Running Wild

I didn't get very far - Chapter 5 only.. it was so detailed with ramblings about how Carlin always needed to be safe, and couldn't do stuff because Brad was could find her.. and Zeke went on and on about the cooking and laundry.. mundane tasks. Both situations were repeated over and over. So I had to stop the book. When Carlin was joking around she came across more of a silly airhead.. not funny at all.

As I was listening to the audio edition, the reader I found limited - not enough voices for the characters, and while her voice was not annoying, I would have liked more enthusiasm and expression in the reading.

I usually enjoy Linda howards books.. but this one is not for me. Sadly it goes into my small DNF pile.

I enjoyed this book. A good beginning to a new series. Unfortunately, there hasn't yet been a follow up. In this book, the main character, Carlin, is running from a stalker ex. She lands in Battle Ridge at Zeke's ranch. There she finds a hiding place but also love. The only problem I had with the book was that the stalker ex seemed too extreme. Otherwise this was a well written enjoyable story.

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Woman on the run from a seriously creepy and dangerous stalker, who happens to be a cop. She runs and is almost killed by this man and goes into deep hiding on a ranch in Wyoming. There she has to learn to be a cook, maid, and hardest of all trust. Which is something any girl would want with Zeek being the man to trust. She burns food, messes up cakes and muddles along. But can't seem to ever let her guard down. The cowboys on this ranch aren't quick to quit on her.
This was my first LInda Howard read and I enjoyed the heck out of it. The narration was fabulous and the slow had me glued to my headphones ! It's a sweet romance with a twisted feck as the evil villain.

I enjoyed this book. A good beginning to a new series. Unfortunately, there hasn't yet been a follow up. In this book, the main character, Carlin, is running from a stalker ex. She lands in Battle Ridge at Zeke's ranch. There she finds a hiding place but also love. The only problem I had with the book was that the stalker ex seemed too extreme. Otherwise this was a well written enjoyable story.

I've been disappointed in most of Howard's recent releases. Though this isn't in the same league as some of her old favorites - Heart of Fire, etc - it was a major improvement over her other recent books.

The combination of Howard and Jones writing together works well, if this novel is anything to go by. For the first time in years I'm sorry the story ended.

bought for the ultimate and wild challenges from the thrift store; Carlin is living off the grid, after a psycho cop she dates becomes obsessed with her, killing her friend who he mistakes for her. She lands outside of Battle Ridge Wyoming, as a housekeeper/cook for a very sexy rancher, Zeke. Zeke and Carly try to fight their attraction, since Carly knows she's not staying...only earning enough money to get to the next town. But being with Zeke makes her want to stop running, and a slip up by one of the acquaintances brings the deadly ex, Brad, to the towns' doorstep.

This romantic suspense was okay. The plot was interesting and the ending was exciting but most of the story moved kind of slow with the main characters ruminating about the same things over and over. I skimmed a lot. Carlin is running from crazy ex-boyfriend when she ends up in Wyoming and works as a cook for rancher Zeke.

Wonderful book but I always read Linda Howard books anyway plus I love cowboys.

Linda Howard is one of my favorite authors. So when this book came up on Early Reviewers I had to requested it even though I had never heard of the co-author, Linda Jones. Carlin Reed is on the run from a crazed stalker who is trying to kill her. She ends up in a small town in Wyoming in the middle of nowhere. Zeke is a cowboy rancher in desperate need of a cook/housekeeper. While Carlin is not a cook she is willing to learn and work hard. The storytelling was good and it moved along very quickly and there was a little humor and a little suspense to spice it up a bit. I have not read many books with co-authors and wasn't sure what to expect. I was pleased to find that the story moved along very smoothly with no changes in writing styles. I loved Carlin and Zeke and thought their relationship developed and grew at the right pace. The character development for the other ranch hands and townspeople was also well done. But for me this book was not Linda Howard's best. Doesn't come close to Mr. Perfect or Dream Man. But of course this was a collaboration and I really couldn't spot anything that actually sounded like Linda Howard's style. But it was enjoyable nonetheless and since I liked the other characters I'll probably be picking up the next book in the series.

Full Review to be posted soon:

Quick thoughts and mini review -

This is the second book written by Linda Howard and Linda Jones who I have both enjoyed their books in the past. Although with Howard, her recent stuff hasn't lived up to the promise of her older books and have been disappointing, but Running Wild showed elements of her classic tone and humour.
However while I enjoyed the glimpses of humour, snark and the sparring between Carlin and Zeke, there was something missing.

