Chloe Tisdale is a fun-loving woman with a crappy job, no current prospects for romance, and the apparent inability to listen to instructions from demanding men. After a run-in with a creepy stalker, she heads for Imminence, Montana to hide out and party with her wild, foul-mouthed cousin. Conveniently for Chloe, her cousin’s husband just happens to be the Sheriff of Bounty County. Unfortunately … Unfortunately for Chloe, however, one of the Sheriff’s deputies is the easy-on-the-eyes-but-incredibly-bossy Justin Hunt, who broke Chloe’s heart into a thousand pieces just one year earlier. And unfortunately for everyone in Bounty County, Chloe’s stalker follows her to Imminence. Despite dealing with commitment issues, when Justin learns of the danger that Chloe is in, he immediately steps in to protect her. Will sparks fly again? Will Justin learn to love? Can Chloe ever forgive him?
This book has a high heat index, contains adult themes, and is suitable only for 18+. WARNING: Sexually explicit and foul language.
Ride-along is the first in the Bounty County series; each book in the series is stand-alone with an HEA ending, but characters and story lines for future books may be introduced, so the series is meant to be read in order.
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4.5 Stars!!!! to “Ride-along” by author Maren Lee!
First I’m going to assume that this is the first book by this author as I haven’t seen any other books listed on Goodreads. That being said, I loved it! The writing was well done. Maren’s characters were sexy and witty with realistic and sometimes outrageous dialogue. I laughed often at some of the things that came out of there mouths. Filters? Nope! The pace of the story was fairly steady with just a bit of a drag in the beginning pages. There was suspense going on throughout the entire book in the way of a psychopathic stalker. Our couple, Justin and Chloe, had a lot of alone time drawing them emotionally closer despite the fact they insisted on keeping things casual. In fact, they were rarely apart. I would have liked a break from their togetherness now and then, hoping for more stalker action which basically stayed in the background until the last 20% or so of the book. Hey, not complaining, just stating. But when that plot headed to its turning point? I couldn’t sit still! Wow! As I read I became frantic and panicked as badly as Justin. And that was bad! I loved seeing Justin’s reaction to the danger Chloe was in. He was a mess. And if I doubted his love for Chloe, his reactions totally proved me wrong. Truthfully this was my favorite part of the book and that says a lot because I loved “Ride-along!” Have I read this trope before? Yes, many times. However this book was hands down the best I’ve read in a while. I know we all have that author where their style appeals to each of us. And we don’t all have the same opinions. But Maren Lee had me enthralled. That being said, you may be wondering why I only awarded 4.5 out of 5 stars? There were quite a few editing errors. 🙁 There were enough that my reading paused several time to re-read sentences interrupting the flow. So that’s my only complaint.
Chloe Tisdale was a likable character. She was intelligent, sexy, impulsive and had no problems saying things that would have most of us blushing. However, she was a bit immature a times. Chloe did a poor job with taking her own safety seriously and as a result she made some poor choices. Chloe and Justin had history. One year prior he broke her heart. Crushed it! I wish Chloe would have made Justin work a little harder for her attention. I love a groveling Hero.
Justin was written well. OMG, he was a hot cop with a perfect physic and such a dirty talker. What a panty melter! From the first pages I knew he was book boyfriend material. Okay. Now I have to admit to one tiny thing about him that had me occasionally frowning. I like dominance in my heroes but Justin was downright bossy sometimes.
Justin and Chloe took insta-lust to sexy, sensual level. They could not keep their hands off each other. It may have started as lust but there was a base for more and I loved watching their lust turn into love. Especially with Justin.
There were secondary characters that I loved. As a matter of fact, I believe Jake and Lane’s story is in the works. Yea!
Maren, if you ever read this review, I’d like to ask you if there is a possibility for a prequel? I would love to read Sierra and Brandon’s story. I loved those two. Sierra is outrageous!
I definitely have this author on my watch list!
