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  • Up Close and Dangerous

  • A Novel
  • By: Linda Howard
  • Narrated by: Natalie Ross
  • Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (619 ratings)

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Up Close and Dangerous

By: Linda Howard
Narrated by: Natalie Ross
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Publisher's summary

Bailey Wingate's scheming adult stepchildren are surprised when their father's will leaves Bailey in control of their fortune, and war ensues. A year later, while flying from Seattle to Denver in a small plane, Bailey nearly dies herself when the engine sputters - and then fails.

Cam Justice, her sexy Texan pilot, manages to crash-land the aircraft. Stranded in the wilderness, and struggling to douse her feelings for the ruggedly handsome man by her side, Bailey begins to wonder whether this was a mere accident.

Sure enough, upon her return to civilization, Bailey's suspicions mount: Who tampered with their plane? Who's trying to reunite Bailey and her husband in the afterlife?

Trusting her life - and heart - to Cam, Bailey must outwit a killer who will stop at nothing to finish the job.

©2007 Linda Howard (P)2007 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
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Excellent page turner

Loved story - good voices except main male character. Too many times voice nuances didn’t match words said

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Interesting Story -- Great Narrator!

Up Close and Dangerous is not a predictable story, but a well written story of survival, romance and mystery.

Although fiction, it's very believable, as a person never knows what they are capable of until circumstances necessitate a need for strength beyond what's normal, as in this story.

Natalie Ross gave a wonderful performance.


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Love this book

Love love those book. it was great hearing it. Performance was great, they did an excellent job expressing every scenario.

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Could not stop listening.

A great story about survival and determination. This was my third Linda Howard audio book and my favorite so far. Excellent narrator and story.

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i already had the book and enjoed it

What made the experience of listening to Up Close and Dangerous the most enjoyable?

i liked it a lot i read and i have been getting more books on audible so i can take more books with me when i got out

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Poor Quality Audio

Would you listen to Up Close and Dangerous again? Why?

No. I had a hard time with the muffled audio. The narrator was good, but the sound quality was very poor.

Any additional comments?

I can't really understand how the sound was such an issue and I'm afraid it's a way to encourage people to buy a more expensive issue.

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Once again Linda Howard didn’t disappoint

I like this book overall. I thought the story was fantastic ,I liked the characters I thought the NARA raider did a great job reading the book. I would definitely recommend this book to anybody.

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One of my go to books over and over

Loved the characters, loved the story, loved the romance. Survival aspects we're cool and fun to read as were the flying/pilot aspects but if you're looking for action or suspense this isn't the story, other than the crash itself (which was AWESOME!). Having said that I fell in love with the characters and their drama, and with the different perspectives from the characters it's an engaging read, great story and I love the performance which really seems to capture the emotion of each scene, and the narrator captured the essence of the story so well I can't read the book without hearing her voice now.
Anyways, I listen to it over and over again, so much so I'd call it timeless.

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I love this book and audible books too!

Loved it from begining to end. I read this book about 5 years ago before I got into audiobooks. But, listening to it, was so much more intense than reading it.

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Narration excellent, survival good, love story meh

Firstly, this narration was absolutely excellent. You can really tell she has a talent for this but also puts in work to make each character distinct. she even does a special phone voice and voice for someone talking from another room (and does so with already already established character voices). It adds a really great element to the story.

The survival aspects of this story were great and very believable. I enjoyed that part and the beginning of the love story.

However, midway through, it got corny and lacked that climactic point that the relationship should have had. I get that the plane crash was a climax but the love story needed one too. It just didn't feel believable at all.

Otherwise, it was a pretty decent book.

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