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Though the book started out with a "drop you into the action" scene, it didn't grab me right away and pull me in. It took me a while to start caring about the characters and what happened to them.

WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS--read at your own discretion.

I liked that we had flawed characters--some with flaws we and others could see and some with flaws that are more internal. It was also nice to see the characters confront some of their flaws and fears.

I do wonder if the author intended that all "artistic" characters had some disability? Natalie has an eidetic memory and she's used sculpting as a way to cope with her problem of faces getting stuck in her memory. Fleur is blind but paints. And Natalie seems to lose her sculpting ability once she loses the eidetic memory feature.

I liked that the town seems to look out for Fleur and adapt to her--saying hello to her as they approach or she approaches, for example. I like Piper and Fleur as roommates and I like that Piper is able to see below the idiosyncrasies of Miles and Natalie to what lies beneath.

Though it is never directly stated that any of the characters are Christian, Natalie and Aaron both seem to be--or at least believe in the power of prayer. Trevor tells Aaron that he's undecided, yet Aaron seems to have no problem with Trevor hanging with Natalie despite that difference. (To be fair to Aaron, he's dealing with a very ill wife and rehabbing from a leg injury himself as well as trying to be a father to his now one-armed son. We do see Trevor starting to change but in my mind, it's too soon to know if that change will "stick".

I like Whit's and Sara's loyalty to Trevor. It bothers me that Sara still seems hung up on Trevor even though she's married to Whit and the mother of his child. Even Whit seems to feel Sara is with him because Trevor came as a package deal. We don't see enough to know whether Sara reacts this way to all his dates or if it's just because his relationship with Natalie seems different. (It seems prior to Natalie, Trevor pretty much stuck to surface dating--people he wasn't really interested in being with long-term.) I hope that her behavior was out of concern for Trevor--both that he not hurt Natalie and that he not be hurt by a relationship--rather than out of jealousy or out of fear that if Trevor had a steady relationship, she would not be important to him anymore.

Though I don't like that the little boy lost his arm, I like that he adapts quickly, taking it in stride and not seeing it as a handicap. He wants to climb walls, run, etc. just like all other little boys.

I guessed that the quotes in the intervening pages between chapters were from "Paradise Lost" even before that was revealed. I didn't quite understand the motivation of that character though. I guess he wanted to pass what he felt was his mission on to someone he felt would continue it in a better way than he could. But it was a bit disturbing. ( )

This is a magnificent book, very well written and easy reading page-turner novel with a delightful plot. The author managed to create a set of characters that touch us deeply in all aspects.

Trevor MacDaniel is our hero, a former Olympian who now works as a rock climber instructor and also take customers rafting. In the meantime he does search and rescue missions, when necessary. Natalie Reeve is our heroine, an art gallery owner and sculptor with an unusual talent. Trevor saves Natalie's nephew from the jaws of a mountain lion and their lives get linked in a succession of events that keep us reading the book overnight. Their strong faith is explicitly presented in the story and during the whole plot they have plenty of opportunities to exercise their faith. The movement from the dark characters to the light ones is very well done during the story and also the mix of thriller and romance is very well balanced. Overall a supperb work from this talented author. This is the first book I read from this author and definitely will not be the last.

This book was written by Kristen Heitzmann and was published in May 2011 by WaterBrook Multnomah Books and they were kind enough to provide me a copy for reviewing through their Blogging for Books Program. Thanks, Mrs. Kristen Heitzmann, for such an inspirational book!


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Hmmmm... I have mixed emotions about this book. I loved Natalie and Fleur and Cody ... The mystery plot was intriguing but sorta anticlimactic at the end. What bothered me was how everyone still seemed to be in love with all their old flames - or at least hung up on them - despite being married with kids. I couldn't get past that enough to form even a smidgen of like for Sara or the police chief. ( )

Thought I read them out of order, the Redford books were my first attempt to climb back into the satisfying story haze "The Edge of Recall" created for me. Even if I loved "Indelible" a little less than "The Edge of Recall," this is still going to be the book that won me over as a fan. Ms. Heitzmann's romantic suspense novels just rock. ( )