Book Review: A Rebel’s Beacon (Alaskan Rebels #1) by Sara Blackard

About the Book:

An ex-army pilot on his next adventure. A dog trainer establishing her mark. Can they rely on each other when a rescue mission turns deadly?

Bjørn Rebel has achieved his lifelong dreams: a helicopter of his own and a business showing-off his beloved Alaska.

When the local search and rescue team asks for air support, he jumps at the chance to volunteer. Not only will his experience flying evac missions for an elite division of the army give search and rescue a big advantage, it will give Bjørn a chance to redeem himself after a botched mission left rumors clinging to him he can’t shake.

Sadie Wilde is flying high on the success of the K9 breeding and training program she started with her family.

Since childhood, Sadie, her sister, and her cousins planned to have a kennel dedicated to breeding superior dogs for search and rescue and law enforcement. With her father and uncle heading up the local SAR, she’s seen first hand how a well-trained dog can mean the difference between life and death. Sadie’s determined to do whatever she can to ensure her dogs are the best. Bjørn, Search and Rescue’s newest recruit, just might be the ticket to taking her training program to new heights.

When a routine rescue mission takes a sinister turn, will Bjørn and Sadie be able to uncover the truth in time or will they be the ones needing to be saved?

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My Review:

A Rebel’s Beacon by Sara Blackard
Rating: 4/5
Pages: 174
Published: January 1, 2021
Series: Alaskan Rebels

This was a fun read and a quick story. Bjørn was easy to like, and I adored the scenes of Bjørn and Gunner, his brother. I read the series prequel and Gunner’s book a while back, so it was fun to finally get to read this one.

There were a few mentions of Thor (as in the movie) and reference to Norse gods when Bjørn was introduced, but thankfully it was mostly just in passing and seemed to lessen as the story went on. This was an entertaining story, and while it was a little less suspense and a bit more on the survival/adventure side in some regards, it still fit well in the series and for the story being told. I loved seeing a little more of Alaskan life, and a different perspective of dogs and their place in the Alaskan countryside. Where as Gunner runs sled dogs, Sadie works at her family’s kennels training and raising SAR (search and rescue) dogs. I loved getting to know her family a bit here, and getting to meet some of the dogs along the way. Bjørn has an interesting story of his own and seeing that unfold and work into the overall story was also an interesting mystery to unravel.

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