Connie’s review of First You Run (The Bullet Catchers, Book 4) by Roxanne St. Claire
Romantic Suspense by Pocket Star 25 Mar 08
There are three other books already released in St. Claire’s Bullet Catchers series: Kill Me Twice (Book 1), Thrill Me to Death (Book 2), and Take me Tonight (Book 3). First you Run is the first novel I have read by Roxanne St. Claire. I am happy to say the novel stands alone and I hope to get a chance to read more by her.
Bullet Catcher Adrien Fletcher asks a favor of Lucy Sharpe, the operative in charge of the group, in order to get the go-ahead to find a ‘shelia’ for a friend. This isn’t just any woman but one who was an illegally adopted baby.
He is off duty for a month, so you might wonder why he needs permission, well he is anticipating this will require Bullet Catcher resources and possibly her support. The catch? The friend is an ex-Bullet Catcher, Jack Culver, who she striped of responsibility and fired just the year before.
Once the project is approved and Fletcher sets out to find the woman in question, the one who once…
“…I find her, chances are I’m going to get her naked, rock her world, and then make her wish I were dead.”
Things begin to really get interesting. And a hunt for a tattooed woman begins.
Dr. Miranda Lang is an expert in Maya studies as well as the author of The Cataclysn’t: The End of the Myth, Not of the World and Fletcher discovers getting her out of her clothes for a tattoo check isn’t as easy as he expected. The trick is to keep her safe from a group of zealots, while trying to discover if she is his mystery woman and if possible – not destroying her life in the process.
The problem is no one wants these secrets revealed… For my first Bullet Catcher’s novel and with such great characters, interesting elements and it won’t be my last.
Grade: B
From the back cover:
AN UNSTOPPABLE BODYGUARD ON THE HUNT.
A WOMAN HIDING A SECRET EVEN SHE DOESN’T KNOW. A PASSION THAT BEGINS WITH DANGER….
Bullet Catcher Adrien Fletcher is on a mission to track down a baby given up in a black market adoption thirty years ago. He has a list of possible names and one tantalizing clue: the infant girl had been marked with a tiny tattoo. And since tattoo-hunting will mean getting up close and personal with the women on his list, he’s the perfect man for the job. But when Fletch meets Miranda Lang, he knows she can never be just a name on his list. If she’s not his target, he should move on and find the right woman, despite their electrifying attraction. But Miranda is on her own mission, and every step takes her closer to a deadly trap. Fletch may be the only man who can protect her…forcing him to choose between duty and desire.
Read an excerpt.
