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Survive the Night
Dillon Boone was a man with a bounty on his head and a heap of trouble on his heels. Staying one step ahead of the real "bad guys" proved nearly impossible, until he found Ashley Benedict's secluded cabin. Her home was the perfect haven: no phone, no neighbors...just one powerfully attractive resident.
For Dillon, trusting a caring woman like Ashley wasn't easy. But the renegade soon realized he could put his life in her capably hands. Yet if Dillon dared reveal the truth about his lawless past, would he ever be given the chance to make Ashley his lawfully wedded wife?
For Dillon, trusting a caring woman like Ashley wasn't easy. But the renegade soon realized he could put his life in her capably hands. Yet if Dillon dared reveal the truth about his lawless past, would he ever be given the chance to make Ashley his lawfully wedded wife?
248 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 1996
About the author
Marilyn Pappano
191 books126 followersAward-winning and bestselling author, international traveler, feted at a Hollywood premiere . . .
All true . . . but my regular life is a whole lot more routine. Deal with the five big puppers who share our house, babysit our grandson, battle the jungle that is our yard, pray for summer in winter and dream of winter in summer, and hunker down at the computer -- that's my real life.
I grew up in Oklahoma and had the fun of living in Georgia, Alabama, California and the Carolinas, thanks to my husband's Navy career. When he retired, we came home to Oklahoma and have lived in the same house for seventeen years. That's a real "Wow!" for someone used to the nomadic military life.
Writing was the perfect career for all that moving. Have computer, will travel. I've set books, or part of them, in every state we've lived in and been inspired by every place I've ever been. I've now written somewhere around 80 books, and I think I've got only about 8,000 stories left to tell.
My biggest hobby is starting new projects -- starting. Not completing. I'm still not done with the cross-stitched Army seal I started when our son joined out of high school. He did tours in Georgia, Colorado, Korea, Italy, Iraq, Afghanistan and Louisiana, and has been out for a few years. So I'm a little slow.
I like to think about getting organized, painting my living room in cool beachy colors, and turning my entire five-acre yard into a garden. I also dream about having every room in my house clean at exactly the same time, but I live by the motto of the woman who taught me to quilt: A clean house is the sign of a bored woman.
And I've never been bored.
All true . . . but my regular life is a whole lot more routine. Deal with the five big puppers who share our house, babysit our grandson, battle the jungle that is our yard, pray for summer in winter and dream of winter in summer, and hunker down at the computer -- that's my real life.
I grew up in Oklahoma and had the fun of living in Georgia, Alabama, California and the Carolinas, thanks to my husband's Navy career. When he retired, we came home to Oklahoma and have lived in the same house for seventeen years. That's a real "Wow!" for someone used to the nomadic military life.
Writing was the perfect career for all that moving. Have computer, will travel. I've set books, or part of them, in every state we've lived in and been inspired by every place I've ever been. I've now written somewhere around 80 books, and I think I've got only about 8,000 stories left to tell.
My biggest hobby is starting new projects -- starting. Not completing. I'm still not done with the cross-stitched Army seal I started when our son joined out of high school. He did tours in Georgia, Colorado, Korea, Italy, Iraq, Afghanistan and Louisiana, and has been out for a few years. So I'm a little slow.
I like to think about getting organized, painting my living room in cool beachy colors, and turning my entire five-acre yard into a garden. I also dream about having every room in my house clean at exactly the same time, but I live by the motto of the woman who taught me to quilt: A clean house is the sign of a bored woman.
And I've never been bored.
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April 26, 2019
Nice!
The on-the-run-from-authorities H holds the h hostage at her remote cabin in the North Carolina wilds. Only she turns out to be a more than willing accomplice. Some heat, some tenderness is enough to sway the suspicious, bitter man to hope and have faith.
The on-the-run-from-authorities H holds the h hostage at her remote cabin in the North Carolina wilds. Only she turns out to be a more than willing accomplice. Some heat, some tenderness is enough to sway the suspicious, bitter man to hope and have faith.
June 29, 2019
After a year on the run and subsequently being accused of a bank robbery, the law has caught up with Dillon Boone. While being transported to the jail in the next county, the police car is ambushed by three men with guns. When the car plunges down into a ravine, Dillon sees his chance to get away. Wandering through the Great Smokey Mountains, Dillon stumbles on a secluded cabin owned by Ashley Benedict. Ashley has no hone and no neighbors. Dillon decides this is the perfect place to recover from his injuries while he decides what his next step will be.
