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The Bounty Hunters #4
Run Wild
Run WildLorie O'ClareHot on the trail of a cold-blooded killer, a small-town sheriff risks his life—and his heart—with one sexy partner…Raised in a family of professional bounty hunters, Natasha King knows the dangers of tracking down fugitives—especially when they're wanted for murder. But this is no ordinary mission. This time, it's personal. The suspect is her own long-lost father—and the lawman hunting him down is dangerously close to catching her off-guard…In all his years as sheriff, Trent Oakley has never seen a woman as strong-willed—or as scorching hot—as Natasha. With her big-city experience and black-belt training, she's his best chance for tracking down the Trinity Ranch killer. Problem Can he trust her? As the trail gets hotter, their attraction burns wilder, and soon Trent's not sure who's hunting who. But one thing's for Natasha is one woman who always gets her man…
352 pages, ebook
First published March 1, 2012
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Lorie O'Clare
91 books256 followersLorie O'Clare is an American author of erotic romance, romantic suspense and paranormal romance novels.
The anthology Men of Danger, which featured her story “Love Me 'til Death,” was a New York Times bestseller.
Also writes under the pen name Laurie Fitzgerald.
The anthology Men of Danger, which featured her story “Love Me 'til Death,” was a New York Times bestseller.
Also writes under the pen name Laurie Fitzgerald.
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May 6, 2015
So unlike WANTED:UNDEAD OR ALIVE, I went into reading RUN WILD with a negative outlook and was correct. I’m not sure there was one part of this story that I truly enjoyed.
I hated the relationship the most for one. Both Natasha King and Sheriff Trent Oakley both have dominating personalities and both want to dominate a given situation. Although Trent admits to his feelings first, he still fights to break down her wall and make her give in to him. He continually keeps her out of the loop and demands she not question his authority when in town in front of others. Natasha fights tooth and nail not to let a man make her decisions and goes on and on about how she can take care of herself. Now, I know there are readers out there and people in real life that are this way and love this type of relationship, but for me I like when the characters don’t try to ‘own’ the other. A relationship is 50/50 and I didn’t feel there was any of that until the end when they had made up with each other.
So, let’s start from the beginning. A lot of changes have taken place at our beloved bounty hunters headquarters. With Marc and Jake now out of the house and the business there are new hunters, a second secretary, and less time for Greg and Haley to take off. So when Natasha gets a call from a local small town sheriff asking questions about her father, she’s left with going by herself to check it out.
Turns out dear old dad, is the prime suspect in a murder mystery that has this small town talking. Natasha and Trent clash from the beginning in a way that has both their attraction and their professional skills working overtime.
Initially they believe the opposite about her father’s part in this murder and work both with and against each other to prove the other right or wrong. They get in a few sticky situations that point in her father’s guilt, but the nail in the coffin is when Trent finally gives her what he believes is tell all evidence she’s halfway back to L.A. when her Uncle tells her about her father’s call.
Back in town with renewed belief, Natasha takes on not only the case but her feelings for Trent. Although they do dive off into a personal ‘relationship’ they have many bumps to get over. Trent thought knows she’s the one and is willing to fight, but his way has a cave man feel to it.
The murder case is way too detailed for a romance book in my opinion and took a huge chunk of the enjoyment away from the book for me. I hardly cared about the case and can barely tell you who murdered the man and why. I’m not a mystery genre reader and this had way too much.
With a promise to bring more equality into the relationship, it looks like Greg and Haley are going to lose their head office keeper as Natasha takes the plunge with Trent. Hopefully these two will learn to work together.
I hated the relationship the most for one. Both Natasha King and Sheriff Trent Oakley both have dominating personalities and both want to dominate a given situation. Although Trent admits to his feelings first, he still fights to break down her wall and make her give in to him. He continually keeps her out of the loop and demands she not question his authority when in town in front of others. Natasha fights tooth and nail not to let a man make her decisions and goes on and on about how she can take care of herself. Now, I know there are readers out there and people in real life that are this way and love this type of relationship, but for me I like when the characters don’t try to ‘own’ the other. A relationship is 50/50 and I didn’t feel there was any of that until the end when they had made up with each other.
So, let’s start from the beginning. A lot of changes have taken place at our beloved bounty hunters headquarters. With Marc and Jake now out of the house and the business there are new hunters, a second secretary, and less time for Greg and Haley to take off. So when Natasha gets a call from a local small town sheriff asking questions about her father, she’s left with going by herself to check it out.
Turns out dear old dad, is the prime suspect in a murder mystery that has this small town talking. Natasha and Trent clash from the beginning in a way that has both their attraction and their professional skills working overtime.
