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 cafΓ© 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 sheβs 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 doesnβt challenge Carlinβs terms: cash, dead bolts,
and no questions. It is easy to see that sheβs a woman in
trouble. Problem is, heβs so blindsided by his attraction
to her he canβt think straight. Zeke tries to stay all
business, no complicationsβbut 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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