num_pages: 400
description: City girl Calla Fletcher attempts to reconnect with her estranged father and unwittingly finds herself torn between her desire to return to the bustle of Toronto and a budding relationship with a rugged Alaskan pilot in this masterful new romance from acclaimed author K.A. Tucker.Calla Fletcher was two when her mother took her and fled the Alaskan wild unable to handle the isolation of the extreme rural lifestyle leaving behind Callas father Wren Fletcher in the process. Calla never looked back and at twenty-six a busy life in Toronto is all she knows. But when her father reaches out to inform her that his days are numbered Calla knows that its time to make the long trip back to the remote frontier town where she was born.She braves the roaming wildlife the odd daylight hours the exorbitant prices and even the occasionaldear Godouthouse all for the chance to connect with her father: a man who despite his many faults she cant help but care for. While she struggles to adjust to this new subarctic environment Jonahthe quiet brooding and proud Alaskan pilot who keeps her fathers charter plane company operationalcant imagine calling anywhere else home. And hes clearly waiting with one hand on the throttle to fly this city girl back to where she belongs convinced that shes too pampered to handle the wild.Jonah is probably right but Calla is determined to prove him wrong. As time passes she unexpectedly finds herself forming a bond with the burly pilot. As his undercurrent of disapproval dwindles its replaced by friendshipor perhaps something deeper? But Calla is not in Alaska to stay and Jonah will never leave. It would be foolish of her to kindle a romance to take the same path her parents triedand failed atyears ago.Its a simple truth that turns out to be not so simple after all.
language: English
title: The Simple Wild
publisher: Atria Books