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The Fall Trilogy #3
Landfall
The Fall Trilogy: Book Three
When Sean wins a powerboat in a mail-order sweepstakes, he and Asbjorn fly to the Bahamas to pick it up. They’ve been married for two years, slaving to finish school and to make ends meet. Instead of intimate quality time, they’ve been passing each other like two ships in the night.
How far Sean and Asbjorn drifted apart becomes painfully clear as they’re stuck on the boat together. Don and Adrian sail down to meet them for a relaxing get-together. Sean’s mind drifts to an old invitation to swing with their best friends, while Asbjorn takes ill-advised risks on the sea. Nature intervenes. Marooned on a deserted island where cell service winks in and out, they have no way of knowing when help will arrive. Survival’s at stake, and they have only each other to lean upon. The solitude and struggle against the elements forces these two stubborn, loving men to finally talk.
And then a body washes up on the shore.
When Sean wins a powerboat in a mail-order sweepstakes, he and Asbjorn fly to the Bahamas to pick it up. They’ve been married for two years, slaving to finish school and to make ends meet. Instead of intimate quality time, they’ve been passing each other like two ships in the night.
How far Sean and Asbjorn drifted apart becomes painfully clear as they’re stuck on the boat together. Don and Adrian sail down to meet them for a relaxing get-together. Sean’s mind drifts to an old invitation to swing with their best friends, while Asbjorn takes ill-advised risks on the sea. Nature intervenes. Marooned on a deserted island where cell service winks in and out, they have no way of knowing when help will arrive. Survival’s at stake, and they have only each other to lean upon. The solitude and struggle against the elements forces these two stubborn, loving men to finally talk.
And then a body washes up on the shore.
266 pages, ebook
First published April 3, 2015
36 people want to read
About the author
Kate Pavelle
60 books52 followersKate Pavelle learned to use a gas mask in first grade, fired her first VZ50 in her sixth grade civil defense class and her dog was a wolf hybrid stolen from the Czechoslovak border guard. Her eccentric father blew out the windows of their house with a stun grenade.
Her high-stakes childhood leaves Kate searching for the next exciting thing: martial arts, horses, toxic mushrooms.
Her quests resonates through her suspense, thrillers and romances. Kate once knew the hunger of being a political refugee and the terror of being pursued by government agents. She imbues her characters with her own struggle for survival, excellence, and world domination.
Only the dead bodies are imaginary.
Her high-stakes childhood leaves Kate searching for the next exciting thing: martial arts, horses, toxic mushrooms.
Her quests resonates through her suspense, thrillers and romances. Kate once knew the hunger of being a political refugee and the terror of being pursued by government agents. She imbues her characters with her own struggle for survival, excellence, and world domination.
Only the dead bodies are imaginary.
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March 10, 2016
I read this book, not realising it was book three in a series. I enjoyed it. I loved how even though it was romance, you could see their struggle to survive on the island.
Because I didn't have the background story, the side story that involved Adrien and Don confused me. I had trouble understanding why they were in the story and what was going on with Adrien and Sean. I would most definitely recommend reading the first two books before this one. It will make a whole lot more sense, I think.
Because I didn't have the background story, the side story that involved Adrien and Don confused me. I had trouble understanding why they were in the story and what was going on with Adrien and Sean. I would most definitely recommend reading the first two books before this one. It will make a whole lot more sense, I think.
April 5, 2015
Sean and Asbjorn have been through a lot in their short time together. With the killer that had painted a target on Sean’s back finally out of the picture, the two of them pushing to finish college and now a married couple, one would think they can finally have that happy ever after they’ve heard so much about. Yeah, not so much.
