The Reluctant Hero eBook Jackie Weger
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Stillman's first and only love is flying. The struggle to keep his air cargo business solvent is challenge enough. Rebecca Hollis believes caring for others is the road to happiness. Tasked to shepherd five orphans on a flight to a conclave to meet prospective adoptive parents, she learns it takes much more. The plane is caught helpless in the grip of a storm that sends it plunging into a frozen wilderness. Rebecca determines she and the disagreeable pilot must work together to insure the survival and rescue of the orphans. Parnell Stillman has other ideas. So do the orphans. Rescue means a return to foster homes and an uncaring welfare system. Or maybe not.
The Reluctant Hero eBook Jackie Weger
Conscientious and wary, Rebecca Hollis takes her duties as a social worker and chaperone to five physically and emotionally challenged orphans very seriously. She has their excursion to San Francisco, where they hope to find adoptive families, well in hand. Well in hand, that is, until she meets the pilot hired to fly them there.Prickly, scruffy, grumpy, beset by financial woes and painful disappointments, Parnell Stillman becomes, if possible, even more disgruntled upon learning that the group of social workers he thought were his passengers are, in fact, one pretty, but quarrelsome, young woman and a bunch of annoying kids. That they actually might touch his heart is something he absolutely will not acknowledge or tolerate.
Once the flight is under way, things go from bad to worse. Even Parnell's skill and talent cannot save the plane from the ravages of a violent and unpredictable storm over the Sierras. With severe damage to the small aircraft, there is only one direction they can go: down.
Author Jackie Weger has written a wonderful story – at once nail-biting and heartwarming – full of vivid characters who face all manner of challenges, both physical and emotional. Parnell and Rebecca may be difficult and stubborn, but they also have charm, courage, perseverence, and unselfish hearts. (I was particularly touched by Parnell's willingness to go out in the swirling snow to retrieve a child's imaginary pet.) The couple reminded me of younger versions of Charlie Allnut and Rose Sayer from "The African Queen." The children, especially self-reliant and inventive Santee, undaunted Nicholas, and needy little Molly, could find their way into the hardest heart. They are fully-developed characters who add urgency, poignance, and humor to the story.
Ms. Weger has also completely realized a setting – the harsh, beautiful, wintry Sierra Nevada wilderness – so intense, gripping, and powerful that it's a character all by itself. The story is actually physically uncomfortable to read in spots because the reader is so completely transported into that cold, unforgiving country. Parnell's harrowing swim through an ice-choked lake to retrieve supplies from the half-submerged plane is almost unbearable. Be sure you have blankets, hot chocolate, and a crackling fire going before reading. You've been warned!
A minor caveat or two: Although the story is ostensibly set in the present day, there is a pervasive nostalgic feel to ON A WING AND A PRAYER. It seems set in an earlier, simpler time – one free from computerized and regulated everything. While a little puzzling at first, that ultimately didn't bother me, as most of the story takes place in the wilderness. There are a few print glitches here and there, but nothing that detracts from the reading experience.
I highly recommend this novel for its gripping story, vivid and relatable characters, heartwarming emotion, humor, and (even though we know where the story's going) real – sometimes harrowing – suspense!
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The Reluctant Hero eBook Jackie Weger Reviews
I obtained this free e-book from and I am voluntarily writing a review. Rebecca is in charge of taking five orphans to San Francisco to a convention to find adoptive parents. The flight has been book by the director of the orphanage that is out of funds. She has them on a cargo plane with a pilot that cannot stand women or children and a disposition as prickly as a porcupine. It is winter and a bad snow storm is making travel difficult but the cargo plane has US Mail on board that has to be delivered, that is until they crash in the wilderness.
All Parnell Stillman wants to do is fly, and get his freight hauling airline out of hock. The last thing on his mind is hooking up with a woman—he got his fill of that with his ex-wife. Rebecca Hollis has also had her troubles in the love department. She now works for a home for children, and has been tasked with getting five orphans from Idaho to San Francisco to be adopted—hopefully.
The problem they both face is that they’re thrown together, since Parnell has been hired to fly them, and they hate each other on sight. When bad weather forces the plane down in the wilderness, and they’re forced to get along in order to survive, both their lives change in ways neither could have foreseen.