I was also not keen on the suspense part of the book, the villain was too cardboard cutout for me and I wished there was more expanding on that aspect especially in the beginning.

The pace was also pretty slow and it kind of bogged down in the beginning, and I think this affected the romantic tension which started off fantastically but petered out in the middle. However the story and romance picked up in the end but it never really reached the potential it could have been - which would have been a wonderful romance. But this is definitely much better than their first collaborative book Blood Born.

My Rating: 3½ stars out of 5Genre: Romantic SuspenseWhy I Read This: LTERMy Usual Read? Yep, I love this genre & usually this author (Linda Howard, don't know Linda Jones)Recommended for: Linda Howard fans or any romantic suspense fans Cover Art: 4.5 stars out of 5 - Although the guy on the cover is gorgeous, I have to take one half-star away because he bears no resemblance to the very large, buff, bulky Uber Alpha described in the words of the book. Except maybe that he's wearing a cowboy hat.My review:First of all, I enjoyed the book for what it was. I didn't lower the rating to 3 because I didn't enjoy it (see below for why I took off 2 stars). However, be warned, if you're looking for something new, something different, this is not it.This is a fairly classic example of a format that Linda Howard has written more than once before and will probably write again--she does it very well so why not? The story formula is standard: a Heroine with an evil stalker (Villain). She runs away and hides in the Hero's home which is AuthorConveniently (a) isolated and (b) in desperate need of some kind of household/domestic assistance.There is no mystery. There really isn't even any suspense to speak of because really, you have to know how this is going to turn out. The Villain will be killed, probably by the Hero in some Uber Alpha defense of the Heroine and then the two of them live HEA. It's a romance novel. End of story. Almost.Linda Howard writes suspense without suspense--that is, scenes that have edge and tension without any actual suspenseful mystery to them. She's just that good at it. More "chiller" than "thriller." You feel the tension and edge as the characters stress out and although some of her books make this tension a little more towards the melodramatic side, this one is a very successful edge with no "drama queen" attached.Several other reviewers commented on some snarky banter, just like in Open Season and/or Mr. Perfect (both of which I looooved!) but I'm sorry, there was no snark in this book. Good edge, unbelieveably good sex and steam but no snark.And yes, that brings us to the chemistry between the H/h couple. It was good. I thought it was nice that Howard didn't just shove them together and get to banging like she often does in the shorter-format books, but she had a novel-worth of elbow room and used the page space to gradually build the tension between them--sexual tension. Their first kiss sizzled. Their first "time" was mind-blowing. They had a couple of hawt quickies (which are hard to write well without getting too descriptive or lengthy, which kind of defeats the purpose).Overall, they actually fell in love in a reasonable period of time--both time elapsed in the story and pages elapsed in the book. It did not feel at all rushed, felt very much like the relationship grew and the characters both evolved a little. I really like it when a character is transformed by a story, not just the same going in and coming out with some kind of "goal achieved" on their arm in the pages between. I like characters to earn their triumphs. I think these people did.I really liked the secondary characters, too. Kat Bailey, the sidekick cousin of the Hero who became the Heroine's best bud actually was the snarky center of the book. She'd be great to have as the heroine of her own story--and probably, that's what's planned given this is touted as book ONE of a series, implying there'll be a book 2, etc. Spencer, a youngish ranch hand was very sweet and would make a good Hero when he finishes growing up (maybe in book 3 or 4 ?)Linda Howard has a knack for creating a nice landscape against which to create a series, second only to the likes of Nora Roberts, and this book is no exception. Just one problem: I've read this book before. That is, I was on that ranch, inside that house and pretty much saw those mountains in another Linda Howard series. I'm 95% sure it was in The MacKenzie Family Saga. I don't mind. It's a good setting out there in Big Sky Country of huge ranches and cowboys--and how many of them really vary from all the others?--but it was a little weird to have that sense of deja vu as I was reading.Once again, I did enjoy this book but the fact there was so much "regurgitated" made me detract one star from the five. The second star was removed because of a redundancy issue I saw that falls to editing--or slacking thereof. Linda Howard books typically are very well-edited and I suspect it's because she, herself, reads them very carefully. Not so in this case. I can't imagine she would've let some of the errors I found pass unnoticed. Some of the editing issues were as simple as repeating an exact phrase 2 or 3 times across 5-10 paragraphs (1-2 pages apart). That's just a lack of going back to read it "with fresh eyes" as it were. If I were not, myself, an Indie Author doing this hard hard HARD work myself, I wouldn't realize from whence this issue springs. Unfortunately, it's as simple to fix as proofreading, which also wasn't really done thoroughly. I found myself "having to" pick up a pen to mark up the paper because the wrong name (Zeke and Brad were interchanged twice and given they are Hero and Villain, respectively, that's quite the mix-up to miss!) and other typos just drove me insane. I had to redpen it to let out my exasperation and go on enjoying the story.The ultimate Editing Mistake Not To Make: choreography. The heroine's hands were in one place (he had her hands clamped over her head) then in the next moment, she's pushing at his shoulders? Linda Howard doesn't usually screw up this stuff so I'm thinking this is another error due to the collaborative process. Sadly. Of all things, screwups in the choreography of a sex scene of a romance novel are pretty much the pinnacle of Mistakes Not To Make.Bottom line: great story but not a new one. Fast read but only because of the likeable characters. The redundant descriptions, expositives and recycled though richly-textured setting were almost a detriment more than an asset. It's probably a great start to a new series but it won't be winning any awards. It's probably going to sell well because it's (mostly) at Linda Howard's rewarding caliber and her books usually sell. But selling well doesn't equal great book; it simply means commercially viable and it is high sales that gets a book on the bestseller list. Howeard's been on the NYT Bestseller list non-stop for 20+ years. This book will be no different. Ardent fans will love it. New fans will get hooked on her because of it. Last note: I have no clue who Linda Jones is or what her involvement, contribution or affect on the structure or sound of the story was here. It seemed like a standardized Linda Howard book. Sorry, Ms. Jones. Wish I'd seen your influence more and I'd comment on it!Would I recommend this to others? In a heart beat - as a quick and easy read for a nice pickmeup with some squirm-worthy sex scenes. Not, sadly, as anything new or fresh though.

