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Genres: Romantic Suspense
Published by Sourcebooks Casablanca
Released on December 31, 2019
Pages: 352
Format: eARC
The Delight
I had a good time with the first book introducing five bounty hunter sisters trying to make a living and deal with their low life mom’s antics. Cara the college student with plans to be a kindergarten teacher and does the firm’s research decides she needs to get into the active end of bringing down some big money bounties to help out her sisters pull the heavier load when mayhem ensues.
Review
Risk It All is book two in the Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters series. The first book set the premise for the series and this carries over so that this is best read in order. Though, it does start a new case so in a pinch could be read out of order.
Cara sees the tiredness and stress in Molly as she handles all the load of bringing in bounties to keep the family heads above water while two of their sisters are out hunting down their conniving mom who skipped town and left them with so much trouble. The stolen necklace their mom hid has brought every low life to their home attempting break ins to find it even while another sort of low life now holds the deed on their home and insists they take the really nasty bounties or he’ll foreclose.
This leads Cara to leave behind her academics and research to hit the street tailing a murderer. She’s so bad at it that he’s onto her and does the craziest thing in letting her go. She suspects Henry isn’t guilty though she has no proof and only has an inconvenient attraction for him. The spark for Henry is the least of her troubles when her next assignment gets her into worse danger and her life is on the line. Good thing Henry knows a thing or two about keeping them alive.
I enjoyed getting to know all the sisters and their situation in book one, but moving forward into Risk It All was even better. Cara is fumbling and bumbling her way along, but I had a good time as she wasn’t stupid just in experienced. She wants to be an early childhood teacher and she knows she’s not cut out to be an action heroine like three of her sisters, but she has a strong sense of loyalty and love that won’t allow her to stay safely behind her lap top screen, either. She’s not utterly helpless and absorbed more of Felicity’s self-defense and endurance training than she realized. I thought it was great when she started crushing on Henry her first attempt at active bounty-hunting and he ends up being there for her through some harrowing scenes. Where she was hopelessly out of her depths, he was grimly capable.
Oh yes, this one was exciting and had a fab chase scene and then survival situation. Cara and Henry were busy trying to stay alive through it all and the attraction buzzed, but so did something more as their time together taught them more about each other than a string of dates might have. The twists at the end didn’t surprise me though I have to admit that I didn’t anticipate them, either. Can’t say there was much movement toward solving the situation with their mom, but I didn’t even care because this book was so intense and engaging.
I’m going to keep it vague because I don’t want to give away the good stuff. If I had a niggle, it’s related to some of the things I must be vague about like Henry. I do wish that there had been more at the end that got into his background, but there was enough so he wasn’t an entire blank slate and I do get why all that couldn’t have come out earlier.
All in all, I loved this one better than book one and am now jazzed for Norah’s story in book three. Those who enjoy caper and humor, action and slightly spicy romance for a lady bounty hunter crew should give this book/series a go.
My thanks to Sourcebooks Casablanca for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
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Yay! As you know, I loved this one, too! That chase seen, right? And I loved the survival aspect. Yes, I’d have liked a little more from Henry, too, but I still loved him. Looking forward to Norah’s story, too.
Oh my stars, it was like watching a movie chase in my mind. So good! Yep, Kung-Fu Norah! Haha!
Great review. I’ve got this series on my TBR to try.
You are in for a treat, Angela. These are fun. 🙂
I’ve enjoyed so of Katie Ruggle other works, so I feel these will be good.
Oh, then yes, you know exactly what fun you can have with her books.
I need to start this series.
You sure do. It’s a blast, Nadene!
I definitely think this would be a series that I’d enjoy. Great review.
Thanks, Jenea! Yes, give these a whirl. They’re great fun.
Bounty Hunters, now that’s interesting.
Love that they are all sisters and their loser mom is one of their bounties. 🙂
Those niggles… hehe. I really enjoy Ruggle’s series and this was a good one.
I know, LOL, I just wanted to get to know Henry better because I liked him so much. 🙂
I really need to give this series a go…planning on it this year since I want to delve more into romantic suspense. Glad you had such a fun time with it, I am really intrigued by lady bounter hunter crew aspect.
Oh cool, Renee! I think you’ll have a good time with them. 🙂
Aww yayy. Glad you liked this more than book 1. Hopefully the next is even better.
That would be great if they keep getting better. 🙂
Fantastic review Sophia! You captured so much of the family dynamics. I agree – Cara was not stupid just inexperienced. I did guess about Henry somehow, it just made sense. I really enjoyed this one. I was already laughing about Norah too.
Thank you, Anne! I was trying to balance sharing enough to show what it was about and what I liked without giving away the good stuff. Norah is going to be a hoot, I just know it. 🙂
So glad you enjoyed this one, Sophia! This is an author I’ve been wanting to read.
Great review!
She writes with a lot of humor and her characters get quirky, but it can be quite exciting through it all. I think you’d get a kick out of them., Angie.
This sounds like a neat series. I love the premise – how it features sisters who are bounty hunters – and I like that this one features a sister who isn’t cut out to be an action heroine. In a large family, I would expect at least one to be different.
Yes, exactly! Cara and Norah are the less active ones, but do their part in another way. It’s really neat how they are a strong family even though their mom is awful.