The pressure to finish their degrees leaves them exhausted and stressed, they begin to move like ships in the night, briefly passing. Sean takes ill because of an undue issue at the lab he’s working at, and he still has nightmares about the past. Asbjorn as well is not feeling himself, all the strain and stress of the past three years have caused an ulcer, literally. The problem is they are both so worried about worrying each other, that they keep these things to themselves. When Sean gets a letter in the mail telling him he has won a boat he and Asbjorn head off to claim said boat and have a little vacation, spend some quality time together. But if these two didn’t have bad luck, well they wouldn’t have any at all. First the boat turns out to be scarcely more than a life raft, then they get stranded on an island, oh, and a body washes up on shore.
What I liked about this book was how Pavelle took the issue out of the equation for these two. Life in general is getting in the way of them communicating and putting a serious strain on their still new marriage. So they wind up the only two people on this gorgeous island and are forced to talk and find their way back to each other, remember why it was they fell in love in the first place. And that firey passion that these two have shared since day one that they lost a little bit while Asbjorn was trying to keep Sean safe, that was back in spades.
What I didn’t like was that the entire story felt rushed and far-fetched. And then almost half of the book was spent with Don and Adrian sailing, en-route to meet up with Sean and Asbjorn and those two dealing with some issues in their relationship. It didn’t flow well between the two storylines that split the book into pieces that came across like jagged rocks.
If you’ve been following this series, then you definitely should read this final installment so you have some closure. For me though, it could have been a novella with just Sean and Asbjorn’s part of the story, and then a little peppering throughout of Don and Adrian as they sail their way. Just an okay read for me.
* I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review through http://mmgoodbookreviews.wordpress.com *
The pressure to finish their degrees leaves them exhausted and stressed, they begin to move like ships in the night, briefly passing. Sean takes ill because of an undue issue at the lab he’s working at, and he still has nightmares about the past. Asbjorn as well is not feeling himself, all the strain and stress of the past three years have caused an ulcer, literally. The problem is they are both so worried about worrying each other, that they keep these things to themselves. When Sean gets a letter in the mail telling him he has won a boat he and Asbjorn head off to claim said boat and have a little vacation, spend some quality time together. But if these two didn’t have bad luck, well they wouldn’t have any at all. First the boat turns out to be scarcely more than a life raft, then they get stranded on an island, oh, and a body washes up on shore.
What I liked about this book was how Pavelle took the issue out of the equation for these two. Life in general is getting in the way of them communicating and putting a serious strain on their still new marriage. So they wind up the only two people on this gorgeous island and are forced to talk and find their way back to each other, remember why it was they fell in love in the first place. And that firey passion that these two have shared since day one that they lost a little bit while Asbjorn was trying to keep Sean safe, that was back in spades.
What I didn’t like was that the entire story felt rushed and far-fetched. And then almost half of the book was spent with Don and Adrian sailing, en-route to meet up with Sean and Asbjorn and those two dealing with some issues in their relationship. It didn’t flow well between the two storylines that split the book into pieces that came across like jagged rocks.
If you’ve been following this series, then you definitely should read this final installment so you have some closure. For me though, it could have been a novella with just Sean and Asbjorn’s part of the story, and then a little peppering throughout of Don and Adrian as they sail their way. Just an okay read for me.
* I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review through http://mmgoodbookreviews.wordpress.com *
May 7, 2015
A Joyfully Jay review.
4.25 stars
I actually want to address the ending first. This is a HEA/HFN story, which sounds odd, but really worked for me. Their story ends on a positive note, but not all of the issues brought up in the trilogy are resolved, which felt like the right course of action to me, since in life, as in the Fall trilogy, the future truly is unknown.
What did I like? I liked that we got to know Adrian and Don better, and also got to see the dynamic of the various secondary characters or groups that have made up Sean and Asbjorn’s world. I found the tension and frustration between Sean and Asbjorn engaging, and liked how their relationship struggled as they tried to master married life and an insane course load at MIT. I liked the consistency in the three books, both in terms of characters, but also in regards to their group of friends, their studies, and the seamless references to events from the past that gave us the feeling of past, present, and future, a depth that I liked from the beginning.