This was a solid cabin/stranded themed romance. Dillon is innocent of the charges against him but knows no one will ever believe him. Ashley listens to his story and decides he is telling the truth. She harbors him from the searchers who are on his trail. She also worries about the men who tried to kill him on his way to jail. Could they be looking for him also? My rating: 4 Stars.
This was a solid cabin/stranded themed romance. Dillon is innocent of the charges against him but knows no one will ever believe him. Ashley listens to his story and decides he is telling the truth. She harbors him from the searchers who are on his trail. She also worries about the men who tried to kill him on his way to jail. Could they be looking for him also? My rating: 4 Stars.
July 29, 2011
I enjoyed Survive the Night, it was a quick read with likeable characters.
Dillon Boone hasn't had the best life, he's always been a screw-up, changed jobs too often but he thought he had a good life going when his old friend offered him a job, turns out he was wrong and he trusted the wrong person and found himself on the run, accused of robbery. He's been caught and is being transported when an attempt is made on his life, injured, he escapes and comes to an isolated cabin where he finds Ashley.
Dillon doesn't want to take her hostage, but he is hurting and the weather is bad and he's desperate. Ashley stays up there alone, people think she's crazy living the way she does, but she likes it. She doesn't like being taken hostage but bides her time, taking care of him and then trying to escape, she doesn't succeed of course but that doesn't stop her from trying.
Ashley got married to her best friend which turned out to be a mistake, she likes Dillon and him her but well there is the prison threat looming over Dillon which screams of permanency not.
I liked the Ashley wasn't afraid to ask for what she wanted and Dillon was good as well. It wasn't as emotional as the other books by this author but decent.
Dillon Boone hasn't had the best life, he's always been a screw-up, changed jobs too often but he thought he had a good life going when his old friend offered him a job, turns out he was wrong and he trusted the wrong person and found himself on the run, accused of robbery. He's been caught and is being transported when an attempt is made on his life, injured, he escapes and comes to an isolated cabin where he finds Ashley.
Dillon doesn't want to take her hostage, but he is hurting and the weather is bad and he's desperate. Ashley stays up there alone, people think she's crazy living the way she does, but she likes it. She doesn't like being taken hostage but bides her time, taking care of him and then trying to escape, she doesn't succeed of course but that doesn't stop her from trying.
Ashley got married to her best friend which turned out to be a mistake, she likes Dillon and him her but well there is the prison threat looming over Dillon which screams of permanency not.
I liked the Ashley wasn't afraid to ask for what she wanted and Dillon was good as well. It wasn't as emotional as the other books by this author but decent.
January 27, 2022
Nah. Cover should’ve tipped me off
November 4, 2023
Seriously damn good, love a hostage romance - not quite 5 stars as it's a little too long, which means we spend a LOT of time having our h and H rehashing the same thoughts in their heads. But all in all it's got a ton of heart, and an H whose very different to what you normally get in these romances.
March 6, 2016
Oh this was beautiful. As in sweet, honest, heart-warming. Our h lives in back of beyond, with no neighbours close by and not even a phone to call for help. She has a wealth of knowledge of herbs from her grandmother, and quilts, and has all kinds of other DIY projects to keep herself. So when a gun-toting and grievously injured thug literally lands at her doorstep in the middle of a snowstorm and holds her captive, she has to comply. That's a tried and tested trope, the classic Stockholm syndrome, which is one of my favourite plots Please hold off on the eyebrows raising till you read this one! It's written so beautifully, the progression to the point where her healing instincts take over and she figures he isn't so dangerous after all, is so easily done that you hardly notice it's following any trope at all.
This is also one of the books with very few characters .. just three (the ex-husband of the h being the third), and I totally loved how there is so much of caring between the h and her ex. They had been best friends, and he is a really decent guy. The scene where he confronts her with her feelings for the man who has invaded her home is a sweetly poignant one.
Like I said, this gave me the fuzzies. It's tender, warm, healing. It's going on my keepers shelf, and I know I'm going to read and re-read this several times! Thank you, Ms Pappano.
This is also one of the books with very few characters .. just three (the ex-husband of the h being the third), and I totally loved how there is so much of caring between the h and her ex. They had been best friends, and he is a really decent guy. The scene where he confronts her with her feelings for the man who has invaded her home is a sweetly poignant one.
Like I said, this gave me the fuzzies. It's tender, warm, healing. It's going on my keepers shelf, and I know I'm going to read and re-read this several times! Thank you, Ms Pappano.
August 11, 2014
Good book !!!
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