Review – Search Me by Katie Ashley

I adore the writings of Katie Ashley. I think the thing that I love the most is that she does not pigeon-hole herself into one kind of story. She writes YA to Adult to Contemporary. “Search Me” now brings in her talent with writing some mystery. ~ Kitty, Guilty Pleasures

Description:
Twenty year old Lane Montgomery never imagined her usually boring summer in the boonies would require her to trade her toe shoes for hunting boots or her monotonous college textbooks for treasure map deciphering. Never would she have imagined after breaking her grandmother’s precious Native American statue, danger, a lost treasure of Cherokee Gold and a hostage situation would arise. Nor could she predict that the one man destined to protect her and her family was her childhood nemesis and former crush, Maddox Diaz.

Returning after three years in the Army, twenty-three year old Maddox Diaz is confronted with more than he bargained for when agreeing to help his childhood buddy and deepest regret, Lane. Suddenly he is thrust into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with armed and ruthless treasure seekers that results in car chases and gun battles all in the presence of the one girl who still manages to haunt his dreams and drive him wild with desire.

Lane is determined to deny the sizzling chemistry with the man who stole her virginity and broke her heart. She just wants to stay alive with her heart intact. Will she be able to resist the man whose body sets fire to all her senses?

I adore the writings of Katie Ashley. I think the thing that I love the most is that she does not pigeon-hole herself into one kind of story. She writes YA to Adult to Contemporary. “Search Me” now brings in her talent with writing some mystery.

Lane Montgomery and Maddox Diaz are two completely opposite people. A Dancer and an Army Specialist. Two people who have known each other forever. Two people who had one night of passion where she gave him her virginity and her heart. One woman who was in love. One man who took what he was given and ran. Now, he’s back and she’s doing everything in her power to stay away from him, to ignore him and keep hold of her heart.

Maddox returns a different man. But, there is one thing that hasn’t changed – his feelings for Lane. The woman that got away. The woman that he could never tell how he feels. The one woman who got him through his hellish nights in the Army. The woman who he was not good enough for.

The story of Lane and Maddox took many twists and turns. Lost Cherokee Gold … a man who will not stop at anything to get what he thinks should belong to him … two people on the run who finally face their feelings, fall in love and face the world and the danger together. I was thoroughly smitten with Maddox. He’s hot, sexy and such a take-charge guy. Lane was feisty and fun, loveable and had a heart of gold. Together, they sizzled and lit the pages up. I was not the least bit disappointed in Search Me and thoroughly enjoyed how the story moved and played out. You wondered, as you turned the pages, how they would get away, how and when they would face their feelings, how her family would deal with everything that occurred …. if Maudie would pull through. Loved it and love the diverse writings of Katie Ashley.