Thank you to JustRead Publicity and Revell for providing me with a print copy to review. A positive review was not required nor am I being compensated for this review.Let me start this review with this important note – I am not a historical fiction or historical romance kind of girl. A quick glance at my Goodreads profile, my Bookbub profile, and my blog would tell you that.So, the high marks and praise in this review do not come with a blind love of the genre, nor do they come simply because this was a “freebie”Also, this is the first book I’ve ever read by Regina Scott.With that said …This was an AMAZING read! The first night/early morning (I started early morning Saturday 9/28) I read 104 pages, stopping at Chapter 9. I couldn’t put it down. All day Saturday as I prepped my review – I couldn’t help but glance at the gorgeous cover and want to steal a read in it. I save my reading for bedtime so I can get things done during the day. I read this in about a day (ending early morning of 9/29), and given the length of the actual story – 356 pages, that was an average of 178 per night. In total, it took roughly 10 hours for me to read this.That just doesn’t happen very often. It was that good!“A Distance Too Grand” is the first book in the “American Wonders Collection”, a historical fiction, historical romance series about the National Parks and their history. This novel explores the history of the Grand Canyon which was established February 26, 1919, marking its 100th year this year. The term “Grand Canyon” was coined in 1871, which was previously called the Big Canyon.“A Distance Too Grand” features Margaret “Meg” Pero, a photographer, who studied under her father. When he dies from an illness, she takes over his profession as well as the contract he had with the US Army and their survey team. The team is headed to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in August 1871.Unfortunately for Meg, the leader is a man she refused to marry – Captain Ben Coleridge. He would prefer to leave her behind, however he needs her services and they have no time to get a replacement photographer. But, he refuses to allow her to be a distraction. This isn’t any normal survey mission; this is also personal for Ben as he tries to figure out what happened to his father who went missing some months earlier.Danger begins to confront them – coming from not only outside, but inside as well. Meg and Ben face it together though in this beautiful novel full of intrigue, wonder, danger, and romance.This is a wonderful book for not only the story line, but the history of one of my favorite subjects – photography. In addition the risks some photographers took to get a picture along with their role with the Army survey teams. It is amazing to learn how far we’ve come with it.I highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys historical romance, historical fiction, romances with the Army, or expedition stories.It is interesting to learn how crucial the Army was in the lives of settlers with regard to surveying safe routes, identifying water sources, along with food sources.