Review: Bride on the Run by Catherine Mann & Joanne Rock (Runaway Brides #4)
Note: This ARC was provided by Tule
Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
When
listeners call in and ask radio personality Serena Allen for advice regarding
their love and sex problems, she gives them what she believes is the best piece
of wisdom she can. Without any actual follow-up, she has no clue if the advice
worked or didn’t. So, when she finds herself face-to-face with Boone Sullivan
and discovers that he’s the ex-fiancé of the reality TV star she advised to
break things off two months ago, she’s stunned when he tells her that he wants
her to publicly admit she made a mistake.
Boone
didn’t expect to be fascinated by Serena, but soon enough, they’ve got the
press hounding them and a would-be stalker harassing Serena. When Boone learns
that Serena is actually Valerie Dimitri, granddaughter to a convicted mob boss
and on the run from her ex-fiancé, he decides that the best thing for her would
be to stay with him in order to protect her, though, spending more time around
her wouldn’t hurt either. Theirs appears to be destined as a temporary fling
but will there be a happily-ever-after for the baseball superstar and mob princess
if they remain steady long enough to figure it all out?
Bride on the Run is the
fourth release in the Runaway Brides series
from Catherine Mann and Joanne Rock and brings all four stories full circle
with this one about baseball player Boone Sullivan and bride on the run Valerie
Dimitri. Boone was originally introduced in the prequel, which is now listed as
book one, as the then-fiancé of Annamae Jessup and Valerie was introduced in
book two but as Serena Allen, a radio personality who advises Annamae to end
her engagement to Boone if she feels she isn’t ready to marry him and has
lingering doubts. I’ve always wanted Boone to have his own story told,
especially since he’s always seemed like a nice guy who certainly didn’t
deserve to be so publicly dumped by Annamae, but I was surprised when I found
out he was being partnered with Valerie/Serena. Of course, theirs is an
interesting tale, because of what happened with Annamae so seeing these two
fall in love seemed improbable but love has been known to defy logic and common
sense countless times before.
I didn’t
feel the same kind of spark between Boone and Valerie as much as I did with the
other lead characters in the first three books. There wasn’t this connection I
felt to either of them until I reached the last quarter of the book. Still, the
idea of the All-American baseball star falling in love with a woman who had
ties to the mob was something that kept my interest going until I finished
reading the book. It was nice to have majority of the other lead characters
from the first three books included in this story, albeit in mostly minor
roles. All in all, this quick read is something you’ll want to check out if
you’re a fan of the Runaway Brides series.
Bride on the Run gets 3.5 stars out
of five. ♥
Release Date: 16 June 2015
Date
Read: 12 June 2015
Purchase Bride on the Run on Amazon.
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