Wedded in a Whirlwind

Miranda Grenville is taking a `break' from her family. She didn't tell anyone where she was going and certainly isn't about to pretend that life's all hunky dory either. Miranda's time away from `everything' results in her being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Her paradise retreat becomes a horrifying nightmare when an earthquake strikes and the ground opens up and `swallows' her. Nick Jago, the resident archaeologist, has just learned that he's been betrayed by a woman he trusted with his research. Prepared to drink himself into oblivion he settles in at the altar stone with a bottle of brandy. Next thing he knows he's waking up to a woman's screams that rival the pounding in his head. Trapped together underground in an ancient temple, Miranda and Nick are forced to rely on each other to give them hope. Nick and Miranda don't hit it off right away. She's convinced that he's drunk and he's just contrary enough that he's going to say whatever he thinks just to annoy her. At first they get on each other's nerves but they quickly cling to the fact that they aren't alone. As they work together with their limited supplies to find a way out they discover a sense of security in the darkness and able to unburden themselves. At first they could happily kill each other and then suddenly it's a study in how they manage to keep their hands off each other. If you're looking for a soul stirring tale that makes readers laugh, cry, and look at the world just a little bit differently then WEDDED IN A WHIRLWIND fits the bill perfectly. Nick and Miranda have troubled pasts that they've never fully shared with anyone. The time they spend together talking allows them a new perspective on their lives. While I really enjoyed Miranda and Nick's arguments and their stubborn attitudes I really became `attached' to the characters once they began disclosing the events of their past that made them into the people they are today. Liz Fielding gives readers a fun story full of passion, adventure and believable emotional situations which allow readers to feel like they're a part of the story rather than just a reader. Chrissy Dionne (courtesy of Romance Junkies)

Miranda Grenville has decided to strike out on her own, to leave behind the mansion and her brother Ivo and his new family. For too long she took care of her brother Ivo's life but now that he has found happiness, Miranda needs to escape from all the emotions churning inside. Although she had been assured that Cordillera island with its ancient temples and archaeological wonders would be the next hot destination, Manda learns that unspoiled means a severe lack of creature comforts --- and about to get much worse! Archaeologist Nick Jago has had enough of civilization with its sensationalism, scandals and celebrity worship. This sexy adventurer is more at home out in the wild exploring the remote ancient temples and doing quality research, at least until an unexpected betrayal threatens his life's work. In an instant, an earthquake changes everything. Plunged underground into the depths of an underground temple, Manda and Nick must fight for survival in a world of darkness with only the barest of survival aids. Miranda is the ultimate survivor, a woman who has survived a difficult past and prospered, but can she survive the challenges of a natural disaster, especially when her survival might just mean trusting someone besides herself? Nick Jago is just about the last man Miranda would ever choose with his rustic rebellious ways, and yet, something about the way this man treats her feels so different than anything she has known before. About the last thing Nick needs is a beautiful stylish woman by his side but something about her makes the fight for survival all the more worthwhile. With their very lives at stake, can these two put their differences aside and learn to trust in one another? Can trust built in such an isolated place last beyond their escape? Or will their differences finally separate them once and for all? In WEDDED IN A WHIRLWIND, Liz Fielding takes a secondary character, Ivo's sister, from REUNITED: MARRIAGE IN A MILLION and opens the door on her heart. Liz Fielding places Miranda, a woman always in control of herself and everyone else too, in a landscape where she really has no control. Different than her in just about every way, Nick is exactly the kind of man for her heart! Emotionally scarred from her past, Miranda finds in Nick the one man with both the strength and vulnerability she needs, the one man with whom she can shed the walls she has built to protect herself. This reader secretly hoped for Miranda's story ever since I met her in the previous book, and having now read it, I am twice as thrilled as when I opened the first page and discovered she was the main heroine. WEDDED IN A WHIRLWIND captures the reader's attention immediately with a combination of emotion and dramatic fast-paced action that will keep readers up late at night wanting to discover how these two can possibly escape. Forced to work together in darkness and close physical proximity, Miranda and Nick learn to see beneath the surface, hearing in each