Risk It All (Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters, #2)

by Katie Ruggle

Full of humor and danger, romance and intrigue, Risk it All is for fans of:
Romantic suspense with a quirky small town feelMountain men wrapped in flannelA slow burn that steadily turns up the heatAnd complete opposites forced to rely on each other as they trek through the RockiesCara Pax never wanted to be a bounty hunter. She's happy to leave chasing criminals and tackling skips to her sisters. But if she wants her dreams of escaping the family business and becoming a kindergarten teacher to come true, she's got one last job to finish… Only problem is, she doesn't think her bounty is guilty.
Henry Kavenski is a man with innocence to prove. When he realizes that Cara believes him, he'll do anything to keep her out of harm's way. Escaping criminals and dodging cops might not be the best time to fall in love, but Henry and Cara won't give up, not when there's a chance at a new life ahead—if they can survive the fall.
What Your Favorites Are Saying:"I love Ruggle's characters. They're sharply drawn, and vividly alive. I'm happy when they find each other. These are wonderful escapist books."—CHARLAINE HARRIS, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of the Sookie Stackhouse series
"Sexy and suspenseful, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."—JULIE ANN WALKER, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, for Hold Your Breath
"Chills and thrills and a sexy slow-burning romance from a terrific new voice."—D.D. AYRES, author of the K-9 Rescue series, for Hold Your Breath

• ISBN10: 1492662526
• ISBN13: 9781492662525
• Publish Date: 31 December 2019
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Sourcebooks Casablanca
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[Melanie]

This is the second book in the Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters series. The series follows five sisters who are bounty hunters and struggling to make it as their mother seems to throw roadblocks in their path every chance she gets.

Cara Pax never really wanted to be a bounty hunter. She’s actually in school to be a teacher. She always helped out as a researcher, never in the field. However, she really feels like a burden on her sisters and wants to carry more of her weight. So she decides to take on a bounty by herself without her sisters’ knowledge, because they all have a lot on their plate trying to find their mother. However, Cara takes on more than she can really handle with this bounty.

Henry Kavenski has a bounty on his head as he skipped bail for murder. He is trying to prove his innocence. However, the people after him want to use Cara to get to him. They kidnap her and he comes to her rescue.

This is a pretty fast paced story as there are kidnappings and car chases. The attraction between Kavenski and Cara is strong and really is from the beginning, but both have more concerns on their minds.

I continue to have a great time with this series. I can’t wait to read the other stories of the sisters and see where things go with their mother.

Narration
Callie Beaulieu continues to do a great job with the narration of this series. I like all the voices and tone she uses for each character and scene. I’ve only listened to her with Katie Ruggle books, but I would love to listen to her more. I would recommend her.

**I'd like to thank the publisher for providing me with a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

[EBookObsessed]

Katie Ruggle keeps getting better and better. Risk It All is part crime drama, part survival adventure and all excitement.

The Pax sisters all contribute to the success of their bounty hunting business. But as a, hopefully, soon-to-be kindergarten teacher, Cara prefers research to field work. Yet with two of her sisters trying to track down their own bail-jumping mom, leaving Molly handling all the field work, Cara feels she needs to do her part in the trailing and tackling portion of bounty hunting.

That is what has Cara following a great big brute of a man who jumped bail on a double homicide. All she needs to do is put a tracker in his personal items when he steps out of his hotel room. Easy though it should be, Cara thought it would be the last mistake she would ever make when Henry Kavinsky catches her in his room. Except instead of brutally murdering her, just like the two people he is accused of killing, Henry simply lets her leave.

With each further encounter, Cara becomes more intrigued with Henry. Everything she learns screams that he couldn’t possibly be a cold-blooded killer. But before she can sink her teeth into an investigation of his supposed crime, Cara will have to put all her trust into Henry as they run for their lives from what might just be the true killers.

The only thing keeping Cara alive in the Colorado wilderness is a dangerous man who she has been consuming her thoughts. She knows that there is something not right about Henry’s case. But can her hormones really be trusted to correctly judge a man who is clearly dangerous, regardless of whether he is guilty of any crime?

Katie Ruggle has been on my favorite authors list for awhile now but I am really enjoying this Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunter series. I like these Pax sisters and as much as I liked Molly and John’s story, I was absolutely caught up in Cara and Henry’s story. I audiobooked this story but instead of switching to my eReader when I got home, I popped in my headphones so I could keep going with Cara and Henry. You knew something was not right about Henry’s story. He jumped bail but he didn’t leave town. He is accused of a brutal double homicide but he is gentle with Cara and becomes very protective. This whole thing stinks but how was he involved with all this? Not only did I need to get the answer to that but when Henry and Cara are forced to run from someone trying to kill them (her? him? both?) and end up stranded in the wilderness, needing to trust in each other for survival, I couldn’t stop listening.

Between the sweet Cara/Henry moments and all the action, I would highly recommend this story and the whole series because I am now looking forward to sister Nora’s story which was hinted at in the epilogue.

Received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

[kimbacaffeinate]

I quickly found myself caught up in this tale from the interesting storyline to the Pax sisters.

I have been enjoying this series and after a teaser couldn’t wait for Cara’s story. Cara is the teams researcher and a part-time student working towards her degree. She is bubby, optimistic and easy to imagine her as Kindergarten teacher. Her love for her family has her hunting down, Henry Kavenski. Why she thought a killer would make the perfect first skip is beyond me.