Uncharted Waters is a very beautiful book. Yes I found some uncertanties in the writing style. I would have done something different, but overall is a book that got me glued to the pages throughout the all story.
It's not long as a book. What I loved the most was the way the author created the romance between the two main characters, an hermit and a scientist forced to stay together in the same cabin in the woods.
This kind of romance's dynamic can be predicted. It's exactly thanks to this plot that I decided to read the books. I don't regret that decision at all.
Again, I would have written some parts differently, maybe but adding details in some places, and erasing some in other, but this book was nice enough as it was.
Super recommended if you're looking for a flowing romance that enchants you.

I loved this book so much. ☆☆☆☆☆rating. I am looking forward to reading more books from this author.

I enjoyed reading about Bethany and James. They were equals as characters and their individual strengths are what give us the meaning to the story. I thought there was a great mix of fun, lightness, humor, play and heat.

Uncharted Waters is a cute piece of fluff with an adorable, sexy hero. Bethany is a scientist whose boss has tasked her and her team to seduce the details of a potentially life saving water device from its inventor. The next thing she knows, she's waking up in a strange place, after having been rescued by James, our hero, her hero. Apparently a bear had attacked her team while they were on the mountain where the inventor lived, and she was left for dead.

Bethany knows she should tell James, who turns out to be the inventor's son, who she is and why she was on his mountain, but when they get caught up in a steamy relationship, she just can't bring herself to tell him. And herein lies my problem with this book, and with Bethany. While I appreciate her being an intelligent scientist with a strong, independent streak, her starting off her relationship with James in such a deceptive manner really irked me. She had plenty of time to tell him and didn't, never told him, in fact, and left it to the inevitable slip up by her team's rescuer. James was far too sweet, far too naive for Bethany. She knew this, knew his social skills were limited (not his intelligence, he was clearly as intelligent, if not more so, than she), and she took advantage of that and it just didn't sit right with me.

While I don't like Bethany and couldn't connect with her, I adore James. Such a sweet, adorable guy and the fact that he was the naive virgin instead of she being so, was a nice, entertaining twist on the classic virgin trope. Thank God for Amazon, because the man was clearly well-read and used that reading to educate himself sexually. Lucky Bethany!!

So, while I can't rate this the 4 stars I can see others thought it deserved, I will leave it by saying James is a great hero, and he deserved an equally great heroine. Unfortunately, he didn't get one, and it's why I can't rate Uncharted Waters higher.

I know that authors hate to hear that their book is cute, but this one really is cute. I love that our reluctant hero, James is a virgin. I won’t go into the whole “why” he is but to say that his back story is fantastic would be an understatement. I love how Ms. Persell slowly let us get to know James in the book. We get to know him through his thoughts, feelings and eventually his budding relationship with Bethany. There are moments in the book that just makes you want to reach out and tell James that everything will be okay and hold him like a baby. Bethany doesn’t baby him necessarily but when it comes to the sexual part of their relationship, she is careful.

Overall, I really liked Bethany, too. She’s a strong, smart woman that knows what she wants in the beginning but as you know when feelings start showing up, she has to decide what’s more important. The black moment and the resulting chapters after are golden. I love how she stood up to her boss. You go, girl! She found something better since coming back from the mountain and James and she knew it. I also liked that she never make James feel inadequate in the bedroom, too. Finding the romance books in his library was a hoot. He wasn’t stupid in that department, just very unsure of himself.

This book is not techie at all. The science part is very straight forwarded and I would like to know that something like this is happening or could happen. There is plenty of sly humor, too. Not laugh out loud but enough to bring a smile to your face. James and Bethany scorched up my Kindle; sensual, sexy but nothing too graphic. Their relationship is slow building but once they figure out the sex part…

Overall, I LOVED this book. James is a great guy that never really knew how to be around women and Bethany needed to figure out what was more important in her life. Science, love or maybe both? See for yourself. You won’t be disappointed. Plus, come on…the cover? Dang…

This is the first book I've read of Micah Persell's. I got this book through Netgalley for an honest review. This book was more indepth than the books I have read lately. That said, I couldn't put it down. Bethany was a scientist after a clean water system. James was a mountain man whoe father designed the original system, but it needed improving on. James had been on the mountain since he was six and had no social skills or interaction skills. What he knew, he learned from books (including romance books). Bethany was determined to not sleep with James before she told him she wanted his design, but that didn't quite happen. Lots of intrigue, tender love, science work, misunderstandings, and finally resolve. All and all, I really liked the book and will look for more books by this author

Eh....this book was just okay for me.

