Oct 02

Top Off Tuesday: Run Wild with Me

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Cribbed from On a Book Bender–It’s that time again — Tuesday! — which means [we] give you shirtless men and you try to steal them away from [us]. (Cowboyscowboyscowboys.) Top Off Tuesdays was started by Felicia, Christi and [Amanda]. It is where [ALL OF US] share the book covers that make us swoon. Head over to Felicia’s blog to share your Top Off Tuesday link or to see what everyone has posted. (Believe me when I tell you it’s worth it.)

I like Linda Howard, so I’d read this one anyway. The man-candy cover doesn’t hurt at all, nosiree.

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.

I actually broke my NetGalley ban just to request this one. I don’t know how I feel about the great Linda Howard teaming up with someone else (in case you can’t read the tiny print, her co-author is Linda Jones), but I’m willing to give it a go.