I enjoyed this book, there was good dialogue and the plot moved steadily. I did find it a bit predictable, and it did have several of Linda Howard features she includes in books. I would give the second a read, not sure if it will be a buy or borrow though.

Running Wild – Linda Howard & Linda JonesThe only bad thing I can say, is of course it’s the first in a series….ack! I love Linda Howard so I thought I’d like it and I was right. The back cover tells you it’s a contemporary western romance, so if you aren’t into that, well…try it, you may like it! The book description also goes into detail about the characters Carlin & Zeke.This book made me laugh out loud in places and smirk because you just know its so true. The storytelling was great, I picked it up and read it to the end. I had the time and no inclination to put it down. I liked the people I met and look forward to seeing which ones come back in the following books.

I got this book for free through goodreads first readsEver since her creepy stalker took over her life and drove her into fear, Carlin Reed has been on the run, keeping off grid and moving from one town to the next. In months she has never found herself stationary in a place she could call home. Stumbling into Battle Ridge, Wyoming, never did she expect to get a job. After becoming a cook and a housekeeper to a cattle rancher Zeke Decker, she shouldn't have taken his cousin Kat's warning about cowboys lightly. As the rugged rancher sets her blood boiling, Zeke Decker is a dangerous temptation. Zeke doesn't question Carlin's demands to stay off the grid at first, and he knows come spring the woman will have to move on. Thought he knows she is in danger, he tries to keep things as professional as possible. But the woman occupies his thoughts and sends blood rushing south every time his around her.This book was love. The attraction was there as well as chemistry. It had romantic suspense, a ruggedly sexy cowboy, and a creepy obsessed stalker. Granted, I didn't expect to see the stalkers perspective and could have done without it, but it did tie and blend into the story well. The situation and reactions from Carlin were raw emotions of fear and with that developed her into one amazing character. She didn't jump into stupid incidents because she had a stalker, she was a woman on a mission to survive.The author did a great job with the characters. I loved Zeke, his reaction to Carlin was amusing, their interactions based on the sexual tension crackling between them had me giggling at times. Plus, I loved Spencer, one of the ranch hands – he was kind of sweet at times. I hope the other book in the series will be based on him.I felt bad for Carlin, living in a constant shadow of fear everyday, looking over her shoulder and simply waiting to run. But I did love how their relationship grew through the book before they went jumping into bed together. There was times that Zeke made me aww at how considerate he was. There was other times that the character in the book made me angry for the things they did. Like his disgusting Rancher at the beginning of the book and their old housekeeper. Both overall it was a nice fix for a romance reader that needed something new, different, and amazing read. Looking forward to the next book of the series.

