KickBack: A Race Richards Novel

by Michael Rutter

Martial Arts Adventure & Romance.A fight choreographer on vacation matches wits and romance with a deadly seductress.With too many B-grade movies and bad relationships under his black belt, former karate champ and jeet kune do expert Race Richards leaves sunny California on a road trip to northern Minnesota. Richards is hoping some relaxing camping and fishing on a Native American friend's backwoods lake property will rejuvenate his faltering warrior spirit. Headed for the same location is Kendra Vaughn, a confident, scheming femme fatale working for a greedy real estate mogul. Accompanied by a small army of rough & tumble associates, her assignment is to make the lake property available for immediate purchase by any means necessary. A multi-million dollar casino deal hinges on the purchase. But Kendra does not locate the owner - instead it is Richards she encounters. And while he fends off her dangerous associates using his own special breed of high-impact martial art strategies, the stunt-fighter has a much tougher challenge once Kendra starts using every sexy trick in her dirty little book. Will she seduce Race Richards? Or kill him?It might be fishing season, but somebody's going hunting! Author Mike Rutter grew up on Minnesota's rough-and-tumble Iron Range. A lifelong martial artist, Rutter was personally certified in jeet kune do by Ted Wong, one of Bruce Lee's original students. His articles have appeared in Black Belt and Inside Karate magazines, and Rutter has traveled extensively throughout China sharing his martial art skills and knowledge. KickBack is the first in a series of adventure romance novels featuring the Race Richards character.

234 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 9, 2011

About the author

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Michael Rutter has authored or co-authored nearly 40 books and 600 articles for magazines and newspapers. He was awarded the Ben Franklin Award for Outdoor Writing and the Rocky Mountain Book Publishers Association Award. Michael teaches advanced writing at Brigham Young University. He is also a Christa McAuliffe Fellow.