Review: Sparks and Levi's Fly
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 23, 2013
Erin O’Quinn’s genius at blending place and personality shines boldly in this love story.Rory Drummond is a castle laird well-versed with the halls of the Scottish Parliament his uncle treads. A wild man in more ways than one, he loves the freedom to stalk game on his highland estate by day and willing well-hung companions for his bed at night. When he decides to evade the spying eyes of his ambitious uncle by going big game hunting in the mountains of Nevada, he doesn’t count on the the long arm of political you-scratch-mine-and-I’ll-scratch-yours. His uncle calls someone who calls someone who calls someone and Nevada State Trooper Alejandro Dominguez finds himself on the wrong end of an assignment as babysitter and morals cop, as assignment that will take him back to a place he’s not visited for years, the slopes of the mountain where his father taught him to be a man as well as to hunt.The assignment becomes something quite different when the men meet and sparks and Levi’s fly. The hunt becomes a pilgrimage for both men, as they struggle with the hazards of the mountain and of the clash of what they want and the reality of life. Love isn’t always enough in the face of politics. Can a relationship begun on a foundation of deceit survive the inevitable revelation of truth?O’Quinn pulls no punches in exploring the complexities of drives and circumstances these men find entangling them. She does this, as she always promises and never fails to deliver, with grace, humor, and rich descriptive passages of both scenery and sex. Five stars — love, conflict, depth — this book has it all!