Storyline flowed very smoothly between the two authors. Fast paced mystery romance that has several surprise problems arise around the main problem, Brad the stalker. Female character, Carlin Reed, is strong and couragous while fighting for her life. The hero is Zeke Decker. He tries to be patient and understanding after he figures out there is a serious problem. Fast paced, worth reading.

Up until now, Carlin Reed has lived a pretty quiet and ordinary life. That is until she goes out with Brad a couple of times. She can tell he’s bad news, but she didn’t know just how bad until one of her friends ends up dead. Carlin flees and lives under the radar trying not to leave any trail. When she ends up in Battle Ridge and begins to make a new life for herself, she knows she must confront her stalker.Running Wild is the first book in a new series by Linda Howard and Linda Jones and if this is any indication of what’s to come, I can’t wait for the next book.

The premise of Running Wild is a familiar one: woman running from stalker/killer hides out in small town/farm and is ultimately protected by the initially disbelieving Hero. Fortunately, there are a couple of less typical plot twists, helping this story to develop its own identity. At first, I had reservations about two established authors writing collectively, but no more. The two Linda's write well together, and the reader gets a glimpse into their personal friendship when perusing the recipes at the book's conclusion. I'm not sure I will read their earlier collaboration, Blood Born [a paranormal storyline]; but am definitely committed to any future contemporary collaborations.

Needing someplace to hide for the winter, Carlin Reed found a remote town and a private ranch to help out at. Zeke Decker wasn't wanting another woman in his life, after his housekeeper/cook left he wanted to hire an older woman or better yet a man for the job. Not finding anyone to fit the bill but becoming desperate, he decided to give her a chance. Only wanting to keep her head down and save enough money to survive when she has to move on, she was not looking for any connection that could end in more tragedy. Realizing that the help of a good honest woman was something he enjoyed made Zeke want to help Carlin whether she wanted it or not. Book 1 ..... A new series by Linda Howard sounds like great idea to me. I really enjoyed these characters and this story. I liked how Linda Howard and Linda Jones took a timid young girl and made her learn fast how to get along and live with everything against her. Not sure how these ladies divided the story or work, but the combination created a really good story and I am eager to see what the next book has and who will be in it, especially who the main characters will be

Running Wild...... By Linda Howard and Linda Jones.Carlin Reed is a young woman enjoying her life and friends in Houston. She makes the mistake of going on a blind date with Brad Henderson, a police officer, and her life changes forever. He refuses to accept her rejection, and becomes a stalker. Knowing his profession, she feels it's safest to disappear. She ends up in Dallas, rebuilding her life, until her best friend , wearing Carlin's raincoat, is gunned down on the street. Now, his attention is deadly.We meet some of the residents of a small town in Wyoming called Battle Ridge. Kat , the owner and baker of a little diner called The Pie Hole, is known far and wide for her baking skills. Zeke Decker, her cousin and owner of a ranch outside of Battle Ridge has the reputation of being a " love 'em and leave'em cowboy." He is in desperate need of a cook and housekeeper. Carlin makes a random stop in Battle Ridge looking for a meal and a little rest on her quest to a new home and identity. It turns out to be a very beneficial stop, and she becomes Carly.Carly and Zeke have a rocky start to their housekeeper/boss relationship. They learn to get to know each other, one beginning to trust the other, and Carly, finally tells him her secrets. His need to protect her is all consuming.The relationship between Carly and Zeke is so satisfying. They both have pasts and fears they have to conquer, and their journey is sweet and passionate. I enjoyed this novel very much. I have never read one of Ms. Howard's western contemporaries, and I'm looking forward to the next installment of The Men of Battle Ridge. 