What did I find off? Winning the sweepstakes and getting shipwrecked on a deserted island. Now I say “off” because the situations were well plotte, and in character for all involved, from Sean’s quirky habit of filling out contest forms, to Asbjorn’s love of roughing it, to Adrian and Don’s offer to join them in Barbados and return to Boston as a group. The fact that all of their friends pitched in to help was completely right in my mind.
Read Jason’s review in its entirety here.
4.25 stars
I actually want to address the ending first. This is a HEA/HFN story, which sounds odd, but really worked for me. Their story ends on a positive note, but not all of the issues brought up in the trilogy are resolved, which felt like the right course of action to me, since in life, as in the Fall trilogy, the future truly is unknown.
What did I like? I liked that we got to know Adrian and Don better, and also got to see the dynamic of the various secondary characters or groups that have made up Sean and Asbjorn’s world. I found the tension and frustration between Sean and Asbjorn engaging, and liked how their relationship struggled as they tried to master married life and an insane course load at MIT. I liked the consistency in the three books, both in terms of characters, but also in regards to their group of friends, their studies, and the seamless references to events from the past that gave us the feeling of past, present, and future, a depth that I liked from the beginning.
What did I find off? Winning the sweepstakes and getting shipwrecked on a deserted island. Now I say “off” because the situations were well plotte, and in character for all involved, from Sean’s quirky habit of filling out contest forms, to Asbjorn’s love of roughing it, to Adrian and Don’s offer to join them in Barbados and return to Boston as a group. The fact that all of their friends pitched in to help was completely right in my mind.
Read Jason’s review in its entirety here.
June 22, 2015
Having read the first two books of the trilogy it was so wonderful to get to the finale. With the fears and problems of the first two books out of the way it seems like Sean and Asbjorn would have things going their way, finally. However, as students trying to finish their degrees, they are having a hard time meeting deadlines and even just simply meeting each other. A lab accident causes them to look at their goals and try to decide if they can reach them or not.
Sean enters sweepstakes whenever one crosses his path, and when he finally wins one he is thrilled. It's a boat and all they have to do is go where the boat is to pick it up. Adrian and Don help them make those arrangements and agree to follow them to enjoy a vacation together.
What they don't expect is to be shipwrecked on an island. The isolation forces them not only to depend on Asbjorn's survival skills he learned in the military but also on some of Sean's scientific skills. They also have to talk, which has been lacking in the two years since they married.
This is a great ending to the series and another book that demonstrates Ms Pavelle's broad knowledge of science and martial arts as well as her vivid imagination. I love her character development and the exciting plots of all three books.
Sean enters sweepstakes whenever one crosses his path, and when he finally wins one he is thrilled. It's a boat and all they have to do is go where the boat is to pick it up. Adrian and Don help them make those arrangements and agree to follow them to enjoy a vacation together.
What they don't expect is to be shipwrecked on an island. The isolation forces them not only to depend on Asbjorn's survival skills he learned in the military but also on some of Sean's scientific skills. They also have to talk, which has been lacking in the two years since they married.
This is a great ending to the series and another book that demonstrates Ms Pavelle's broad knowledge of science and martial arts as well as her vivid imagination. I love her character development and the exciting plots of all three books.
June 15, 2016
A fun and entertaining trilogy with really, really sexy and sweet MC's. You really do need to read the first two books "Breakfall" and "Swordfall" before reading this one. This does start a new plot but the characters are so intertwined and explained in the first 2 books, I'm not sure this would make nearly as much sense without reading them first.
September 13, 2019
I absolutely LOVED this hilariously funny, charming, engaging, sweet, snarky, sexy, delightful, amazing, and totally awesome tale. Filled with gorgeous scenery and a touch of mystery, I would DEFINITELY recommend getting the entire series.
September 19, 2019
sweet... this ending wasnt bad at all.. i enjoyed it and it made me smile. part of it felt rushed.. parts of it felt totally off.. but overall it ended well and i did enjoy it. so very good series :)
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