Fugitive Chase

FUGITIVE CHASE by Jenna Night is the first book in the Rock Solid Bounty Hunters series. The story centers around the crossing of paths between Ramona Miller, who is caught up in the tangled web created by her cousin’s ex-boyfriend, and Bounty Hunter Harry Orlansky, who is trying to capture a bond jumper that happens to be the same man.

Ramona’s cousin, Jasmine, had finally broke it off with her abusive boyfriend, Darrin Linder. She is trying to straighten her life out by getting help with her drug and mental problems. Darrin won’t accept that she isn’t his and feels it’s all Ramona’s fault for the break up. He’s willing to do anything to get her back – including deadly threats to Ramona and her family.

Ramona and Harry meet up when they arrive separately at a set resort cabins looking for Darrin. Ramona just wants his location to report him to the police, but Darrin is there on his job to bring in this bond jumper. Things turn nasty when Ramona is spied by some of Darrin’s thugs and she’s running for her life. Harry saves her life and they make an almost immediate bond determined to bring Darrin to justice. Since Darrin’s into drug selling – while using himself – and gun running, things could get dangerous.

Ramona’s life is a mess. Recovering from a bad case of pneumonia, she’s had to move back in with her parents to recover giving up her job and shared apartment with Jasmine. Determined to break the cycle of men with emotional baggage, she’s set her goals of finding the perfect forever kind of love. She loves working at her folk’s restaurant and would love to take it over some day. Her parent’s goal is for her to have a better life than they had wanting more of a normal life for her.

Harry carries a lot of emotional scars. Having instantly lost his wife due to a brain aneurysm and out of loyalty to his love for her, he’s closed himself off from any chance of romance and a happily ever after. To him control is most important, but has realized that control only belongs to God and that all things are as it should be. When emotions start to surface for Ramona, he’s determined to nip it in the bud since there can be no future for them. He’s also just as determined that Darrin is not going to hurt Ramona or her family.

Is Jasmine on the up and up about having cut ties with Darrin? Or is she the one leaking information to Darrin that’s been putting Ramona’s life in jeopardy? After several death attempts on Ramona, can Harry continue to keep her safe? Will Harry and the police department be able to nab Darrin before anyone else is hurt? Will the lingering danger bring Ramona and Harry closer together or will they both stick to their guns that they aren’t right for one another? Can Harry make peace with the past and make room for a future? Can Ramona fess up to her parents about what she really wants to do with her life?

Jenna Night does a fabulous job of keeping one guessing about the outcome to the very end. She’s written a story that is edge of your seat entertainment with a thread of Christianity giving you pause on things in your own life like the importance of prayer and remembering that God has everything in his hands.

FUGITIVE CHASE is an exceptional first book in what I can see being a fabulous new series! It’s perfectly balanced between suspense and romance that leaves you wanting more in books to come. I’m hoping there will be a book about Cassie with the person behind her husband’s death being brought to justice. Highly recommend FUGITIVE CHASE to everyone that loves a great story that will have you turning pages and falling in love with the characters along the way. I give it 5 STARS!