Thanks to the publisher for an ARC to read and give my honest opinion.

Harrison Concord climbs Mt Everest with his best friend and two other young climbers only to return the sole survivor. He stays at a Buddhist monastery near Mt Everest for fifteen months suffering from the tragedy only to return to his hometown broken.
Kenzie Morgan is a dog trainer and kennel owner, using her dogs for rescue missions in the Rocky Mountains. She has had a crush on Harrison forever. Watching the aftermath of his failed attempt at Everest and his being the soul survivor both exhilarate and make her heart reach out to him. When he finally returns a shadow of himself, she makes him foster a puppy on this high hopes it will rehabilitate him as well.
This was a great read and just a great overall journey for both Kenzie and Harrison. They have an interesting path and Harrison struggles with survivors guilt. The two have super insane chemistry and while the journey is hard, the wait is worth it. Loved it...four stars of entertainment.

Another Colorado High Country Success. This series is guaranteed to be action packed, exciting, and romantic. The drama doesn't ever stay on the mountain with this gang. Harrison Conrad has a devastating experience while climbing Mt Everest with this buddies. A 15 month hiatus leads him back to Scarlet Springs and Rocky Mountain Search & Rescue- well kinda! Harrison is having a hard time holding on- to the rescue is the beautiful Gabby- a pup who is meant to bring healing to Harrison- compliments of the beautiful Kenzie.

Kenzie knows how the adventurers are- wings that take them away and they never stay. She has had a crush on Harrison for years and now he needs her help with a little manufactured pet therapy. Harrison has a long recovery emotionally and leaning on Kenzie seems to be great medicine. But sometimes nothing can help you hold on! Kenzie is a strong-tough woman and he just can't see that he's right for her so why not just leave her alone, go away. Ugh these men and their blind chivalry. There of course is going to come a time when the light bulb goes off and Harrison realizes Kenzie is it- the one! But it might just be too late as Kenzie has found herself in a nightmare she isn't sure she'll survive. Can she HOLD ON until Harrison gets there?

There is plenty of drama and lots of romance to keep you holding onto this book and not wanting to put it down.

Every time I read a Pamela Clare book, I think this is my favorite. Well, this time Holding On (Colorado High Country Book 6) really is my favorite. At least until the next one. The title is perfect for this story in so many ways, more so than the cover

This book has all I enjoy about romantic suspense. First, it has interesting, complex main characters and wonderful, just as interesting supporting characters (I even want to know Bear’s backstory!) within a strong solid storyline. The suspense slowly builds taking turns that you can see really happening. Like real life, days are full of routine until one event turns life on a dime. Also Harrison and Kenzie have a romance that simmers and grows as the characters do. Again a reflection of actual real life.

I enjoy the big picture of life in Colorado’s high country, and the work that the search and rescue teams do there, but it is the small details the author includes such as how Harrison was named that I find that enjoy just as much. A master storyteller at work here.

This is definitely a search and rescue story with much of the searching being done by the characters within themselves as their come to terms with tragic events. Less I forget to mention the dogs are a huge grand part of this spectacular story. Love, love, love Gizmo and Gabby! If you haven’t picked up a Pamela Clare book, you are seriously missing out. While this is part of a series, Holding On is a complete story, so no reason not to jump in the series now.

Friends-to-lovers. Cute dogs. Yes, sign me up.

I'm always excited for another Pamela Clare book, especially her contemporaries (and still hoping for another I-Team installment), and was thrilled to head back to Colorado High Country for Kenzie and Harrison's story. Although they may not end up my favorite Colorado High Country couple, Kenzie and Harrison had plenty of action, angst, and best of all, dogs. I absolutely loved that Kenzie's golden Gizmo was the real hero and now I just want Pamela Clare to write more books with hot guys and cute pups.