One clicked this book after a recommendation from one of my favourite authors and I am so happy I took her advice. This is a five star read. The storyline keeps you gripped from the first chapter right up to the epilogue. The story is full of twists and drama as the Bounty County Sheriffs Department try to find Chloe’s stalker. It also has a love story between Chloe and Officer Justin Hunt as they try to stay as friends with benefits. It has some scorching hot scenes not to mention some hilarious ones as well. I also loved all the police duo teams that Chloe compares them to. I am heading straight back to Bounty County for Jake and Lane’s story so consider me hooked.
A really good second chance romance with an ultimate asshole of a bad guy hunting Chloe from one state to another.
Last year Chloe thought she and Justin might have had what it takes to make a relationship work, but one kiss in Justin tells her he can’t be what she needs.
This year as Chloe is running scared from a really bad guy Justin pulls her over for speeding. Then he tries to tell the guys at his sisters birthday party that Chloe is his, and his only. Unfortunately the way he goes about it he just makes Chloe angrier.
Soon though he and Chloe are sharing his bed and getting closer by the day. The only thing I didn’t care for was an mmf scene where everyone seems nervous, Justin going so far as to say it felt weird. I like mmf scenes as long as everyone’s comfortable and getting off on it. This felt a little forced. Maybe as Ms. Lee gets used to writing more of them they will get better.
Tremendous action from about 3/4 on with a manhunt that forces Justin and Jake to work together to find the bad guy and save Chloe.
Really good book with a lot of humour, great sex scenes, and great police action. I can’t wait to read more about Bounty County and Imminence, Montana.
Justin and Chloe are awesome!!!!! Their friends with benefits turns into so much more… It takes a steamy night of someone else joining them in bed for Justin to realize just how much he feels for Chloe. They go thru so much in this book…. but it only makes their love stronger ……
Great start to a new amazing series which keeps you glued to the book wanting to know where it is going next! Suspenseful and fun read!
An excellently detailed, riveting book from Maren Lee! This was my first read from her and I’m hooked. I feel there’s a good balance of humor and drama. Chloe and Justin are a match made in heaven. I definitely recommend!
Justin and Chloe had a bit of a relationship in the past, but when things got serious Justin ran away. Chloe was hurt, so she left town, and has held a bit of a grudge ever since. Getting into the Tinder game so that she could get over Justin. Unfortunately things didn’t go so well with that, because all she found were creepers and sleeve balls.
Chloe is back in town to see her family and of course the first person she runs into is Justin. Their physical attraction is through the roof, but Chloe can’t stand him and Justin can’t stand her. The sexual tension is through the roof, and their banter is actually pretty funny at times.
For being Maren Lee’s first book this is really well written. I did notice a few typos, but it didn’t take away from the story for me. I felt like the story flowed pretty well and it kept me interested. There is a bit of mystery, and I wanted to find out what was actually going on. I think she did a good job planting the little clues, and even throwing in a bit of a red herring.
There are plenty of naughty scenes and they are all pretty hot. I took away a star because of one of them, and it was because I just didn’t feel like it flowed. It might work for others though, it just missed the mark for me. Especially if a participant gets his own book… It’s just kind of a turn off for me, but that’s just ONE opinion!
Speaking on that I really liked the side characters. Brenden and Sierra were an established couple that we didn’t get a ton of together, but I did like their dynamic. Jake and Lane… Holy fire. They need their own book like yesterday. I loved the epilogue and needed more. Gosh those two. I liked Connor for 4 seconds, but he ruined himself for me…. Turd burger!
All in all a good read! It has romance, naughty bits, and comedy. There’s also a bit of suspense and mystery. It’s not super overwhelming, but it’s there. I’d recommend to anyone who loves a HEA set in the country, with a cop alpha male and a sassy heroine.
Please oh please arrest me Officer Hunt. I loved loved LOVED this story. To start or shall I say ends things the way Chloe and Justin did and then a year later see where were currently had my attention. So many emotions reading this book and it was absolutely perfect. Thinking back now I’m still cracking up about the “spider incidents” those were priceless. When things got hot and heavy, oooh damn did they get HOT alright. I loved the unexpected as well and the way the storyline took a turn I was gasping and I swear I couldn’t read fast enough. Cannot wait to see what happens with Lane & Jake we got a little taste of these two characters throughout this story and itching for more. This is my voluntary and unbiased review.