his equipment, so when he dies she is determined to take over his profession--starting with fulfilling the contract he signed to serve on an Army survey of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in 1871. What she doesn't realize is that the leader of the expedition is none other than the man she once refused to marry.

Captain Ben Coleridge would like nothing more than to leave without the woman who broke his heart, but he refuses to wait even one more day to get started. This survey is a screen for another, more personal mission, one he cannot share with any member of his team.

As dangers arise from all sides, including within the survey party, Meg and Ben must work together to stay alive, fulfill their duties, and, just maybe, rekindle a love that neither had completely left behind.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493419555
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/01/2019
Series:	American Wonders Collection , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	7,190
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Regina Scott is the author of more than 40 works of warm, witty historical romance. Her writing has won praise from Booklist and Library Journal, and she was twice awarded the prestigious RT Books Reviews best book of the year in her category. A devotee of history, she has learned to fence, driven four-in-hand, and sailed on a tall ship, all in the name of research. She and her husband of 30 years live south of Tacoma, Washington, on the way to Mt. Rainier.
Regina Scott is the author of more than fifty works of warm, witty historical romance, including A Distance Too Grand--named one of the top ten romances of 2020 by Booklist--and Nothing Short of Wondrous. She was twice awarded the prestigious RT Book Reviews best book of the year in her category. A devotee of history, she has learned to fence, driven four-in-hand, and sailed on a tall ship, all in the name of research. She and her husband of thirty years live south of Tacoma, Washington, on the way to Mt. Rainier.

Editorial Reviews

10/07/2019

It's 1871, and Meg Pero is determined to fill the position of official photographer for the Army Corps of Engineers' survey of the Grand Canyon, a role originally destined for her recently deceased father. Capt. Benjamin Coleridge, whose proposal of marriage Meg turned down years ago, is the one person standing in her way. Ben needs a photographer if he's going to get the already late expedition back on track, and if he waits much longer, it'll be too close to winter and Ben might lose that slim window of opportunity to determine what happened to his missing father. Meg and Ben set out on an uneasy truce, each knowing they have a vital job to do. As close quarters ignite new affections, Ben starts to see this as an opportunity to win Meg's hand. Yet Meg feels her life is meant for adventure, not to be a captain's wife. As the survey continues, their project takes a sinister turn, forcing the couple to rely on each other's strengths to make it back to camp alive.

VERDICT Set against the backdrop of an expanding American West, this first in a new series from Scott (Never Doubt a Duke) will satisfy readers looking for a gentle love story and a gumption-filled heroine ready to explore the world.—Kellie Tilton, Univ. of Cincinnati Blue Ash

Library Journal