Kenzie and Harrison are friends with a slow simmering attraction that began even before Harrison was injured in a devastating accident on Mt. Everest that killed his climbing partner. Back in Scarlet Spring, Harrison is trying to hide from the world but Kenzie won't let him. Armed with an adorable golden retriever puppy, Kenzie gently pushes Harrison back into the world of the living, even as she believes he'll never be hers.
Harrison was another one of these ripped, sexy men who turned her on - but who would never stick around to build a life with her. He said he was done with climbing and off the Team, but she didn't believe that.
Although Kenzie believes herself to be a boring homebody, Harrison has always been drawn to her.
Before this last trip, he'd fantasized almost every night. Kenzie, always Kenzie. But the reality of kissing her beat any fantasy.
Harrison's life is a mess. The press are hounding him and so are the tragic memories of losing his friend. Finding a way to live with himself much less a life with Kenzie seems almost impossible. His personal demons are keeping him from making a real future with Kenzie.
You're the only part of my life that makes sense right now, Kenzie. I want you, and if that's a mistake, then it's the best mistake I've made in a long damned time.
Kenzie and Harrison's story isn't just one of friendship or survivor's guilt, but there's also dog training, nosy friends, kidnapping, near death experience, and a wild rescue. There just isn't a boring moment. It was fantastic visiting old friends (hi Jesse, Joe, Rain, Eric, Chaska...) and I'm looking forward to returning to Colorado High Country.

4 stars

Harrison was climbing Mt. Everest with his best buddy and two twins they were leading. A horrible accident left Harrison the only survivor. A year later, a friend comes over to get him out of the monastery where he has been holed up. Coming home, he is struggling, so Kenzie, who has had a crush on him for a long time, brings over a little golden retriever puppy, telling him he should help train her for Search and Rescue. Enjoyed this story a lot, and really liked them together, and dogs and puppies always add a nice touch. Fun read, and would be a great summer read. Highly recommend this book and author.

At the start of the book Harrison Conrad is in an accident on Everest where his friends are killed. He can't get over this and 15 months later is still hiding out in Nepal. when he eventually makes it home to Colorado, he shuts himself away and doesn't want to see anyone. But Kenzie has a plan. They were good friends before he went away so she wants to help him. And that help is in the form of her puppy Gabby. She convinces him to look after the puppy for her, and they start to see more of each other.

You see that he has a good group of friends around him, but he just needs to realise it.

5 - "In my heart... you never left." Stars!

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I feel like I say this about every new book I read by this author, but I absolutely loved Harrison and Kenzie’s story. I have to say the inclusion of two K9 characters in Veteran Gizmo and Puppy Gabby also added to the awww’s and feel’s massively, but it was the story itself that kept me gripped.

If there had ever been a woman who tempted him to settle down…

Harrison has been a running character as well as Kenzie in the previous books but whereas she’s been present in the town of Scarlett Springs he has mainly been off climbing the great mountains of the world. The latest being Everest, with his best friend of twenty years and two up and comers in the world of climbing. But all does not go to plan, and he is left questioning his place in the world and what the plan is for his life going forwards, crippled with survivors guilt and a form of PTSD, Harrison returns home, and starts the long process of healing himself mentally and emotionally, and not without the help of Kenzie and her K9 companions.

"I don’t want to drag you into my mess it wouldn’t be fair to you…"

Kenzie and the town in general are just glad to have him back, but it is clear by his reluctance to get out and get involved in life and with his friends of the Rocky Mountain Search & Rescue Team that the fifteen months spent in a monastery near Everest have not helped exorcise the demons he is still fighting or the grief that is still consuming him, and Kenzie has the idea of pushing him to puppy-foster Gabby in an effort to give him something else to focus on. But it’s not just the puppy that he finds himself focusing on and the long held attraction between them sparks into flame.

"I don’t think I’d be good for you…"

"How about this Kiss me whenever you want, and we’ll take it a day at a time…"

Every book in this series has pulled me into the story playing out with the characters on an emotional level, and Holding On was no different. It’s difficult to not be really when you have Harrison; a strong, confident, self-sufficient man almost bought to his knees buy circumstances totally outside of his control.

"Stay…"

"I promise."

I loved Kenzie too, a woman in love with a man who is hurting, and it’s not a hurt she can take away all on her own. But it’s Harrison who has to make the decision as to where his future lies, and Kenzie fears that she may not be part of that future if he doesn’t accept the fact that he cannot work through his issues alone.

