Review: Slow Heat – Lorie O’Clare

In the high-risk world of bounty hunters, one falsely accused woman is searching for justice—and one truly arresting man is feeling the heat…

MUSCLE FOR HIRE
As a new trainee at the King family’s bounty-hunting agency, Micah Jones is trying to keep his cool. But his latest assignment—to bring in a night-club owner suspected of money-laundering—heats up fast when he meets the “brains” of the outfit: an irresistibly beautiful bookkeeper who’s resisting arrest. So Micah takes her into custody—by taking her into his powerful arms and not letting go…

LOVERS ON FIRE
Held for questioning but released by police, Maggie O’Malley is still a person of interest—to Micah. And Maggie is interested, too—in his services. With his iron-hard muscles and tough-guy exterior, the Harley-riding bounty hunter is just the man Maggie needs to track down the real crook at the club. A slow-burning attraction ignites a firestorm of insatiable desire—until the secrets of Micah’s past are exposed. Explosive passion now must prove stronger than a history so terrifying it might haunt them forever…

Series:  The Bounty Hunters #5
Release Date:  November 27, 2012
Publisher:  St. Martin’s Press
Source:  Provided by Publisher
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Reviewer’s Thoughts:

Maggie O’Malley, the bookkeeper at her uncle’s club, finds herself in a little bit of legal trouble when she’s suspected of being involved in the money laundering her uncle is suspected of running through the club.  In an attempt to clear her name, she hires the Micah Jones, the bounty hunter who barged in her office the day of her uncle’s arrest.  As they work to clear her name, they give in to the undeniable attraction they have for one another.  But what Maggie doesn’t know is Micah’s past is about to catch up with him and that could be more dangerous to her than what her uncle is involved in.

I liked Micah because he was that broody, silent type of hero that we soon find is all soft and squishy on the inside.  Micah is hiding out as a bounty hunter while he waits for the heat to cool over an assassination is he was hired to do is uncovered to be a CIA agent.  He’s constantly looking over his shoulder and tries to keep to himself, but there is something about Maggie that he finds he can’t resist. 

Maggie has always been the responsible one and someone her family can count on to take care of others.  So when she finds herself in a lot of trouble because she did what her mother wanted and worked for her uncle, she finally decides to start standing up for herself.  Micah may not be the best person for Maggie, but he has a way of complementing her temper and loud outbursts.  He may not be the most expressive person, but he gets Maggie and helps her discover what she wants out of life.

The storyline behind the money laundering was one that I was less than thrilled with.  It didn’t have a lot of umph behind it to keep my interest.  The same could be said about the storyline with Micah’s father and uncle.  All I wanted was more of Micah and Maggie, and a little more of her family sprinkled in.  Everything else, I could have left behind.