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Brotherhood Protectors World
Protecting the Flame
Grandmother Sarah always said, Der mentsh trakht un got lakht. Man plans and God laughs.
Emma Gold had plans. She and Ben were going to live happily ever after. They were going to be a team, the hotshot photojournalist and the crackerjack special investigations officer taking down the bad guys.
Except Ben’s dead. A suicide, the Air Force said. She knows better, though. After all, she was the one who fed Ben that tip about a smuggling ring operating out of a base in Idaho.
Her first mistake was shouting cover-up. When she made too much noise, she got thrown on a military psychiatric ward. Even after she wised up, zipped it, and got out, her second mistake was trusting the wrong man—Ben’s CO—with her information. Instead of investigating, the CO got rid of the evidence. Her parents died in a crash she is certain wasn’t an accident. But she has no proof.
And her third mistake? Sleeping with the CO. More than once. She was lonely, she was hurting, she was vulnerable—and she was an idiot. Because now she’s in big trouble and the clock is ticking.
Enlisting Hank Patterson’s help, Emma’s editor has gotten her a gig doing a spread on Joseph Kuntz and the Brotherhood Protectors as well as Lonesome’s Sarah Grant and Hank Cooper who broke up a smuggling ring a year ago. Except snow’s on the way and Emma’s flight has been cancelled. Desperate to get out, she grabs a seat on a small charter plane. And things aren’t all bad because one of her fellow passengers, Will Shirer, is a good-looking doctor on his way to a wilderness medicine conference. Best of all, she thinks Will is Jewish. Just a feeling. So, nu, now she has a ride, a plan. What can go wrong?
Oy, as her grandmother would’ve said, mer kopdreyenish vi ir visn. More troubles than you know.
Thrown off-course by a savage storm, the plane smashes into a mountain. The survivors are stranded and some are too injured to be moved. Worse, there are wolves and mountain lions happy to make them into a meal. As their supplies dwindle and they count the days by lighting Hanukkah candles in Emma’s travel menorah, Emma struggles against the elements, desire, and with keeping her secret: protecting the flame.
Emma Gold had plans. She and Ben were going to live happily ever after. They were going to be a team, the hotshot photojournalist and the crackerjack special investigations officer taking down the bad guys.
Except Ben’s dead. A suicide, the Air Force said. She knows better, though. After all, she was the one who fed Ben that tip about a smuggling ring operating out of a base in Idaho.
Her first mistake was shouting cover-up. When she made too much noise, she got thrown on a military psychiatric ward. Even after she wised up, zipped it, and got out, her second mistake was trusting the wrong man—Ben’s CO—with her information. Instead of investigating, the CO got rid of the evidence. Her parents died in a crash she is certain wasn’t an accident. But she has no proof.
And her third mistake? Sleeping with the CO. More than once. She was lonely, she was hurting, she was vulnerable—and she was an idiot. Because now she’s in big trouble and the clock is ticking.
Enlisting Hank Patterson’s help, Emma’s editor has gotten her a gig doing a spread on Joseph Kuntz and the Brotherhood Protectors as well as Lonesome’s Sarah Grant and Hank Cooper who broke up a smuggling ring a year ago. Except snow’s on the way and Emma’s flight has been cancelled. Desperate to get out, she grabs a seat on a small charter plane. And things aren’t all bad because one of her fellow passengers, Will Shirer, is a good-looking doctor on his way to a wilderness medicine conference. Best of all, she thinks Will is Jewish. Just a feeling. So, nu, now she has a ride, a plan. What can go wrong?
Oy, as her grandmother would’ve said, mer kopdreyenish vi ir visn. More troubles than you know.
Thrown off-course by a savage storm, the plane smashes into a mountain. The survivors are stranded and some are too injured to be moved. Worse, there are wolves and mountain lions happy to make them into a meal. As their supplies dwindle and they count the days by lighting Hanukkah candles in Emma’s travel menorah, Emma struggles against the elements, desire, and with keeping her secret: protecting the flame.
