Chase the Wind

Western Wind #4.5

by Janelle Taylor

In the sequel to Follow the Wind, Special Agent Navarro Breed and his undercover partner, Bethany Wind, complete a dangerous mission--and fall in love at the same time.

Genres: Romance, Historical, Historical Romance, Fiction, Westerns

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

The legendary Janelle Taylor was born on June 28, 1944 in Athens, GA. In 1965, she married Michael Taylor with whom she had two children, Angela Taylor-MacIntyre and Alisha Taylor Thurmond. Ms. Taylor attended the Medical College of Georgia from 1977 to 1979 and Augusta State University from 1980-1981. She withdrew from the latter after she sold her first two novels. Today, she is the author of thirty-nine novels, three novellas, and many contributions to other collections. There are thirty-nine million copies of her works in print worldwide and she has made The New York Times Bestseller List eight times. Ms. Taylor's works have also been featured ten times on the "1 million +" bestseller's list at Publisher's Weekly.

Some of Ms. Taylor's most recent books include By Candlelight, Someday Soon, Lakota Dawn, and Lakota Winds (due out in paperback in May 1999). She has also made contributions to other books including The Leukemia Society Cookbook, Christmas Rendezvous, and Summer Love. In addition, readers can see her as co-host of the QVC/TV Romance Book Club Show.

Ms. Taylor's interests include collecting spoons, coins from around the world, ship models, dolls, and old books. She loves to fish, ride horses, play chess, target-shoot, travel (especially in her motorhome and out West), hunt for Indian relics, and take long walks with her husband. Reading, in particular books set before 1900 and current Biographies, Thrillers, Horror, or Fantasy novels, is also one of Ms. Taylor's favorite activities. She is also extremely active with charity work and was even featured on the cover of Diabetes Forecast in February of 1998.

She lives in the country on seventy-nine acres of woods and pasture with a lake and a catfish pond. She writes her novels in a Spanish cottage which overlooks a five-acre lake, a working water mill, gazebo, and covered bridge.

Reviews

[Abbey Almeter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've reread this so many times.

[Carrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the second book in the series. I was so glad to meet up with Navarro again! It was a joy to see his personal journey into the rest of his life. It was also nice to see Matt and Jessie again! Amazing book about second chances!

[Jill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! Absolutely loved this story and love Navarro Breed where we first meet him in "Follow the Wind" book 4 of Janelle Taylor's Western Wind series. He was on the run after escaping a hellish prison for a crime he didn't commit. He met Jessica Lane who was looking for a gunslinger to help save her families ranch from another greedy rancher. He hired on and they fell in love but due to both their circumstances in life they were not able to stay together. He never forgot Jessica and their son and vowed that no one could replace them in his life. He became a very successful Special Agent lawman but remained a loner until “Chase The Wind”! His boss needed him for a case possibly involving wrong doing by Jessica's husband and brother. However, He could not show up alone to their ranch and investigate without causing issues so his boss paired him with female agent, Bethany Wind, to pose as his spouse for the case. Bethany Wind lost her agent father and husband on a case the previous year and is still reeling from it. Navarro definitely didn't like the idea but was convinced to give it a try. They carried out a quick "romance and marriage" for the assignment. Unbeknown to the pair, their boss also hoped this assignment would also help them heal from their past and start a new beginning together. He really liked both agents and knew they would be good for each other. As Navarro and Beth set out on the trail, she was able to rid her disguise and removed the black hair dye from her glorious red hair. This spooked Navarro because of a vision that an Apache shaman told him…. “You not walk alone forever, Night Cloud. Woman with hair burning as flaming rocks will walk by your side. Much stands between you this moon; it will blow away when you chase the wind.” Hint.... Bethany Wind! He always thought the flaming hair in the vision was Jessica who he couldn’t have. This is the start of their adventure. Enjoy!
Note... possible spoiler alert.... They do find their happy ever after.

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