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Bounty Hunter
Hired to find a runaway wife, bounty hunter Kane Hawthorne instead finds himself drawn to his desperate and distrustful quarry, Elizabeth Lawson
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 1, 1994
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Donna Kauffman
148 books1,800 followersUSA Today bestseller and award winning author of the Cupcake Club series and the Blueberry Cove series, DONNA KAUFFMAN has been gratified to see her books get rave reviews in venues ranging from Kirkus Reviews and Library Journal to Entertainment Weekly and Cosmopolitan. She lives in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains in southwestern Virginia, where she is happily working on the next book in her brand new Blue Hollow Falls series, set right in her mountain home area. When she's not writing, she can be found recapping the popular tv show NCIS for USA Today, or escaping into her garden to play in the dirt. Donna also works as a volunteer wildlife transporter for two local sanctuaries, giving orphaned and injured wildlife a second chance at survival. You can catch up on all of her adventures via her author page on Facebook, or on Twitter, or Instagram @writerchick. Donna loves to hear from readers!
Donna Kauffman passed away on April 9, 2020 of pancreatic cancer.
Donna Kauffman passed away on April 9, 2020 of pancreatic cancer.
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December 13, 2025
gracias señora que me regaló el libro, fue mi único entretenimiento en esos días de mierda 💖
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2,5
March 2, 2016
The book was moving along fine, a bit predictable, but fine.
I started liking the book quite a bit, even though I really dislike dishonesty for any reason, but the MC's were interesting in their own rights. Naive girl who had the good sense to get out of dodge and support herself the best she could, the damaged guy who goes to find her under false pretenses and then immediately sees which side he should be on. But (TOTAL SPOILER ALERT...) I didn't really get the feeling that his damage was enough to abandon her near the end, though I'm almost glad for it because it gives her a chance to figure out what she really wants for her life on her own.
Interest, infatuation, understanding, and lust aren't enough for love, but throw in some dangerous situations and apparently deep love is the outcome. Good for them. So why is this only 2 stars instead of a "meh" 3 star? The very last piece of dialogue. Ah, hell, that ruined everything I liked about the book. The ending was something tender, sweet, and moving with their Shoshone vocab and then cheapening it so its on par with a lame ass bar hookup line? Nice...total barf, man. I almost want to drop it to 1 star because of it, but the rest of the book doesn't really deserve it.
I started liking the book quite a bit, even though I really dislike dishonesty for any reason, but the MC's were interesting in their own rights. Naive girl who had the good sense to get out of dodge and support herself the best she could, the damaged guy who goes to find her under false pretenses and then immediately sees which side he should be on. But (TOTAL SPOILER ALERT...) I didn't really get the feeling that his damage was enough to abandon her near the end, though I'm almost glad for it because it gives her a chance to figure out what she really wants for her life on her own.
Interest, infatuation, understanding, and lust aren't enough for love, but throw in some dangerous situations and apparently deep love is the outcome. Good for them. So why is this only 2 stars instead of a "meh" 3 star? The very last piece of dialogue. Ah, hell, that ruined everything I liked about the book. The ending was something tender, sweet, and moving with their Shoshone vocab and then cheapening it so its on par with a lame ass bar hookup line? Nice...total barf, man. I almost want to drop it to 1 star because of it, but the rest of the book doesn't really deserve it.
February 27, 2015
I'm a sucker for an old school category romance, and BOUNTY HUNTER didn't disappoint. A Native American (Shoshone) bounty hunter is hired to track down a rich prick's runaway wife. He claims he cut off her credit cards and she ran off in a snit. But when Kane catches up with Elizabeth (using the name Annie) he immediately senses there's more to the story. So rather than hustle her back to her husband, he convinces her to hire him on for room and board to help out around the falling apart at the seams house and barn where she's trying to start a canning business. And of course, despite wariness and misgivings on both their parts, they fall for each other, while it becomes obvious both their lives are in danger. And then Kane has to come clean and tell Elizabeth the real reason he showed up at her door, and hope she won't hate him.
No need to tell you how it ends, because how else could it?
Favorite lines:
"Shhh. Stop trying to carry the whole world on your shoulders. Let someone hold you. Let me."
Who wouldn't melt at that?
No need to tell you how it ends, because how else could it?
Favorite lines:
"Shhh. Stop trying to carry the whole world on your shoulders. Let someone hold you. Let me."
Who wouldn't melt at that?
October 7, 2012
What could be sexier than a Native American bounty hunter falling for the one woman that he was supposed to turn in? Steamy book. I wish I could've been the one to be caught by Kane.
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