4.25 starsABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 2, 2013He's Gone RogueEx-Navy SEAL Rock Babineaux’s job is to get information, and he’s one of the best in the business. Until something goes horribly wrong and he’s being hunted by his own government. Even his best friends at the covert special-ops organization Black Knights Inc. aren’t sure they can trust him. He thinks he can outrun them all, but his former partner—a curvy bombshell who knows just how to drive him wild—refuses to cut him loose.She Won't Back DownVanessa Cordova hasn’t been the team’s communication specialistvery long, but she knows how to read people—no way is Rock guilty of murder. And she’ll go to hell and back to help him prove it. Sure, the sexy Cajun has his secrets, but there’s no one in the world she’d rather have by her side in a tight spot. Which is good, because they’re about to get very tight…~~REVIEW: THRILL RIDE is the fourth instalment in Julie Ann Walker’s adult, contemporary, romantic suspense series-Black Knight Inc. The focus of the series is on a group of former SEALs, FBI and Special Ops soldiers under the direction of Frank ‘Boss’ Knight. This is ex Navy SEAL Richard ‘Rock’ Babineaux and communication specialist Vanessa Cordova’s storyline. Rock has been missing for six months and the Department of Defense (DOD) has labeled the quiet Cajun as a rogue agent. Refusing to accept that Rock has turned his back on the American people, the Black Knights and Vanessa set out to prove that their friend and fellow operative has been set up to take a fall.The storyline follows Vanessa as she sets out to find Rock-from Chicago to Costa Rica, Vanessa knows that Rock is innocent of the crimes he has been accused of committing but staying under the CIA radar will prove to be a deadly and combative mission. With Black Op soldiers not far behind, Vanessa and the agents of BKI will discover that Rock has no plans to return in order to protect those that he loves.The relationship between Rock and Vanessa begins as colleagues to friends and lovers. The sexual tension is high as Rock continues to push Vanessa away at ever opportunity even though he is a man who has lost his heart to the feisty communications specialist. From the jungles of Costa Rica to the BKI warehouse, Vanessa will prove her love time and again but risking everything to protect Rock from the CIA and himself.Julie Ann Walker pulls the reader into a story of mystery and suspense. We experience the pain of the utmost betrayal when a man must face the reality of what he has done and the person(s) pulling the strings. The storyline is fast paced with just enough background information that the reader is well aware of the history and the men of the BKI-many of the previous storyline characters play active secondary roles that bring a familiarity of family and friends. THRILL RIDE is a wonderful story of friendship and love; betrayal and heartbreaking guilt; mystery and suspense. You can’t help but feel for a man forced to do something that he believes to be true but in the end discovers that everything had been a set up from the start.Julie Ann Walker writes a captivating and entertaining storyline that will have you on the edge of your seat waiting for the truth to finally be told. 3.7 Stars. Public Library 10/23/14. This book features Rock the integrator and Vanessa the communications expert. Rock has been burned and he is now on the top of everyone's shoot on site order so he goes to ground as the Kights scramble to find him and clear his name. It's Vanessa that finally finds him and brings him in. Their budding romance is running on borrowed time as they try and figure out who set him up and clear his name before his friends become collateral damage. Can Rock find the answers he's looking for and be brave enough to claim Vanessa? It was a nice change that she wasn't someone's sister but the self sacrificing strong man theme was still there. We get to see many of our favorite characters but not all of them Snake, Shelly, and Franklin aren't even mentioned.
What do You think about Thrill Ride (2013)?
One in the Black Nights series. big badass military type falls in love. Hard.
—jolieszraem
A very, very good ride....Now to start from the beginning.
—lolipop
Another Thrilling Ride from Julie Ann Walker :)
—bookishmama
