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Aurora Night #2
See Before You Die: Patagonia
Idealistic travel writer, Aurora Night, is embarking on the adventure of a lifetime—a horse trekking trip into the heart of Patagonian Chile. Before she boards the plane, Aurora’s boss calls to tell her that See! magazine is downsizing. If the young writer is to survive the cuts, she must prove her worth. How? Win a coveted slot in the See Before You Die photo contest. Aurora thinks her prayers are answered when she meets a noble South American horse trainer by the name of Ben. With her faithful camera, Aurora captures a winning image of the mysterious man and his beautiful horse, Mancha. But the forces of deceit and greed are lurking and Aurora soon finds herself lost, alone, and in a race to save not just her job, but the life of a friend. In this story, Aurora is transformed by a cast of ornery and affectionate horses, a hard-working dog, a quiet and wise gaucho, a mother torn between enjoying time to herself or rushing home to her kids, and the captivating horse trainer who questions Aurora’s deepest beliefs. Aurora’s journey through the spectacular and harsh Patagonian landscape is fraught with both beauty and danger. Will she prevail? Or is success about more than winning?
259 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 1, 2012
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J.E. Leigh
12 books6 followersJ.E. Leigh loves to travel, loves to write, and loves being a mom. Her background is in tourism, parks, recreation, & geography. She writes humorous romantic mysteries that offer heartfelt insights into people and places. Her stories focus on themes of adventure, travel, culture, and life.
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October 6, 2018
This book is a surprising blend of silliness, self discovery, poetic description and social insights. Truly a wonderful story. I'm off to see if the third book is available.
June 4, 2012
I received this through the GoodReads Giveaway.
This was a pleasant, easy book to read. I have not read the first book, but I did not feel that I was missing any vital information to enjoy this book.
We are following the further adventures Aurora who is struggling to live her dream as a travel writer. Somehow, she has fallen into doing trips and stories with her father as a travel companion!
She is sent to Chile by her new editor, who happens to be quite attractive, to win a contest for the cover of their magazine. After several delays, she arrives with her father in Patagonia behind schedule. They are met by Ben, one of the guides, and he hurries them along to join the rest of the group. He is a gaucho and has a wonderful way of training horses.
As the group progesses along the journey, Aurora has more mishaps that are quite funny, befriends a fellow traveler missing her family, and comes across a nefarious situation. Seems like the government and companies are hoping to "develop" parts of geologically unstable Patagonia are the private companies are putting muscle behind the offers of huge money to landowners.
Clues continue to mount and suspicion turns to certainty as the tour winds its way to the end.
Along the way, Aurora is forced to examine her feeling about her life, where she is heading and her guides are not only Ben & Alonso, but the horses that are accompaining the group.
I think if you are comfortable with your teen reading Twilight, then this is definitely ok for them to read. It reminded me of the Nancy Drew mysteries of old a bit. Clean fun!
This was a pleasant, easy book to read. I have not read the first book, but I did not feel that I was missing any vital information to enjoy this book.
We are following the further adventures Aurora who is struggling to live her dream as a travel writer. Somehow, she has fallen into doing trips and stories with her father as a travel companion!
She is sent to Chile by her new editor, who happens to be quite attractive, to win a contest for the cover of their magazine. After several delays, she arrives with her father in Patagonia behind schedule. They are met by Ben, one of the guides, and he hurries them along to join the rest of the group. He is a gaucho and has a wonderful way of training horses.
As the group progesses along the journey, Aurora has more mishaps that are quite funny, befriends a fellow traveler missing her family, and comes across a nefarious situation. Seems like the government and companies are hoping to "develop" parts of geologically unstable Patagonia are the private companies are putting muscle behind the offers of huge money to landowners.
Clues continue to mount and suspicion turns to certainty as the tour winds its way to the end.
Along the way, Aurora is forced to examine her feeling about her life, where she is heading and her guides are not only Ben & Alonso, but the horses that are accompaining the group.
I think if you are comfortable with your teen reading Twilight, then this is definitely ok for them to read. It reminded me of the Nancy Drew mysteries of old a bit. Clean fun!
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