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A Day Late But Well Worth the Wait!!!

New York Times bestselling author Julie Ann Walker continues to thrill readers with her sexy Black Knights, Inc. romantic suspense series. Behind the facade of their tricked-out motorcycle shop is a covert team comprised of the most elite ex-military specialists.

"Edgy, Alpha, and downright hot!" – USA Today Bestselling Author Catherine Mann

Steady Hands, Cool Head...

Carlos "Steady" Soto's nerves of steel have served him well at the covert government defense firm Black Knights Inc. But nothing has prepared him for the emotional roller coaster of guarding the woman he once loved and lost.

Will All He's Got Be Enough?

Abby Thomson is content to leave politics and international intrigue to her father-the President of the United States-until she's taken hostage half a world away, and she fears her father's policy of not negotiating with terrorists will be her death sentence. There's one glimmer of hope: the man whose heart she broke, but she can ever tell him why...

As they race through the jungle in a bid for safety, the heat simmering between Steady and Abby could be a second chance for them-if they make it out alive.

Praise for Hell for Leather:

"Deft characterization, red-hot chemistry, and a satisfying finish demonstrate Walker's mastery."-Publishers Weekly

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful

The best book in a great series!

By 2shay on December 2, 2014

Format: Kindle Edition

"Son of a blueballed biscuit eater".....this a great story! That quote is just one of the many hilarious phrases used by the newest heroine, Abby Thompson, in the very best book in the Black Knights, Inc. series. I have loved this series for a long time. How Ms. Walker keeps making her heroines more engaging and her heroes hotter is a mystery to me....I just want her to keep them coming. *cough*

Carlos "Steady" Soto first met Abby when he and his twin sister, Rosa, were in medical school and Abby was a eighteen year old pre-med college student with a father running for President. At twenty-five, Steady knew that Abby was much too young for him. Age isn't the only obstacle between them, though. Aside from the security detail assigned to follow the probable next first daughter everywhere she goes, how can the son of a Puerto Rican working class family possibly find a future with the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the world? Those questions become unimportant when a life altering tragedy separates them for eight years and they don't see each other until they are thrown together in the Malaysian city of Kuala Lumpur.

When Abby is kidnapped by Jemaah Islamiyah, an indigenous Islamic terrorist group who killed her protection detail, Carlos Soto is the only man left with the skill and will to take on a dangerous group of highly trained and motivated terrorists. Their escape through the humid, sweltering jungle of Malaysia is a trip into hell. Besides the obvious problem of out running a group intent on recapturing the President's daughter and killing Carlos, they have to maneuver through an inhospitable terrain, a pissed off pachyderm, river gorges and unstable bridges. It is intense! And through it all, they are remembering..........

Carlos remembers a young woman whose intelligence, good looks and charm were only out weighed by her incredible sense of humor while Abby is thinking of the terrible secret she has kept from him for all these years, a secret she knows that the fierce warrior he has become can never forgive. As they race for safety, they both discover that all of the qualities that attracted them when they were younger have grown in the years since they last met and their desire for each other is hotter than the jungle heat.

This is book seven of a series, but I think it might work just fine as a stand alone for a new fan. There are appearances by characters from previous books as well as some fascinating newcomers, but none of that will detract from this story in any way. Julie Ann Walker gives us multiple points of view, allowing us to know what's happening on several fronts while Carlos and Abby are dodging bullets in the jungle.....and then Abby says something outrageous, Carlos laughs and I nearly fall out of my freakin chair! Pure entertainment from beginning to end!

I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did. Have fun!

This review first appeared in the blog, It's About The Book!