“A fun, fast-paced romantic adventure that’s the perfect summer beach read. Sophie and Jimmy will steal your heart as they fight to save the day and each other. If you liked Romancing the Stone or The Jewel of the Nile, you’ll LOVE Rum Runner!” — Traci Douglass, USA Today Bestselling Author of The Blood Ravagers Series English socialite Sophie Davies-Stone has been longing to meet her father … Davies-Stone has been longing to meet her father since she was a little girl. When he sends her a mysterious medallion and asks her to forward it to him in Miami, she can’t help herself from doing something totally un-Sophie-like. Rather than mailing it as instructed, Sophie hops on a flight to Florida.
But the family reunion never happens. Instead, Sophie is attacked and almost kidnapped by her father’s enemies. Her savior is Jimmy Panama, a cocky and annoyingly handsome former Navy SEAL. Sophie isn’t the only one who’s annoyed. After years of trying to find a way to pay back his CO, Jimmy never thought his debt would get him mixed up with his commander’s uptight, British daughter. He just wants to put her on the next flight home and get back to his low-stress life in Key West, but fate has other plans.
As Sophie and Jimmy embark on a heart-pounding adventure through Key West and the Caribbean, Sophie finds herself falling for the snarky American. Still, her head says Jimmy is all wrong for her, and the more she finds out about him – and her father – the more uncertain she is about who she can trust.
One thing is clear. Sophie is in way over her head, and her greatest adventure might be her last.
The Key West Escape Series
1. Rum Runner
2. Bahama Mama – Coming January 2018!
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Everything about this story was entertaining. The descriptive sex was not required and did not advance the story line.
This was fun!
Adventure
I thoroughly enjoyed this unrealistic but action-packed book filled with entertaining characters who endured all sorts of twists and turns on their way to love.
Kept me thinking. Very good
A fun read – hard to put down!
Couldn’t put it down.
A very enjoyable read but rather long winded at times. The storyline is interesting and takes place in beautiful part of the world. However, I can’t imagine a father not participating more in his daughter’s life and that seemed rather unreal.
The author, Tricia Leedom kept me on the edge of my seat through the entire book. I hope to meet up with Jimmy and Sophie again in a future story.
I enjoyed the drama as well as the romance.
Funny, fast-paced adventure romance! You’ll be on the edge of your seat, wondering what is going to happen next, while at the same time laughing at the dialogue, and falling in love with Jimmy! The sex scenes are as hot as a Key West summer. Buy this book. You won’t regret it!
Loved this book, can’t wait to read book two “Bahama Mama”
Loved this book! A fun, entertaining read!
Rum Runner is a great escape to the tropics. The characters are interesting and it will be fun to see them develop throughout the series. What are Jimmy and Sophie going to get into next? I really enjoyed the fast pace and escape into the intrigue– perfect way to unwind from the workday grind. I’m looking forward to the next book!
Reading this book was like sipping a Wallaby Darned cocktail. A frothy peach concoction that is smooth but has a burst of bubbles for your tongue from the champagne.
“Rum Runner” by Tricia Leedom is book number 1 in the Key West Escape Series. The book is about Sophie’s life long desire to meet her father who has only kept in contact with her through letters. He sends her a medallion for safe keeping telling her to send it to Miami when he contacts her. Instead she takes the medallion to Miami where instead of her father she meets her annoying hero Jimmy and enters into a sexy, comedic adventure of love and self discovery.
The characters in this novel were so well written it made this romance/adventure book a great read.
I loved Sophie’s sense of propriety. A true English Lady. She was brave and adventurous although at the beginning of the book she didn’t realize it. And all of her witty retorts added a lot of humor to the book. Our hero Jimmy was wonderful as well. Big bad “I don’t care” Jimmy. An ex Navy Seal, who just couldn’t maintain his badness when it came up against Sophie’s earnest and caring personality. The book was filled with other wonderful and interesting characters as well and added another dimension that made the book feel like it was a true adventure. I hated for the story to end and went searching for the next book. Unfortunately that book doesn’t come out until January 2018!
I received this book as an ARC copy and the review presented is my expressed opinion.
Much too graphic for this old lady
Dragged. Didn’t finish
For me, I didn’t like the violence or unappealing characters. I did not finish this.
It was ok. His down-home drawl was not appealing to me and overall I wasn’t too impressed with the whole thing. So many of this genre of books and the casual sex just don’t appeal to me.
Didn’t finish! I didn’t the characters compelling or the story very believable.