The Longest Night is about an interesting setup, dropping a city boy in the middle of Alaska to force him to stay clean, but also leaving him with a woman who cannot bear to be touched after her traumatic experience.
Ian was a hotshot lawyer hurt by a vengeful man from whom he won a large verdict for his client. He got addicted to pain pills during recovery and his firm forced him to take six months off. His brother called in a favor from long ago... Ian will be spending 6 MONTHS in a remote part of Alaska with a former medic Cecily, with no chance to score anything stronger than OTC pain-killers. And Cecily was definitely an enigma... why is she in this self-imposed isolation, out in the middle of nowhere, with nearest neighbor an hour away on ATV, and nearest groceries only possible via a plane ride? // Cecily was tormented by her experience as a POW hostage, and she fled to the wilderness 7 years ago, because she can't bear to be with ANYONE. Cecily often wakes up with nightmares and sleeps with a gun on her nightstand. When her rescuer asks for a personal favor, she can't say no. She was not prepared for the handsome blue-eyed city boy who is determined to learn all her secrets... to draw her out of her shell... and to love her... But can she go back to the city with him?
While I like the two tortured souls coming together, the guy seems to be a bit TOO insightful (he's a lawyer, but he's acting more like a psychologist or psychiatrist) and the ending feels really rushed.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Can a man addicted to pain-pills survive 6 months in remote Alaska with a woman facing her own demons alone for 7 years?
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