I struggled with Bethany's character and the reason she sought out James to begin with. First that the head of scientific research and all her colleagues suggest that the only way to get their hands on this information is for Bethany to essentially seduce James' father. There's no mention of other attempts to gather the information including legal options but we're supposed to believe that they just jumped to seduction being the only option?

The fact that Bethany only sought out James and his invention for one reason didn't sit well with me. I didn't feel like she really apologized and explained what happened to James. He forgave her way too quickly.

This was a hard one for me to rate. The premise sounded intriguing, and the characters were not your run of the mill protagonists either. The setting was rugged and real and the plot outside the box but something about it just didn't resonate with me as strongly as I wanted it to. After salivating over that insanely hot cover, I was highly anticipating this read, maybe my expectations were just too high...

The story follows scientist, Bethany as she treks the wilderness in hopes of finding Dr Anderson, the man was able to design a world changing self sustaining water system. Dr. Anderson holds the missing pieces to this life altering invention but with only part of his design, Bethany needs to find him to finish his work.

When nature throws a wrench in her plans, Bethany is charged with tracking him down, retrieving his completed design and saving the project. But when she finds herself stranded on the mountain in the middle of a storm, Bethany finds herself short a legendary scientist and getting her very own Mountain Man, instead.

James is pretty much a hermit. Since his father brought him to the mountain, when James was six, he's been all work and no play. Finding Bethany reminds James that there is more to life than work and that maybe, just maybe, it's time to explore the world outside the four walls he lives in.

With attraction searing them both without mercy, Bethany finds it harder and harder to resist sweet innocent James. But when she finds out that adorable James is a genius in his own right and that he's actually completed his father's water system, will she choose her career or the love of a gentle giant?

What I liked:
James was a very sweet character - almost too sweet. I tend to gravitate towards the rough, rugged, sometimes straight up brooding alphas. James was none of these. He was open, affectionate, caring, vulnerable, insecure at times but above all an innocent.

This was a role reversal I haven't read about often, if ever. And that why this story sticks out for me.

James is a virgin and Bethany isn't. We have the classic virgin trope but from the male POV. It was interesting to see them play out this scenario. It lent the story a different level of emotional sensitivity.

James really was a sweetheart and his awkwardness and bits of shyness were endearing and held their own brand of charm. I enjoyed his character, he was honest, loyal and when it came to Bethany, a complete goner.

What I didn't like:
This is where is gets a bit complicated for me. As a main character Bethany was a little too ... driven? I know this sounds wrong, but Bethany plays the ambitious scientist to a T. She comes to care just as deeply for James as he does for her but I didn't feel any remorse for ratting him out, for ruthlessly going about what she felt was the right decision, all the while knowing she was deceiving James and pushing him to make choices whether or not he was ready for it.

I guess what really bugged me about Bethany is that she had an ulterior motive for being with James and she never quite redeems herself for her actions and thoughts. Eventually everything get resolved but I think my initial impression of her never really improved. It didn't help her case that James is the one that has to go after her in the end to reconcile. I wanted her to try a little harder to make her case and prove she deserved a second chance.

Overall I liked the plot and the characters owned their story. The science bit about the water system was a bit dry and the romance was on the low side of things but I still liked the love story of James and Bethany to rate it a solid three stars.

Memorable Moment:
I loved when Bethany is exploring James' collection of books and stumbling across his extensive library of romance novels. His reaction, her reaction, it was funny and cute and just like Bethany, I fell a little bit deeper under quirky James's spell.

an interesting and unique story. Good overall writing.

I love quirky and what about a virginal hermit and a lady scientist doesn’t sound quirky? Nothing! So I gleefully began reading Uncharted Waters.

The first chapter of Uncharted Waters shows scientist Bethany at a meeting. Meh. I wasn’t too impressed. Bethany didn’t strike me as very bright. Since I have spent most of my life adult life around scientists I have observed their more measured approach, typically, to professional discussions. Bethany’s impulsiveness showed not only a lack of restraint, but not much in the way of brain power.

