Make It Hurt

by Jackie Ashenden

Overview

The Texas Bounty series heats up as a female bounty hunter goes toe-to-toe with the tantalizing biker who never stopped loving her.
 
Nora Sutcliffe enjoys having tough guys at her mercy—preferably in handcuffs. The best fugitive recovery agent in the business, Nora always gets her man. But when her latest pursuit leads her to a notorious biker hangout, she’s reunited with “Smith”: the one man who was too hot for Nora to handle. Once upon a time, she was a rich girl and he was a bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Now she needs his help, and she’ll do whatever it takes to get it.
 
Eight years ago, Smith let a pretty little Texas debutante break his heart. He picked up the pieces, went to hell and back with the army, then rode out of the darkness with a gang of outlaws at his back. The last thing he needs is a blast from the past like Nora, who has reinvented herself as a gun-toting badass with the stones to challenge him in front of the whole club. But if she thinks Smith will give up one of his brothers for a single night of pleasure, she’s in for a rude awakening.
 
Includes an excerpt from another Loveswept title.

Praise for Make It Hurt

“Sexy, emotional, and completely addicting.”—Harlequin Junkie

“The romance is great, the sexy times are sizzling, and the story is well written. . . . Who doesn’t love a hot bad boy and the woman who brings out the best and the worst in him?”—Always YA at Heart

“Nora Sutcliffe may not be every man’s dream woman, but in [Jackie] Ashenden’s powerful contemporary romance she is biker Smith’s ideal. . . . The mutual attraction . . . is convincingly fiery.”—Publishers Weekly

“Captivating and intriguing.”—Kelly’s Book Blog

“It has grit, sex, love and humour along with enough plot to keep you turning page after page.”—Mrs. B’s Books

“Smith and Nora are electric. . . . Make It Hurt is a thoroughly enjoyable second-chance romance.”—Janet Reads!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780425286272
Publisher:	Random House Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/06/2016
Series:	Texas Bounty , #2
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	211
Sales rank:	327,675
File size:	892 KB

About the Author

Jackie Ashenden has been writing fiction since she was eleven years old. Mild-mannered fantasy/science-fiction/pseudo-literary writer by day, obsessive romance writer by night, she used to balance her writing with the more serious job of librarianship until a chance meeting with another romance writer prompted her to throw off the shackles of her day job and devote herself to the true love of her heart: writing romance. She particularly likes to write dark, emotional stories with alpha heroes who’ve just got the world to their liking, only to have it blown wide apart by their kick-ass heroines. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with her husband, two kids, and two cats.

Editorial Reviews

11/07/2016
Nora Sutcliffe may not be every man’s dream woman, but in Ashenden’s powerful contemporary romance she is biker Smith’s ideal. Eight years ago she was a demure Houston debutante who flirted with danger when she enticed Smith, a “trailer-park-trash” laborer, to come down off his ladder and get to know her better. A lot has changed since their brief summer romance. Now Nora’s a professional fugitive-recovery agent who turns Smith on because there’s nothing he likes better than “a chick with a gun.” She’s popped back into his life determined to take at least one prisoner—Smith’s bail bond–skipping right-hand man—and deliver him to justice. Smith refuses to turn him over, and Nora chooses principle and righteousness, even if it means giving up on romance with Smith. The second-tier characters lack dimension, but the plot moves along apace, and the mutual attraction between Smith and Nora is convincingly fiery. (Dec.)

Publishers Weekly