Jackie Weger’s The Reluctant Hero is something of an adventure/romance, with as much emphasis on the former as the latter. An eclectic cast of characters and a compelling setting keeps the reader’s interest as they struggle to survive against the unrelenting wilderness and deadly weather. Even if you’re not a fan of romance fiction, you’ll like this book.
Such a disappointment. The premise was great and I was excited to read it. Unfortunately I got 1/2 way thru and finally gave up - first time ever. The biggest issue was how thoroughly unpleasant both main characters were. There wasn't a single moment that they weren't yelling and arguing. I assume this was building to some sort of romance? Preposterous! And, the way the children were described was truly borderline offensive. And please don't get me started on the whole premise and the major drama - not remotely believable. Don't waste your time.
Even though he didn't take passengers, Jack desperately needed cash so he agreed to fly some social workers from Idaho to San Francisco on a mail flight. He sure wasn't happy that what he got was Rebecca with 5 children. Rebecca worked for a home for children, and had the job of accompanying the orphans to the meeting so they would be adopted, they hoped. Jack didn't like women after a failed marriage and didn't want anything to do with kids. He was a very grumpy, unsociable man who was very hard to get along with. But they needed him to survive so Rebecca did her best to work with him.
After surviving a crash landing in a blizzard, they do whatever they can to keep everyone alive until they were rescued. It was easy to picture the dire situations they found themselves in and how they got through them all. Even the children thought of ways to help out. With each child having a disability of some kind, it was heart-warming to see them get through the tough situation they were in.
The ending surprised me and was a bit rushed but I liked the way it played out. This was a good romantic adventure with interesting characters, especially the children, that you will enjoy.
Conscientious and wary, Rebecca Hollis takes her duties as a social worker and chaperone to five physically and emotionally challenged orphans very seriously. She has their excursion to San Francisco, where they hope to find adoptive families, well in hand. Well in hand, that is, until she meets the pilot hired to fly them there.
Prickly, scruffy, grumpy, beset by financial woes and painful disappointments, Parnell Stillman becomes, if possible, even more disgruntled upon learning that the group of social workers he thought were his passengers are, in fact, one pretty, but quarrelsome, young woman and a bunch of annoying kids. That they actually might touch his heart is something he absolutely will not acknowledge or tolerate.
Once the flight is under way, things go from bad to worse. Even Parnell's skill and talent cannot save the plane from the ravages of a violent and unpredictable storm over the Sierras. With severe damage to the small aircraft, there is only one direction they can go down.
Author Jackie Weger has written a wonderful story – at once nail-biting and heartwarming – full of vivid characters who face all manner of challenges, both physical and emotional. Parnell and Rebecca may be difficult and stubborn, but they also have charm, courage, perseverence, and unselfish hearts. (I was particularly touched by Parnell's willingness to go out in the swirling snow to retrieve a child's imaginary pet.) The couple reminded me of younger versions of Charlie Allnut and Rose Sayer from "The African Queen." The children, especially self-reliant and inventive Santee, undaunted Nicholas, and needy little Molly, could find their way into the hardest heart. They are fully-developed characters who add urgency, poignance, and humor to the story.
Ms. Weger has also completely realized a setting – the harsh, beautiful, wintry Sierra Nevada wilderness – so intense, gripping, and powerful that it's a character all by itself. The story is actually physically uncomfortable to read in spots because the reader is so completely transported into that cold, unforgiving country. Parnell's harrowing swim through an ice-choked lake to retrieve supplies from the half-submerged plane is almost unbearable. Be sure you have blankets, hot chocolate, and a crackling fire going before reading. You've been warned!
A minor caveat or two Although the story is ostensibly set in the present day, there is a pervasive nostalgic feel to ON A WING AND A PRAYER. It seems set in an earlier, simpler time – one free from computerized and regulated everything. While a little puzzling at first, that ultimately didn't bother me, as most of the story takes place in the wilderness. There are a few print glitches here and there, but nothing that detracts from the reading experience.
I highly recommend this novel for its gripping story, vivid and relatable characters, heartwarming emotion, humor, and (even though we know where the story's going) real – sometimes harrowing – suspense!
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