Ridgetop

Mountain Women

by Carol Ervin

A Mountain Women Thriller

On the eve of a country music festival, three people meet in the West Virginia mountains: Angela, a singer with a wounded voice; B.L., a delusional ex-con on a dangerous quest to prove himself; and Rudy, who's chasing an old dream. If Angela sings—even speaks—she could ruin her voice for good, but she faces another threat: falling hard for Rudy, her first love, the man she abandoned to follow her career. Over the next few days the three will meet again in Winkler, the small town where the Ridgetop festival takes place.

All three will be forever changed. All three will run for their lives

Genres: Historical Fiction, Thriller

240 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 21, 2015

About the author

I’ve been lucky. Years ago, I wanted to live on a farm, and my husband said “Let’s do it.” When personal computers were introduced, I wanted to know about them and have one, and lucky me, the school where I taught offered a course in Basic. When we bought our first computer, I discovered the writer’s best friend--word processing. (Before that, I could not write without crossing out most of a typewritten or handwritten page, and progress seemed impossible.) When I wanted to shift from teaching to writing, the first Macintosh computers came out, and I was lucky enough to offer, along with technical and business writing, the first “desktop publishing” in my county. And when finally I had the leisure to give a lot of time to a novel, my husband didn’t merely tolerate my commitment, he encouraged it.

Reviews

[Jackie M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ridgetop. Mountain Women Series by Carol Ervin. BooksGoSocial, 2015.

At 29, Angela, a singer with a leading role in a touring musical, must have six months of complete voice rest. On her way to living quietly in a recently inherited West Virginia mountain cabin, she has a road accident. She is delivered instead to her beloved “Aunt Pete” in the home where she grew up, next door to her high school sweetheart. What happens next is complicated by a stranger, drifting through with a Ruger 22 after serving time. And by something else even worse going on in the woods.

Aside from the drifter, the characters in this book are beautifully developed and described, even the insufferable town clerk. The plot is wonderful, the pace fast, there’s a music festival in town, a great crisis involving a broken ankle during a mountain top chase on foot - I could not put it down – plus a satisfying ending.

I give it ***** (5 stars) for enjoyment but **** (4 stars) here for the brief (to me unnecessary, distracting) and murky business going on in the woods that appeared almost at the end. I opted to ignore it rather than pick through or reread to make sense of it.

Disclosure: I received a review copy of Ridgetop for free via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. #Ridgetop #NetGalley.

[Sue Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ridgetop by Carol Ervin.
Mountain Women Series
The last thing country singer Angela Henderson wants is to crawl back home to heal her wounded voice, but she believes it’s her best choice. She doesn’t figure on being stalked. She doesn’t know the rekindling of an old love will challenge her ambitions. And she has no idea that an accidental meeting on a deserted highway will end in a run for her life. Against the advice of her vocal coach, Angela took a summer gig with a musical theater company and sang roles that stressed her voice. Now she has vocal nodules and can’t work. To heal her voice she must be silent for six months. If she sings, even speaks, she risks losing her singing career. But her voice and future face other threats. Stuck in her small mountain town, she’s in danger of falling hard for Rudy, the man she abandoned to follow her career. Then there’s the delusional ex-con who’s on a dangerous quest to prove himself: is he an enemy or merely a fan?
Really enjoyable read. Great story and characters. 4*.

[Christy Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a struggle for me to read. It had some interesting characters and in places it told a good story but I could not seem to keep up with the plot intertwines. There was some good descriptive narrative but not enough information about the things it referred to in the past relationships and people for me to understand the background. Thanks to #Ridgetop#NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

[Meg Porter · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was probably the worst book I've read so far this year. Rambling plot, a stalker with no reason why he's stalking the main character, the main character having no discernible story or any real ties to the characters in the original books and a rambling plot line that even though it irritated me, I still had to finish the book to put it on my reading goal list.

[P.Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

4⭐⭐⭐⭐




- first book read from this author and did not dissapoint . it gotten be hooked from the first chapter .
i think the ending was lacking and need more answer but probably best if there is a season 2 for this and it will be answered . well recommended thriller!

+thankyou netgalley for the opportunity

❤️shaye.reads

[Suzanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

No descendents?

Didn't care for this book as much as the Girl on the Mountain series. I was hoping for some name recognition from those characters. And I felt left hanging at the end. Who were all those shot up people anyway?

[Doug Yonce · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book straddles genres… mystery and romance. But the real star of the book is the setting. The author makes you feel that you are in West Virginia. I received a digital copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher and voluntarily provided an honest review.

[Beverly Brewer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Endearing characters and locale

Carol makes you wish you knew the people she writes about! This was a great read! Now I'm ready for another!

[Ford, Patricia Jean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read

Enjoyable, quite a change from the mountain series. If you haven’t read those, do yourself a favor and read her mountain series!

[Randy Grossman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Enough

I enjoyed the story for the most part. I thought the conclusion was a bit shallow, in that there was no real description of how the bad guy met his match. The romantic story was okay, looks like the guy got the girl. My being an amateur musician made the parts about the festival interesting . And I thought the underlying abortion story had some interesting information regarding both sides of the issue. I could read more by the author if able.

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

i like this book. It was a murder mystery in it as I like mysteries .A girl who left her small home town and was singing and was known in the big time. She had to rest her voice for a couple months so she went back to her hometown. She met her old boyfriend and soon decided to stay there after trying to figure out who was trying to bomb a doctors office which some out of town people thought was actually a abortion clinic. So there is talk about abortions thru out the story. Their lives were also in danger too. good book to read.

[Dottie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whoa Nellie -- THAT was some ride! I don't want to give anything away but this was quite the grabber -- and well-worth being grabbed. A nail-biter with several points where it looked like things might end poorly for one or the other of the characters -- and then a twist here -- a twist there and a few surprises.

[T C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Book, Disappointing End

This book was a solid 5 right until the last chapter. Very disappointed with the end, very anti-climatic. Author could have spent more time with the ending instead of just leaving it in mid air. And no, it wasn't a cliff-hanger, just didn't end the book well.

[Nana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Doctors orders to stay silent and a return to home cause excitement.

Being home to visit for rest turns into an awakening of old feelings and a mysterious man trying to get revenge.