The Scenic Route (Beneath the Wild Sky #1) by Katie Ruggle
Publication Date: July 30th 2024 by Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pages: 352
Source: Publisher
Rating: ★★★½
My
Thoughts:
I was excited when I figured out The Scenic Route
revisits and continues the bounty hunting Pax sisters’ story from Katie
Ruggle’s Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters series! This one centers on Felicity Pax
and a PI Bennett Green sent to find the necklace that their mother stole,
however they end up chasing after a “skip” that takes them to Simpson, Colorado.
This town is well known to Ruggle’s fans as it’s the setting for her Search and
Rescue books. The past couples, (Lou and Callum, Ellie and George, Daisy and
Chris, Rory and Ian), of that series factor in heavily to the story and it was
fun “hanging out” with the old gang again!
Felicity and Bennett’s romance was a little insta-lovey but
understandable with them thrown together while trying to find and apprehend her
bail jumper.
The Scenic Route was fun with silly hijinks! I’d say
this was more of an action romance than a mystery. I look forward to Nora’s
story next!
3.5 Stars
Book Description:
Why date a mountain man? Because climbing him will leave you breathless.
Felicity Pax loves her job. She craves excitement, and being a bounty hunter gives her that in spades. So when her estranged mother disappears with a small fortune in tow, Felicity chases her like she would any other skip. Too bad she didn't barter on having increasingly infuriating (and infuriatingly hot) PI Bennett Green on her tail.
Bennett's got a job to do, and if that means shadowing Felicity…well…he's had worse assignments. Even if he's 99% sure the increasingly intriguing bounty hunter is leading him on a wild goose chase through the Rockies.
If she has to drag her PI tail through endless quirky mountain towns in order to shake him, that's what she's determined to do…but it isn't long before Felicity's intended distraction turns up a mystery worth solving—and Bennett becomes the unexpected partner she never realized she needed. As things heat up, Felicity will have to decide what's most important to staying one step ahead of the "enemy" or giving herself freedom to experience the adventure of a lifetime.
The Rocky Mountains get unBEARably hot in Katie Ruggle's brand-new series packed with adventure, action, tall dark & scruffy heroes, and a sense of quirky humor that will be your next perfect escape.
It's nice that she's finally getting back to this series. I've been waiting for Norah' story since she teased about it at the end of Risk It All...which was back in 2019. I wonder if she's totally changed the story outline since then...and if those first chapters even still exist.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds really good. I've read a few of her books and liked them.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good read.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your thoughts. That's a great help for when deciding if I should read a book or not.
ReplyDeleteI read the earlier books and wanted to get back to these. I had this out from the library and didn't have time to read it so it's back on hold.
ReplyDeleteAnne - Books of My Heart
Oh, and here I somehow missed this one so didn't pick it. I loved both the series this one is attached to. I'll definitely have to pick it up.
ReplyDeleteI remember loving one of her rom sup books back in the day
ReplyDeleteI am actually surprised that this was supposed to be a mystery or was an action romance. I thought it was a regular contemporary romance form that cover.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a light fun read. Sometimes books like this are perfect between thrillers of fantasy novels.
ReplyDelete"fun with silly hijinks" -- I mean, sold!
ReplyDeleteBounty Hunters? Count me in!
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