The second chapter, partially excerpted below, is what I expected from the novel. There’s a lightness and a sense of fun.

While the author’s writing for the most part is very good and the sex scenes steamy, Uncharted Water suffers from a lack of credibility. The first red flag was the “bear attack” in the middle of December during a blizzard which is how Bethany ended up in the snare. (No use going into the logistics of whether a snare built for a hare would actually hold a human.) Bears start hibernating in October in Colorado and stop around April. I could have ignored that if another bear didn’t show up later in the novel as part of a climactic scene. This is just one example of several reader-frustrating inaccuracies.

As for the characters, I never came to like Bethany. She came across as a loon far too often, more in touch with her emotions than her brain. James, however, is worth the read. He is measured in his reactions. He has come to a point in his life where he has realized that he needs to make changes. I wish that Persell hadn’t felt the need to make his dialogue so stilted, because he has obviously been in contact with the outside world, although she doesn’t provide that information until later in the novel. James is a fun character although I felt that there were some missed opportunities in exploring him. The scenes with him discovering his sexuality were very steamy. As he is an inventor, I did expect his surroundings to be filled with inventions because curiosity never stops.

I’m leaving you with: your mileage may vary. If you’re a fan of steamy reads, this may be for you.

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Spicy, sexy story involving two scientists - one career-focused; the other a hermit. The author correlates the giving life of water and how water, and in its other element snow, breathe life into the lives of Bethany and James. Thankfully the author did not overwhelm the reader with too many scientific terms so as to not detract from the flow of the novel. Really like this unusual scientific theme.

Uncharted Waters is the first book I’ve read by Micah Persell. If you know me, I’m a sucker for a good mountain man romance. And I loved the cover of this book, so I couldn’t resist diving in.

Bethany Morgan is a scientist. The study of water is her life, how to provide safe drinking water to countries that need it. In the lab where she works, Bethany discovered an old computer long forgotten with the schematics for a gray water purifying system but there are some things missing. The inventor of the system is a Dr. Anderson. Her company learns that Dr. Anderson lives high in the mountains now. So a search party is formed with Bethany as a member.

James Anderson has lived in this small cabin in the mountains since he was six years old when his father decided to leave civilization for the solitude of the mountains permanently. His father has long since passed on so now it’s just James. He goes in to a small nearby town once in a while for supplies and to get his mail. But otherwise, he’ll sometimes go weeks on end without muttering a word. Such was the case when he was checking his rabbit traps but instead of a rabbit, he found a woman in one of his snares. With a blizzard hot on his heels, he rescued her and with no other choice, took her to his cabin.

James has no idea how to deal with a woman. How to talk to her, how to take care of her. And Bethany has no idea how to get home. She is stranded in a remote cabin with a mountain man that barely speaks. She has no idea what happened to her team. No one knows where she is.

In time, though, she realizes just who this man really is, the son of the man she was searching for. That James is a genius in his own right. But even more than that, that he’s a good man, a caring man, a very good looking man. No matter what her libido says, she must resist the pull she feels towards him. It wouldn’t be right. She needs the information from him.

James is immediately taken with the beautiful Bethany. He has no experience with women, he’s never touched a woman or been touched by one. The longer he and Bethany are together, though, it becomes tougher and tougher for him to resist the need to be closer to her.

This book was a pleasant switch on the usual virgin romance. It was nice that this time the Hero was the virgin and the heroine was the experienced one. James was a quick study, though. Those romance novels are such good teachers. And James most certainly was an avid reader. Or perhaps it was just that he and Bethany were made for each other. That their bodies fit perfectly. That it was instinctive to him to please her.

But James still doesn’t know who Bethany really is and why she was on this mountain in the first place. She knows she needs to tell him, she wants to tell him. But the words just don’t come.

Bethany has always thought she knew what was most important. That is until she met James. And James has been growing increasingly tired of the solitary life he leads. But does he really want to open himself up to the world and risk the hurt others could inflict on him? The hurt that Bethany alone could inflict on him?

This was such a sweet story and I loved the ending. James most definitely filled the shoes of any sexy mountain man fantasy. At times I thought Bethany was a little rough around the edges but in the end, I loved who she discovered herself to be. I definitely will look for more by this author in the future.