Hideout at Whiskey Gulch

ARC for honest review with no compensation

Hideout at Whiskey Gulch is book 2 in the Outriders series by Elle James and what a great addition to this series!

Matt Hennessey, ex Marine special forces, mechanics and now part owner of the Whiskey Gulch ranch rescues a woman and a baby from kidnappers. He discovers there is more to Aubrey Blanchard’s story and it may be connected to his mother’s murder four years ago...

What happens next is edge of your seat suspense, painful pasts, starting over, abductions, human trafficking and so much more...

Aubrey has experienced the worst that also destroyed her marriage. Her 4 year old daughter was abducted from the front lawn, abused and murdered. She came to Whiskey Gulch to start new. What she walked i to was the house if angels, a human trafficking ring and being kidnapped. Matt happens upon her trying to save a mother and daughters from the human coyotes . Turns out she us staying in matt’s mother’s house. His mother has been murdered. Can the along with the other Outriders solve this ring and save the little girls. Lot of action, mystery hate, greed. How can mean be so brutal. Read on.

I received a complimentary copy of this book and I am voluntarily reviewing it.

While this is the second in the series, you don’t have to read the prior story to enjoy this one. Which I haven’t but that will be the next one that I read. The author did a wonderful job of telling the reader the history between the two male protagonists from the first book and this one. I am intrigued with that history so it will be a must read.

Matt Hennessey is a former Marine who is back home in Whiskey Gulch. His mother was murdered 4 years ago in a field near her home. He is trying to find some answers as to whom killed her. He recently inherited half of Whiskey Gulch Ranch. Apparently his father was James Travis the now deceased owner of the ranch. Even James didn’t know that Matt was his son. Matt’s mother kept the secret from everyone until her death.

Aubrey Blanchard is a home care provider nurse. She is new to the area. Several years ago her young daughter was kidnapped from the family’s front yard. Aubrey had only turned her back for one minute for her child to vanish. Her husband blamed her and the marriage fell apart.

One night, Aubrey is interrupted by a young Mexican woman crying for help at her back door. Aubrey races into a field to help realizing that it is just the same field where the previous owner of her cottage died. It is there that they locate the young baby, Marianna, but not the little girl, Isabella. Before locating the Isabella, they are set upon by men with guns willing to kill. The young mother is shot and Aubrey manages to escape with the baby Marianna. She runs out into the road where she comes across a motorcycle. The rider is Matt Hennessey. The adventure begins for these two. They need to discover who took Isabella and where they are keeping her. Time is wasting away and Aubrey is more tortured remembering her young child. Can they find little Isabella in time to keep her out of the hands of men that deal in evil? These two have much to go through in a short amount of time. But it is the intense situations that these two go through that will bring them together.

There is a sexy scene but it was not overly graphic in nature. That being said though, I would only recommend this to someone over the age of 18. If you love a griping, suspenseful romance, then look no further than here.