Carlin Reed is on the run and she just happens to stumble
into Battle Ridge, Wyoming on a day when she is at her wits
end and ready for a break. She walks into a small café
called The Pie Hole, where the owner Kat offers her
unconditional friendship and Carlin's entire world changes
in an instant.
A.Z. "Zeke" Decker is the quintessential Wyoming cowboy -- a
rough, bull-headed, weathered hellion and a heart-breaker to
boot. He has a connection to the land and has never
considered living anywhere else. Zeke's life-long
housekeeper leaves him high and dry when she decides it's
time to live with her daughter and help raise her
grandchildren. Zeke is left with a busy ranch to run, a
house to keep up with, and ten ranch hands to feed daily.
He desperately needs to find a replacement housekeeper.
Kat introduces Carlin to her cousin Zeke as a prospective
housekeeper and sparks fly. Carlin agrees to work for Zeke
under her terms and they broker a tentative peace. Carlin
keeps her secrets locked up; however Zeke tries desperately
to get to the bottom of what has her spooked. The sexual
tension between Carlin and Zeke finally boils over as they
give in to their desire; yet Carlin continues to fight her
feelings. She refuses to allow herself to get close to
anyone for fear that her past will come roaring back to
cause trouble for them all.
RUNNING WILD is a sizzling, suspenseful romance set in
picturesque Wyoming. Linda Howard and Linda Jones did a
wonderful job with character development and building the
suspense during this story. And their descriptions of the
Wyoming countryside were spot on -- there were times I felt I
was in the Wyoming winter, I could feel the snow and the
wind howling outside the window. A wonderful suspenseful
romance that I highly recommend!
Carlin Reed lives in fear, off the grid, moving from place
to place. So Battle Ridge, Wyoming, a small town in the
middle of nowhere, seems like a good place to lie low for
a while. But after becoming cook and housekeeper to cattle
rancher Zeke Decker, Carlin suspects that she’s made her
first mistake. Rugged, sexy, and too distracting for his
own good, Zeke is pure temptation mixed with something
deep and primal that makes Carlin feel almost safe. Soon
things are getting way too hot in the kitchen.
Zeke doesn’t challenge Carlin’s terms: cash, dead bolts,
and no questions. It is easy to see that she’s a woman in
trouble. Problem is, he’s so blindsided by his attraction
to her he can’t think straight. Zeke tries to stay all
business, no complications—but that game plan is sabotaged
the second Carlin gets under his skin. And when her
terrifying past follows her to the ranch, Carlin faces a
heartbreaking choice: run away from the man she loves, or
put him in the crosshairs of a madman.
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