When your stalker's a cop, it's hard to get law enforcement to take you seriously. After a co-worker is gunned down in the street while wearing her raincoat, Carlin Reed isn't taking any more chances - surviving means living off the grid, which is what brings her to Battle Ridge, Wyoming. A job as a housekeeper/cook in a remote cattle ranch seems like the perfect out-of-sight hiding place for the winter. Of course, it doesn't hurt that the ranch's owner isn't too hard on the eyes.Zeke Decker's ideal housekeeper would definitely not be female, unattached, attractive, and wearing a comes-with-trouble sign a mile high. But he's in a bind, and beggars can't be choosers.As the nights get colder, the struggle to keep the heat in the kitchen gets harder. But Carlin's leaving in the spring...I'll admit, I was skeptical when I saw that Linda Howard had co-authored this with Linda Jones. Nothing against Jones, but I've found that a fair number of co-authored books end up being uneven and annoyingly choppy in terms of plot. This one was a very pleasant surprise. Carlin and Zeke are entertaining, the descriptions of ranch life are accurate enough not to be distracting, and the happily-ever-after is satisfying. The villain's one-dimensionally evil, but hey, that's what he's there for, after all. Had to laugh at the cover, though - the hunky cowboy showing off his chest would be a blue-tinted ice sculpture pretty darn fast given the weather in most of the book.

The back of this book says this book is a "steamy" romance between a cowboy and a woman on the run. Steamy?? Not so much. But there was a cowboy and a girl on the run. I didn't hate this book, but I didn't love it either. I found the story hard to believe and there wasn't enough of a story between Carlin and Zeke for the relationship to be believable to me. The suspense was good but I felt like there should have been less build up and more action. Of both the steamy and suspense variety.

I loved Running Wild! In fact I loved it so much I may just reread it (when I can find the time) over again. This was the perfect small town, cowboy romance with a bit of suspense story. The fact that I finished it in one day will tell you that I did not want to put it down!Carlin Reed is running scared and living off the grid. A police officer who she dated twice is after her. He has already killed her friend because he thought it was her. Since the police wouldn’t help her, she is not taking any chances and is trying to going into hiding.After working part time (and under the table) at a small town restaurant, Carly gets a job as a housekeeper and cook on an out of the way ranch owned and managed by Zeke Decker. It takes awhile for Carly to trust him and while they are attracted to each other, they do nothing about it. The romance is a slow simmer as we see their relationship grow through daily life as well as challenges that come into play.Now I am not a big fan of suspense stories but Running Wild has just the perfect amount. It really keeps the plot interesting and yet it wasn’t too over powering. I know I am looking forward to more in this series by this wonderful writing team!

Running Wild by Linda Howard and Linda Jones is a winner! If you like romantic suspense and contemporary western romance you will love this book!I was lucky enough to receive an advanced copy of this book. Since I love both these authors, I was really excited to jump into this one.Carlin Reed, (named after the comedian George Carlin), is being stalked by a guy she dated a few times. The next time he finds her he will kill her. So, Carlin travels a lot, never uses her SS or DL or contacts her family. She winds up a long way from Texas, in a small Wyoming community. She gets a job and place to stay from a really good lady named Kat. As it happens, Kat has a cousin named Zeke. When winter comes Kat will not be able to keep Carlin on the payroll, but Zeke is in dire need of a cook and housekeeper. When Zeke's back is up against the wall, he reluctantly gives Carlin the job.Zeke grumbles, growls and huff and puffs a lot in the beginning, but inside he's a big marshmallow. He and Carlin have perfect chemistry. When he finds out the whole story about Carlin, he wants to help her. He teaches her to shoot a gun and self defense tactics. But, what he really wants is for Carly to be able to stop running and live her life normally, even if it means he might lose her.I liked the that the authors brought the issue of stalking back into the spotlight. I can't imagine living my life like that. I also like the descriptions of Wyoming, the details of ranch life, and the adjustment Carlin made learning to take care of the ranch hands.With a set up like this one, I found myself on edge constantly, waiting for the other shoe to drop. The tension and suspense builds and builds. There is a touching tribute or dedication to the late Beverly Barton at the beginning of the book, the recipes Carlin used while cooking for the ranch hands, and a sneak peek at Linda Howard's new book "Shadow Man" at the end of the book.Overall, this book was as near perfect as you can get in this genre. I loved it. Great job ladies!

This was a great introduction to the Men from Battle Ridge. I enjoyed all of the characters I loved the interplay between Zeke and Carlin. The story line was great and reading this was a pleasure. I like the way the writers interjected the stalkers pov in short bursts through out the book, it heightened the suspense. The only thing I found a bit repetitive was Carlin constantly say how Brad (the stalker) had turned her off men what seemed like a million times. I got that point the first time it was stated. "That was my only frustration. I cannot wait to get the next installment.