284 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 3, 2019
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About the author
Ilsa J. Bick
74 books1,596 followersAmong other things, I was an English major in college and so I know that I'm supposed to write things like, "Ilsa J. Bick is ." Except I hate writing about myself in the third person like I'm not in the room. Helloooo, I'm right here . . . So let's just say that I'm a child psychiatrist (yeah, you read that right)as well as a film scholar, surgeon wannabe (meaning I did an internship in surgery and LOVED it and maybe shoulda stuck), former Air Force major—and an award-winning, best-selling author of short stories, e-books, and novels. Believe me, no one is more shocked about this than I . . . unless you talk to my mother.
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
August 9, 2021
Good finish
Wasn't a fan of this story. I kept pushing until the end, but it wasn't easy. Too much babble in the head. The reason why I am not a fan of the first person present pov. I have enough babble in my own head that I do not enjoy stumbling around in someone else's head. When we finally made it to the story, things were better, but really? Why did we have to take the long way around? I did like the way it finished. Does that make me bloody minded?
Wasn't a fan of this story. I kept pushing until the end, but it wasn't easy. Too much babble in the head. The reason why I am not a fan of the first person present pov. I have enough babble in my own head that I do not enjoy stumbling around in someone else's head. When we finally made it to the story, things were better, but really? Why did we have to take the long way around? I did like the way it finished. Does that make me bloody minded?
December 31, 2019
To disjointed
First of brotherhood protectors that did not enjoy reading. Too much in Emma’s head not enough interaction/dialogue. Difficult to get into the book. Nothing like other BP books. Very disappointing. All other BP books in series of same style this was totally different style.
First of brotherhood protectors that did not enjoy reading. Too much in Emma’s head not enough interaction/dialogue. Difficult to get into the book. Nothing like other BP books. Very disappointing. All other BP books in series of same style this was totally different style.
January 8, 2020
Good job
Will met Emma when they were waiting for the plane to take off. They liked the look of each other, but when the plane crashes they have to rely on on the each other. Not everyone on the plane lives through the crash. Will and Emma are the only ones who can keep the fires going until help arrives.
Will met Emma when they were waiting for the plane to take off. They liked the look of each other, but when the plane crashes they have to rely on on the each other. Not everyone on the plane lives through the crash. Will and Emma are the only ones who can keep the fires going until help arrives.
December 19, 2021
Lord help me, I like flying but the bigger the plane is the better I like it, only once I was in a small plane and I hated it.
This book was how can I say it, a thrill to read, I could understand the fear of crashing and then surviving it, the horrors that occurred after the crash were to say scary, and I am glad that most of the survived it, and sad why it happened and what else was involved.
This book was how can I say it, a thrill to read, I could understand the fear of crashing and then surviving it, the horrors that occurred after the crash were to say scary, and I am glad that most of the survived it, and sad why it happened and what else was involved.
December 28, 2019
Having read and enjoyed previous offerings by this author, I was disappointed in the blandness of this book.
Overwritten and with a distinct soap-opera feel, I DNF at 46%.
I'll avoid future romance offerings from this writer
Overwritten and with a distinct soap-opera feel, I DNF at 46%.
I'll avoid future romance offerings from this writer
January 3, 2022
Protecting the Flame: Brotherhood Protectors World
Another amazing story. This wasn't like most of the series but was just as good. Survival in the wild and being winter was a great plot.
Another amazing story. This wasn't like most of the series but was just as good. Survival in the wild and being winter was a great plot.
March 2, 2020
Could not finish. Found myself skipping chapters to see if it got better.
July 14, 2020
Chandra 's Review
I didn't like this book as well as the other books in this series! It kept switching back and forth! I was confused at times and then didn't quite understand it!
I didn't like this book as well as the other books in this series! It kept switching back and forth! I was confused at times and then didn't quite understand it!
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