TAKE ME DEEPER (Texas Bounty #1) by Jackie Ashenden-a review

Take Me Deeper

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 4, 2016

Even as a Green Beret, Zane Redmond hasn’t faced a tougher mission than going home again. Loyalty to his brothers is the only reason he’s back in Texas, not that he intends to stay for long. Zane sure as hell isn’t going into the family business. One last bounty and he’s done—or so he thinks. Nobody warned him that his fugitive happens to be a red-hot brunette with a smart mouth, a body made for sin, and a brutal cartel on her trail.

Bad circumstances and worse choices have left Iris Callahan in a desperate situation. After getting arrested for a drug drop gone wrong, she skipped bail and hit the road to avoid testifying. Now the cartel wants Iris silenced forever, and she’s just lucky that Zane catches her before they do. Handcuffed to a bed, she surrenders to the cool-as-ice bounty hunter in order to survive. But as the chase heats up, Zane sneaks past her emotional defenses—and Iris is in too deep to let him go.

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REVIEW: TAKE ME DEEPER is the first installment in Jackie Ashenden’s contemporary, adult TEXAS BOUNTY romantic, suspense series focusing on the men (and brothers) of Lone Star Bounty-Zane, Quinn and Rush Redmond. This is Special Forces soldier Zane Redmond, and Iris Callahan’s story line.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Zane and Iris) TAKE ME DEEPER follows Zane’s return home from his latest assignment overseas only to find himself on the hunt for a woman who skipped out on her bond. Iris Callahan was easy to find but Zane and his family owned Lone Star Bounty are not the only people searching for Iris-our heroine got caught up in some nasty business with a drug cartel and she isn’t willing to go down without a fight.

Zane is a protector at heart and keeping Iris safe is paramount even if it means placing himself and his brothers at risk. He is a man determined not to set down roots and being pulled back into the family business is something he never planned. Iris is a woman who made a bad decision for all of the right reasons but a decision that had caused her to lose someone close. What ensues is the building relationship between a man whose guilt from the past is focused on another woman running for her life. Both Zane and Iris have issues of trust because of events from their pasts. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense.

We are introduced to Zane’s brothers-Quinn and Rush Redmond. The three brothers currently own and run Lone Star Bounty since the death of their father months before. Lone Star Bounty is a struggling business but a business that brings the brothers closer together.

TAKE ME DEEPER is a story of suspense, romance and family. The premise is dramatic and suspenseful; the characters are strong, passionate and heartbreaking or perhaps it is their circumstance that will tug at your heart; the romance is seductive and provocative.

Copy supplied by Netgalley

reviewed by Sandy

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