"You’re the only part of my life that makes sense right now… I want you, and if that’s a mistake, ten it’s the best mistake I’ve made in a long damned time."

Another out-and-out winner from the Colorado High Country series, and I absolutely cannot wait for more from this author in the future.

I will never look at franks and beans without laughing after reading, Holding On. It was nice to have a little humor in a rather serious story. I really enjoyed this and all of the books in the series.

I sincerely hope that you guys are keeping with this series, and even though the author touches base with who is who, it will definitely be more beneficial to you if you read the whole series.. I love this series, it is sweet and sexy without being nasty and you will fall in love with each couple and root for them the whole time. In this book we have Harrison and Kenzie, he is part of the "Team" these are a bunch of Scarlett's volunteers who are rock climbers who help out those who get in some sticky situations. Harrison was part of the team but in a climb that he went with some friends, lost them and he had a hard time coming back from that. Kenzie has always loved Harrison but she was in a friend zone, but when he returned to Scarlett Springs eventually he wanted more, but he was still going thru a hard time, and lovingly Kenzie assisted him and was there when he needed her the most..Loved reading of previous characters..Enjoy!

Conrad Harrison was on a climb on Mt Everest when a tragic accident killed his long time climbing partner and 2 others. Conrad has survivors guilt and has been holed up in a Tibetan Monastery for the past 15 months. A friend and team leader for the local SAR comes to the monastery to tell Conrad it has been long enuf, he needs to come home. Conrad vows he will never climb again. Kenzie a member of the local SAR team, kennel owner and trainer of SAR dogs, has had a thing for Conrad for years. She is determined to do whatever she can to get Conrad to rejoin life.

This book is in the romantic suspense genre but the suspense doesn’t show up til late in the book. It is mostly about personal relations between the characters. It was interesting learning about SAR dogs and their training. This book is part of a series but could easily be read as a stand alone. Thank you to net galley for an advanced readers copy.

My heart broke for Harrison as the book opened. A horrible thing to happen and horrible to deal with the feelings of being the one that survival. I thought that Harrison did a good dealing with things at first, when he got home to Scarlett, not so much. Kenzie foisting Gabby off on Harrison was a great idea, giving him someone else to deal with letting him push of what happened.

Watching Harrison come back to life was great, as was seeing the relationship develop between Kenzie and Harrison. They were perfect for each other, Kenzie was there to help Harrison deal with things and Harrison started to work back with the Teams.

I hated how Harrison was hounded by the press, hated that Harrison couldn't just live in peace until he was ready to talk about things.

The drama at the end was scary, gave Harrison a way to get back to climbing and not be in his head. I was glad with how things ended up. The ending made me smile, it was a great way to bridge the past and present.

Full review to be published online in mid July.

HOLDING ON is another great read in Pamela Clare’s fantastic “Colorado High Country” series; and it was great to catch up with the S&R gang. CHC in general is more CR than the solid RS of I-Team; and this one was a little on the sweeter, angsty side. The suspense of the story didn’t show up until late in the book. That’s okay. The tight writing, solid character driven plotline and enjoyable romance made up for the lack of suspense.

As always, Clare’s meticulous research into Search and Rescue, as well as the K9 Rescue Unit, was well done. Her enthusiasm for Colorado and S & R is obvious; and translates lovingly to the page. I especially enjoyed the personal touch of including the training of Kenzie’s K9 dogs; as well as the other dogs in her kennel.

Not only to you have a romance, but also edge of your seat high country action, drama, rescues, and of course extreme climbing. The author did a remarkable job of transporting me into the midst of all the action. Other than the cold, it was as if I was experiencing first had what it was like to live the life of each one of these characters.

Since this is the sixth book in the series, there were a lot of characters from the previous books involved in this story...the author did a great job off providing their backstories, making easier to understand the roles each of them play. Having now read this latest book in the series, I find that I now must read those characters’ stories as well.

This ARC book was complimentary, provided by the Publisher and NetGalley. I am voluntarily providing my honest review.