Then You Hide

As a long time Bullet Catchers fan, I'm always amazed that Roxanne St. Claire can make me love the current book even more than I did the last book. How does she do this every time? THEN YOU HIDE is even better, if that's possible, than FIRST YOU RUN, the first book in this latest trilogy of stories about the Bullet Catchers. None of Roxanne St. Claire's books are to be missed, but I really enjoyed Wade and Vanessa. Ms. St. Claire captured the feel of the islands, made me believe I was there -- hiking through jungles, picnicking on beaches, and cruising from island to island. This is an author who knows that romantic suspense means ROMANCE + SUSPENSE = a great read!! This author gets better and better. I will eagerly await NOW YOU DIE, the next book in the trilogy. I want to know what happens with the over-arching mystery throughout the three books, but more than that, I want to see Lucy, the Bullet Catcher boss, get her happy ending. :) This was another great story by a fabulous author at the top of her game! Highly recommended.

I loved the first book in this trilogy, so while I waited for the newest one, I read the whole series from the beginning. I loved them all! These guys are my kind of heroes - of course they're gorgeous and smart and skilled with a gun, plus they are incredible lovers - but every one of them has a vulnerability and a weak spot, and that's what I read romance to find. In Then You Hide, the hero is a Marine sharpshooter who isn't entirely comfortable with his ability to kill with ease. The heroine is a pacifist who, because her father was killed in a carjacking, is opposed to guns. He needs her to come home from the Caribbean to help her birth mother, and she needs him to help her find her missing friend. Together, they have to solve the mystery and get past how opposite they are. She is a speed-walking, sharp-talking New Yorker and he is a slow, deliberate southern boy. There are some wonderful scenes that highlight how different these two really are - but how wildly attracted they are to each other. The pace was non-stop, the island setting was just dreamy (and very steamy!) and the plot twists were clever all the way through. This was probably my favorite Bullet Catcher so far (although I really loved Kill Me Twice, too) but I'm pretty sure that Lucy Sharpe's story will be the best of all. That one's out in August and I will be first in line. Great summer reading!

THEN YOU HIDE by Roxanne St. Claire is the second in the "Bullet Catchers Trilogy." Able to stand alone, you won't want to put down this story of suspense, intrigue, murder and of course a fantastic love story. Once again Ms. St. Claire wows us with her prose, keeping us on the edge of our seats until we've turned the final page. Wade Cordell isn't really a Bullet Catcher - at least not yet. So far he has worked only contract jobs for them but now they want him to be a permanent part of the team. But Wade is just not sure that is what he wants to do with his life. While he's making up his mind he takes an assignment that lands him in the Caribbean. It is supposed to be more vacation than work. It seemed simple, find Vanessa and bring her back to meet her birth mother. He finds out fast enough that this is no vacation. Vanessa Porter is looking for her best friend. He disappeared a month earlier and her gut is telling her that something is definitely wrong. She takes a vacation from her high-powered job with a investment firm and tries to follow his path. The only friend she's had in years she won't stop searching for Clive until she finds him. Even if a hunk who qualifies as an "11" on her scale tries to stop her! The sparks fly between these two from their first meeting and you'll be as hot as the Caribbean sun while waiting for these two to finally get together. And boy when they do, I'm surprised the pages weren't smokin'. Ms. St. Claire has another winner here! The story is gripping and drags you through the beautiful Caribbean on a deadly chase and a race against time. I loved FIRST YOU RUN but THEN YOU HIDE blew me away. The story is excellent and the sex is scorching. Trust me you will want to take this book and hide so you can finish it in one sitting as I did. Excellent job Ms. St. Claire, I am waiting with bated breath for the next book in this dynamic trilogy.

I'm a fan of the Bullet Catchers, and this book was, in my opinion, the best of a really good series. This time, the author paired a hard-edged heroine with some real pain in her past and a super sexy gentleman hero who actually believes in commitment. I loved these two together! The story takes place in the Caribbean Islands, and starts off with action and never lets up. The plot twists come fast and furious from the beginning to the end. Like the first book in the trilogy, the Bullet Catchers want to find the daughter of a woman in jail who needs a bone marrow transplant to live. And that's where the similarity to the first book in the trilogy ends - this story is completely stand alone (something readers will like, I think, so they don't have to read the first one, but it's good, too) and these two characters go on an entirely different kind of adventure. The sex is steamy, the bad guy was a total surprise and there are a couple of secondary characters that are unforgettable. I can't wait for the last book in the trilogy - and it's out in August. I love Lucy!

Southern gentleman Wade Cordell is the best marksman in the military. Or he was until he left because he was tired of killing people for a living. When Lucy Sharpe offers him a full-time position with the Bullet Catchers instead of the part-time consulting work he's been doing, he waffles. He knows Bullet Catchers protect their clients, but he hasn't forgotten that sometimes they have to kill in order to protect. So Lucy offers him a "gimme" - a simple assignment to find a woman who's on a vacation in the Caribbean. Find her and take her to meet the woman who gave birth to her and then sold her to a black market adoption ring. The woman who's serving a life sentence for murder. The woman who is dying a needs a bone marrow transplant from a relative. Wade tracks her down on St. Kitts, but Vanessa Porter is a keen negotiator. Before the Wall Street investor with the killer instincts will agree to visit this woman, Wade must help her find her work associate who's decided to drop out in the islands. What follows is murder and mayhem that takes Wade and Vanessa from island to island, following a trail of clues, which might be leading them to their man - or not. And while Wade is falling in love with the woman he's supposed to find and protect, Vanessa is fighting the emotions because she can't possibly love a man who killed for a living, any more than she can care for a woman who is not only serving time for murder, but who sold her like an unwanted lamp. Rapid-fire dialogue and a plot full of twists and turns highlight this second book in Ms. St. Claire's 2008 Bullet Catchers trilogy. This bodyguard is to die for and he steams up the love scenes like rain on asphalt in August. He's met his match in Vanessa, a spitfire with a brilliant business sense but who considers herself unworthy of anyone's love. You won't be disappointed in this fast-paced romantic suspense.