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| Available January 13, 2015 |
Accused of a horrible crime and on the run, Kat has been
rejected by everyone she loves. She’s a fugitive from her past, flitting from
town to town with nothing but the clothes on her back. Until she meets a man
who literally stops her in her tracks.
This notorious bounty hunter, with his stunning good looks
and powerful instincts, never fails to capture his prey. But there’s something
about his newest mark that gets under his skin–and it’s not just the naked
innocence he sees in her eyes. Behind his ice cold demeanor, he has his own
secrets... and now his lively, vulnerable captive is about to crack him wide
open.
As they drive across the country together, neither of them
can deny the spark of attraction between them. Will their journey force these
two passionate opposites together…or will their dangerous secrets be too much
to bear?
Kat is a troubled young woman working desperately to get
away from a crime she is accused of. The
cops are looking for, her own mother seems to have turned against her, so
there’s nothing for her to stick around for.
One day, when she has her guard down, a bounty hunter catches up to her.
She’s sort of resigned to it remarking that even she is surprised that she had
gotten so far before finally being caught.
Her bounty hunter is a mysterious, tight-lipped loner who
sees this as just another job. He keeps a distinct boundary between himself and
his captive. Kat, however, becomes the exception. She’s unafraid to speak her
mind and isn’t intimidated by this man. Against his will, she draws him out of
his own isolated thoughts and has him engaging with her. Despite their current circumstances, these two
actually have something in common – they’ve watched people they love stay in
abusive relationships. In Kat’s case, it’s the reason she’s in her current jam.
The boundary between the two gets slightly blurred except that he absolutely
refuses to give her his name. It’s the one thing that allows him separate the job from the rest of his personal life. In response, Kat
takes to giving him a new name whenever she can. It’s one among many games she
has going to keep herself amused but the nickname that sticks for most of the
book is Steel.
I really liked this story. While there's an intense attraction between them, what made the story for me was how they connected on an emotional level. They’re both damaged individuals who have reacted to life differently. Kat’s
still a dreamer thanks to the loving relationship she had with her father. Steel is too entrenched in his past and with the
things that he has done as a bounty hunter, he feels he’s unworthy and not redeemable. Kat makes no judgment. Perhaps because of her own dire predicament
she understands that there’s always more to the story. As they become closer,
they feel more responsible for each other’s impending outcome. Kat, who feels her freedom slipping away fast, wants to live in the present as much as possible. Steel faces a moral crisis
in light of his growing feelings for her and has to decide if he’s in or
out of the bounty hunting game forever.
This is my first Season Vining book and I enjoyed it a ton. I liked how she developed the characters and laid out their personal,
complicated stories. She also adds
excitement in the form of a mysterious third party chasing after Kat. There's no absolute clean ending in this but heightened emotions, broken hearts, futures
on the line and running out of places to hide are all a perfect recipe for adventure. The romance is the cherry on top!
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