Initially they believe the opposite about her father’s part in this murder and work both with and against each other to prove the other right or wrong. They get in a few sticky situations that point in her father’s guilt, but the nail in the coffin is when Trent finally gives her what he believes is tell all evidence she’s halfway back to L.A. when her Uncle tells her about her father’s call.
Back in town with renewed belief, Natasha takes on not only the case but her feelings for Trent. Although they do dive off into a personal ‘relationship’ they have many bumps to get over. Trent thought knows she’s the one and is willing to fight, but his way has a cave man feel to it.
The murder case is way too detailed for a romance book in my opinion and took a huge chunk of the enjoyment away from the book for me. I hardly cared about the case and can barely tell you who murdered the man and why. I’m not a mystery genre reader and this had way too much.
With a promise to bring more equality into the relationship, it looks like Greg and Haley are going to lose their head office keeper as Natasha takes the plunge with Trent. Hopefully these two will learn to work together.
September 3, 2015
Love it!
May 21, 2019
Natasha King knows the dangers of tracking down fugitives while working with her uncle and his family in his bounty hunting business. So when she receives a mysterious call from small-town sheriff Trent Oakley asking questions regarding her long lost father she has to find out what is going on. When she arrives in town she learns that a murder has been committed and her father is a suspect, Natasha proves to be a challenge to Trent when she is determined to prove her father's innocence. As Trent and Natasha work the case things will burn into an inferno.
June 1, 2012
Review originally posted here: http://thebookpushers.com/2012/05/30/...
I had only read O’Clare once before, and after seeing the cover and reading the blurb, I knew I would have to pick up this book as well. What’s not to love about small towns, a sexy Sheriff, and a daughter who will go to any lengths to protect the father that was never around?
While I hadn’t read any of the Bounty Hunter books before this one, I was able to easily slide into the world and navigate my way through without any kind of troubles. This book easily reads as a stand-alone, and a fun one at that.
Natasha is called by the Sheriff to come up north and answer some questions about the father she hasn’t seen in years. Although she doesn’t think she’ll be able to give him any information, she goes anyway, because family is important. Once she realizes that her father is on the hook for murder, she wants to stick around and do everything she can to prove his innocence while Trent hunts him down.
Trent likes being the Sheriff of a small town, but with such a gruesome murder on his hands, he needs to find Natasha’s father and wrap this up quick. The only problem is he is attracted to Natasha more than he ever expected, and the more they uncover together, the more he starts to believe everything may not be as it seems.
I’ve always enjoyed a little murder mystery with my romantic suspense, and although this wasn’t very suspenseful, the mystery behind the murder made up for it. I was amazed at how O’Clare was able to string us along, thinking Natasha’s father was the killer (with some pretty damning evidence I might add), and then throw in a curveball at the end. That aspect of it was done so well and made for a really enjoyable read!
I don’t know if this is common for everyone, but in my romantic suspense books, I tend to always like the hero a little bit more than the heroine. And Trent was no exception. His small town vibe was so cute, and yet he was able to handle himself when big-city problems arose. He was an alpha through and through, and at times even a little archaic with his thinking. I always love a good alpha hero who realizes that what he really wants isn’t a sweet little housewife and falls head over heels for the opposite of his “dream girl.”
Although the romance between Natasha and Trent seemed to take one step forward and one step back, I liked it. Usually that kind of romance really bothers me, but for these two it really worked. Between the murder case and not really knowing if Natasha’s father was involved or not, Trent’s dealing with a strong willed woman, and their amazing sexual tension, the back and forth really worked for me.
All in all I enjoyed this book by O’Clare and will definitely be looking into her back-list. Although the suspense wasn’t as high as I would have liked, the murder mystery itself added so much to the book. I adored Trent, and Natasha really grew on me the more she came out of her shell. Plus their relationship was too perfect for them as a couple.
I give Run Wild a B
I had only read O’Clare once before, and after seeing the cover and reading the blurb, I knew I would have to pick up this book as well. What’s not to love about small towns, a sexy Sheriff, and a daughter who will go to any lengths to protect the father that was never around?
While I hadn’t read any of the Bounty Hunter books before this one, I was able to easily slide into the world and navigate my way through without any kind of troubles. This book easily reads as a stand-alone, and a fun one at that.
Natasha is called by the Sheriff to come up north and answer some questions about the father she hasn’t seen in years. Although she doesn’t think she’ll be able to give him any information, she goes anyway, because family is important. Once she realizes that her father is on the hook for murder, she wants to stick around and do everything she can to prove his innocence while Trent hunts him down.
Trent likes being the Sheriff of a small town, but with such a gruesome murder on his hands, he needs to find Natasha’s father and wrap this up quick. The only problem is he is attracted to Natasha more than he ever expected, and the more they uncover together, the more he starts to believe everything may not be as it seems.
