Elly and Mitchell must venture deep into the Daintree Rainforest in their hunt for a rare plant needed to produce the unique ‘fountain of youth’
Their search takes them to Black Mountain, a sinister place, dark, menacing, forbidding where many who have ventured have disappeared without trace.
When Elly goes missing Mitchell realises they are not the only ones on the trail of the plant and Elly is in danger.
Has she disappeared into Black Mountain?
Can he find her in time?
And will their friendship develop into
something more?
Praise For Black Mountain
Dawn's review - 5 stars
Elly is continuing the research of her father when the new love she thought was there goes missing. A series of mysterious events bring Mitchell, a former police officer , into her life to assist in solving the mystery on the insistence of her mother.
First time reading this author and thoroughly enjoyed her description of the country, characters and story line. Will be checking out her other books.
E-book from Net galley and publishers with thanks.
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Lost in sweet words
** Review ** Black Mountain – Kate Loveday
June 21, 2016.
5 stars
This is a fantastic short read that is fast pace and exciting. I really enjoyed this story as it was something different and really captured my attention.
Elly is in a race against time to find the flower that holds the secret to her father’s fountain of youth oil, she’s determined to finish what her father started and she’s not going to let searching a rainforest stop her. Only problem is she’s not the only one looking for the undiscovered flower but it’s difficult to get ahead of someone when you’ve no clue who they are. Elly’s mother calls in the help of Mitchell to find out who stole her husband’s research and so Elly isn’t out searching the rainforest by herself. Spending so much time with Mitchell, Elly might find more than just the flower.
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Ladyp's Review
Black Mountain by Kate Loveday
4 Stars Jun 17 2016
I really enjoyed this book as it had a hint of romance and bit of intrigue.
Plus I have always found Australia fascinating from afar and for that reason found this read, fun and exciting.
Eloise or Elly Cooper and her girlfriend Gai are going away for a weekend treat with a couple of guy friends. Only Elly’s guy friend, Jackson never shows up for their flight. He does call her the next day to explain away his absence. Meanwhile Elly hangs out with Gai and her guy friend Tim and they enjoy the weekend away without Jackson. When Elly and her friends get back home, she goes to where Jackson says he works and asks about him only they have never heard of him, mmmmm. Who is this Jackson character, is he all Elly thinks he is? When Elly gets back to her apartment she has this gut feeling something is not quite right in her apartment. She senses that some of her things have gone awry.
She looks in every room in her apartment until her friend Gai says, “do you have something in her that somebody might want?” That is when Elly goes to where her dad’s journal was supposed to be and finds that it is missing. It was her dad’s work and research for their family’s business.
Her dad had found a plant that might help them in the skin care industry.
The next morning she calls the police about her apartment seemingly has been broken into, but it was whom they were interested in more, that was disturbing. Jackson seems more and more sinister as the story goes on.
Elly had called her mother, Beth and she was there when the police came but did not find them to be very resourceful. They had the locks changed on the apartment and Beth decides they need someone to help them search for the journal and whoever took it. It is an old friend that grew up with Elly and he is an ex-cop now with an injury and does private investigating on his own. Mitchell Beaumont is going to help Elly search for the missing journal and the rare plant that her dad found that could be worth millions. He promises Beth, that he will not allow any harm to come to Elly.
Mitchell and Elly go out for days looking in the “Daintree rainforest and with no success. Being together day in and day out does things to your heart; so are Elly and Mitchell growing fond of one another? Might there be a chance for love to grow between the two? Mitchell does think women are fickle creatures and Elly after all thinks Mitchell is “self-opinionated pig.”
Is their search for the plant her dad found successful?
What about Jackson, did he indeed steal the journal? Is he in it for himself or working for someone else? Are they after the rare plant too? If so, how far will they go to get it?
Will Jackson jeopardize Elly’s life?
There are many more unexpected things that happen in the story that you will miss out on if you don’t take a chance on this enthralling read.
“Black Mountain” is the place where adventure, romance, and mystery abound; what more could one ask for?
I would like to read more books by this author. I was given this book, by Netgalley.com for review purposes.