I really enjoyed this book. I thought it had a great story line and did not want to put it down. It had the right amount of suspense and romance with some great characters. I cannot wait until the next one comes out!

I received a copy of this book through Librar Thing's early reviewers. From the beginning I was swept up into the story and couldn't put it down. I cant wait until the next book in the series!

Great fast paced plot line with wonderful people. Sexy and sweet and a little bit rough around the edges men fighting for the sassy and smart heroine makes for a good read!

In this really great opening book into a new series, you will get to meet the feisty, smart and scared Carlin Reed. And, yes she was named after George Carlin! She is being stalked by someone nobody would ever expect it of, and her stalker has already killed one person that Carlin cares about. Now she is on the run.Her running takes her to an unlikely place by the name of Battle Ridge, Wyoming a very quiet ranching town that is sort of on the way out, with people moving trying to make a living elsewhere.After working for a while for Kat the owner of The Pie Hole here in town, Carlin gets sort of coerced into taking a job for Zeke Decker, a cattle ranch owner who is just walking sex on a stick, if you know what I mean! He is gruff, blustery and the type of guy who wants to fix everything for almost everyone!This was a wonderful romance, but even more importantly, it was a terrific suspense novel. This is something that Linda Howard is known for, and she really worked it. I had trouble seeing just where Ms Jones left her mark, as the writing was so seamless between the two women.Some of the passages got to be a little too much with the inner angst but they were soon bypassed by increasingly suspenseful…well…suspense scenes.Zeke does get around to eventually getting his own way and teaching Carlin just what she needs to know about saving herself if she ever finds herself in need to. And of course she will eventually need to. She makes for a great kick-butt heroine who also knows when to let someone more experienced take over in the kicking butt department.This was written with a tight plot, great, well-rounded characters of different kinds all with their own voices. The scene descriptions where vividly written, the scenery descriptions made you actually see them in your mind. There was even plentiful humor to break up the fear factor. The sexual aspect took quite a while to come up and I appreciated that. I don’t always like a book where the couple has to fall into bed in the 5th chapter. I could actually believe that they took their time and really fell into love instead of it being simply lust disguised to look like love.I loved this book and will be buying the next one in this series, and I will be keeping this on my to –be- re-read shelf!*ARC SUPPLIED BY PUBLISHER*

In Running Wild we meet Carlin Reed, a woman trying to hide from a stalker in the small, remote community of Battle Ridge, Wyoming. Carlin reluctantly agrees to work for Zeke Decker on his ranch as a cook and housekeeper for Zeke and his employees. A growing attraction develops between Carlin and Zeke. I really enjoyed this book! The plot develops at just the right pace and the characters and their challenges are believable. The reader is given a very good sense of just how hard, yet rewarding, life on a ranch in Wyoming can be. This is a good read for people who enjoy romance with a bit of suspense thrown in. I was given a copy of this book to review from NetGalley.

Carlin is on the run. After two dates with a guy named Brad, he developed an obsession with her - sneaking into her apartment, following her, making harassing phone calls. When she reported him, she was blown off. He was a local boy and a cop and had made sure no one saw the two of them together. First Carlin runs to Dallas. However, Brad followed her and killed a woman he thought was her because she had lent her friend her raincoat. Now Carlin in trying to live off the grid. She is travelling from town to town to try to get away from Brad. She comes into a small Wyoming town only intending to stop for something to eat and then to move on but she finds a job and and friend Kat. Kat has a cousin who is a rancher who needs a housekeeper but hasn't been able to find one.Carlin thinks Zeke is hot but also really grumpy. She is torn between taking the job and moving on. She decides that an isolated ranch wouldn't be a bad spot to be for the winter. Zeke will pay her in cash and let her build up a nest egg for the next time she has to run. Both are convinced that the job is just temporary and neither one is looking for a relationship. However, as they get to know each other, they come to love each other. But it isn't until the truck she is riding in almost slides off the edge of a mountain in an ice storm the Carlin decides to begin a physical relationship with Zeke. The love scenes are hot and it is easy to see that they are falling in love with each other. But the stalker hasn't forgotten about Carlin.This one has danger, romance and hot cowboys along with a seriously creepy stalker. Fans of romantic suspense will love it.