I’ve always enjoyed a little murder mystery with my romantic suspense, and although this wasn’t very suspenseful, the mystery behind the murder made up for it. I was amazed at how O’Clare was able to string us along, thinking Natasha’s father was the killer (with some pretty damning evidence I might add), and then throw in a curveball at the end. That aspect of it was done so well and made for a really enjoyable read!
I don’t know if this is common for everyone, but in my romantic suspense books, I tend to always like the hero a little bit more than the heroine. And Trent was no exception. His small town vibe was so cute, and yet he was able to handle himself when big-city problems arose. He was an alpha through and through, and at times even a little archaic with his thinking. I always love a good alpha hero who realizes that what he really wants isn’t a sweet little housewife and falls head over heels for the opposite of his “dream girl.”
Although the romance between Natasha and Trent seemed to take one step forward and one step back, I liked it. Usually that kind of romance really bothers me, but for these two it really worked. Between the murder case and not really knowing if Natasha’s father was involved or not, Trent’s dealing with a strong willed woman, and their amazing sexual tension, the back and forth really worked for me.
All in all I enjoyed this book by O’Clare and will definitely be looking into her back-list. Although the suspense wasn’t as high as I would have liked, the murder mystery itself added so much to the book. I adored Trent, and Natasha really grew on me the more she came out of her shell. Plus their relationship was too perfect for them as a couple.
I give Run Wild a B
April 30, 2012
What are the rules for this game we are playing?
Natasha King is great at the details of being a bounty hunter and can work the case as proficiently as the rest of her family. She knows to do the job and not get personally involved, which keeps your head clear of distractions. When the case becomes her father, who has been accused of murder there is nothing but emotional attachment involved. He may have been a parent that was out of her life more than in but he is her family and she will find out what is going on.
Trent Oakley is the small town sheriff who is trying to capture Natasha’s father but seems to be trying to snag her attention as well. She is a firecracker who has stirred up more intense feelings than anyone has ever before and staying focused is turning out to be difficult with her around. But Trent, like his father before him knows how to get solve the crime and close the case and that is what he is going to do. Natasha is front and center everywhere he looks and he does allot of looking in her direction because for the first time long-term plans with a woman sound like something else he might like.
As the details of the gruesome murder and all the possible suspects, starts to unfold there are more questions than answers. Natasha’s father is well liked and no one believes he could have done this crime but all signs point right at him. Trent and Natasha together are beginning to see that someone is leading them in this direction, but the question is who. Throw in some folk lore and superstition and you have yourself more trouble mixing than you can ever imagine.
Hold on for a great ride through the mystery and complications of love when two people want the same thing just not the same way. Lorie O’Clare writes characters that show both their strength and weakness making the reader feel as though they are people they know and respect.
Natasha King is great at the details of being a bounty hunter and can work the case as proficiently as the rest of her family. She knows to do the job and not get personally involved, which keeps your head clear of distractions. When the case becomes her father, who has been accused of murder there is nothing but emotional attachment involved. He may have been a parent that was out of her life more than in but he is her family and she will find out what is going on.
Trent Oakley is the small town sheriff who is trying to capture Natasha’s father but seems to be trying to snag her attention as well. She is a firecracker who has stirred up more intense feelings than anyone has ever before and staying focused is turning out to be difficult with her around. But Trent, like his father before him knows how to get solve the crime and close the case and that is what he is going to do. Natasha is front and center everywhere he looks and he does allot of looking in her direction because for the first time long-term plans with a woman sound like something else he might like.
As the details of the gruesome murder and all the possible suspects, starts to unfold there are more questions than answers. Natasha’s father is well liked and no one believes he could have done this crime but all signs point right at him. Trent and Natasha together are beginning to see that someone is leading them in this direction, but the question is who. Throw in some folk lore and superstition and you have yourself more trouble mixing than you can ever imagine.
Hold on for a great ride through the mystery and complications of love when two people want the same thing just not the same way. Lorie O’Clare writes characters that show both their strength and weakness making the reader feel as though they are people they know and respect.
November 3, 2013
Reviewed by Marissa
Book provided by the publisher for review
Review originally posted at Romancing the Book
Run Wild is the fourth installment in the Bounty Hunters series, and WOW! I have really missed something in not reading the first three books. Don’t get me wrong – this story stands on its own very well. But I can’t help but wonder what all I missed in the first three books. Believe me, I’ll be finding out!
For me, this book was also a breath of fresh air. I’ve read some real stinkers lately so to pick up a book that is well-written, typo-free, and has a tight story-line that kept me turning the pages was wonderfully exhilarating. The plot moved cleverly from a strange phone call to an unscheduled visit and strangers eying each other up to purposely antagonizing each other in an attempt to avoid the inevitable. A relationship.
