Bound to the Bounty Hunter by Hayson Manning – a Review

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Harlan Franco, Colorado’s busiest bounty hunter and security expert, lives by his own rules: be in control, be detached, and never mix business with pleasure. These rules are tested when the woman he’s being paid to secretly guard is none other than the sexy, unpredictable, pain in the butt, Sophie Callaghan––a woman determined to stay away from him. If Sophie finds out he’s in her life on an assignment, he’ll never get the info he needs. But those lips, those curves, that attitude… If he could only have her for one night where she’d play by his rules.



Review:

Bound To The Bounty Hunter is book one in the Bound Series by Hayson Manning.

Sophie Callaghan is a private investigator.  And she is bound and determined to correct the wrongs of her con-man preacher father who has passed away.  She works several jobs along with her investigating business to repay all the victims one by one that were swindled by her father. Her latest investigation takes her to Hostage, a local sex club that she is hoping will lead her to more information on Vladimir Petrov, billionaire shipping magnate. For some reason she found a journal dedicated to Petrov in her father’s belongings. And she will stop at nothing to find out what the connection is.

While at Hostage, her worst nightmare walks in, Harlan Franco, bad ass bounty hunter. She despises him with a passion – and she has every right to. Eighteen months earlier –  when they were tailing the same bounty – she was caught off guard and found herself in Harlan’s arms. When they returned to his hotel room – what started as hot and heavy – ended with Harlan locking her in the bathroom in her underwear  just so he could snag the bounty.  As much as Sophie despises him – her body betrays her every time she is near him. But little does she know, Harlan’s new assignment is her. And he is going to use everything thing in his power to get the information he needs from her.

But will she finally open up to the man she so hates?  Will he even be able to break the surface of who she is? And at what cost will it be if she finds out he is just doing a job?

Sophie is headstrong, stubborn and more than anything in control of her life and herself.  She doesn’t mess around and isn’t afraid to even go one on one in the boxing ring with a man.  But every fiber of her being cannot stand Harlan.  She wants more than anything to hate him.  But every time she is in his presence her body betrays her.  She cannot control herself around him, and in turn makes very bad decisions when he is around.  I loved Sophie!  She is funny and strong and will kick butt if she needs to.  She isn’t afraid to step to Harlan or anyone else who steps to her.  Her back story is tragic and her father scum – but she is doing everything she can to correct his wrongs – even though she shouldn’t have to.  I loved her snarkiness with Harlan – and their relationship builds into an amazing crescendo.

Sophie life hasn’t been easy and it’s hard for her to let anyone in – but you can tell more than anything that she wants and needs these kinds of relationships in her life.  As hard and rough as she can be at times I loved when she melted into Harlan and her whole demeanor became soft and gentle.

Harlan is a tall, dark and handsome drink of water – the stuff book boyfriends are made of.  You know a character and a story is good when you give him a real life persona (Trace Adkins in this case) in your own mind and go with it for the entirety!  I loved Harlan – from the first moment you meet him – you wanted to know more – to tear away his layers and his clothes all at the same time.  He tried everything to resist the temptation of touching Sophie.  God knows that is all he thinks about.  Wanting her, touching her, tasting her. When her life becomes endangered he realizes that he will do anything to protect her – and that anything includes moving in with her.  Sophie realizes she may be over her head with whoever is after her and reluctantly agrees to allow Harlan to move in for the time being. What ensues with them spending more time together was magical.  If they were separated for any length of time, you can’t wait for them to be back together.

This story is fast paced and definitely a page turner. I enjoyed it from start to finish. The secondary characters were amazing and I am hoping and praying that each of them has their own story to be told.  And I am not afraid to admit that this story had one of the best intimate scenes that I have ever read. Steamy, hot and erotic is an understatement, completely left me wanting more.  I look forward to more books in the Bound series and I will never forget Harlan Franco.

Reviewed by Erin

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