The characters were human although less flawed than I typically like – Natasha is gloriously beautiful and Trent is devastatingly handsome – but they are tediously human in every other regard. Both are afraid of (or at least wary of) relationships, both had been emotionally wounded by an absentee parent while growing up, and both are determined to be the best in their respective professions. Even more, they each question their motives and movements as they attempt to track down Natasha’s father, a possible murder suspect.
In one regard, this is a typical mystery-slash-suspense-slash-romance. In every other regard, it is more. Run Wild is my choice for July’s Book of the Month. Pick it up. Read it. Enjoy it.
Book provided by the publisher for review
Review originally posted at Romancing the Book
Run Wild is the fourth installment in the Bounty Hunters series, and WOW! I have really missed something in not reading the first three books. Don’t get me wrong – this story stands on its own very well. But I can’t help but wonder what all I missed in the first three books. Believe me, I’ll be finding out!
For me, this book was also a breath of fresh air. I’ve read some real stinkers lately so to pick up a book that is well-written, typo-free, and has a tight story-line that kept me turning the pages was wonderfully exhilarating. The plot moved cleverly from a strange phone call to an unscheduled visit and strangers eying each other up to purposely antagonizing each other in an attempt to avoid the inevitable. A relationship.
The characters were human although less flawed than I typically like – Natasha is gloriously beautiful and Trent is devastatingly handsome – but they are tediously human in every other regard. Both are afraid of (or at least wary of) relationships, both had been emotionally wounded by an absentee parent while growing up, and both are determined to be the best in their respective professions. Even more, they each question their motives and movements as they attempt to track down Natasha’s father, a possible murder suspect.
In one regard, this is a typical mystery-slash-suspense-slash-romance. In every other regard, it is more. Run Wild is my choice for July’s Book of the Month. Pick it up. Read it. Enjoy it.
April 24, 2012
D.N.F. The poor description was one thing ("unique" twice in one sentence? that's just lazy), but about halfway through I had to give up on the "I'm not a sexist" alpha lead (I REFUSE to call him a hero). I'm sorry, but attitudes like "putting her underneath me, where she belonged," and wanting to "tame her" like a "high-trotting filly"-- that's not "creating that world of trust." That's plain old male dominance, and I don't find it the slightest bit sexy. (Not to mention-- a sheriff *bugging* an innocent woman's purse? And this is the supposed *good guy*??)
The author turned a strong female lead into a Barbie doll, and what could've been a great, steamy partnership into a caveman cliche.
She may be a "high-trotting filly," but he's a horse's ass.
The author turned a strong female lead into a Barbie doll, and what could've been a great, steamy partnership into a caveman cliche.
She may be a "high-trotting filly," but he's a horse's ass.
February 23, 2017
I really enjoyed this book and read it in two days, unlike the previous three in this series. Natasha King travels to northern California to help her reprobate father who has been accused of a heinous murder. There she meets the sheriff, Trent Oakley. While trying to find her father and solve the murder there is plenty of passion, suspense and action between the heroine and those responsible for the murder. Great story from start to finish.
May 25, 2012
another book in the KFA series, this time starring the niece of the owner, natasha, who is trying to find out how her estranged father is involved in a gruesome murder, and the hero, who is the sheriff of the town where the murder occurred. 2 stubborn, strong people who both think they are right learn to work, and love, together, after going through a set of hurdles
March 25, 2012
Another great read by Lorie O'Clare. I am so glad I stumbled on her; I haven't read one book by her that I didn't like. Natasha was great though I have to admit, Trent was a bit "me big bad man, you little woman" for my taste, but he did redeem himself in the end.
September 8, 2012
I'm still not sold on the idea of two control freaks getting together but...hey, variety makes the spice of life, right?
May 21, 2012
Not as good as the review about the book.
April 7, 2012
It was okay. I found Trent's dominant qualities way way hot.
April 13, 2012
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June 6, 2012
I had a hard time accepting that the sheriff investigating a murder would let the murder suspect's daughter assist him with the investigation.
June 16, 2012
Started too slow.
October 9, 2012
loved this series, can't wait for the next book
January 17, 2013
Natasha and Trent meet under a family member suspicion of murder only to find a mutual attraction finds its way into the plan. They not only need to solve a crime but learn to trust each other
June 8, 2013
Love the Bounty Hunter Series!!!
July 26, 2013
I have been waiting to read Natasha's book and I really enjoyed it. She and Trent made a great pair and coupled with the murder/mystery it made for a great story all around.
September 3, 2013
Awesome climax!!! I actually thought Natasha was going to die and Trent weouldn't get to her in time. Luckily he did.
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