Run the Risk

By: Lori Foster

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

When Detective Logan Riske goes undercover to find Pepper Yates, a potential link to his best friend's unsolved murder, he vows to gain her cooperation by any means necessary. But the elusive beauty is more suspicious - and in far more danger - than he expected. And the last thing Logan needs is to start caring for her....

Pepper has spent the past five years dodging the corrupt club owner who will stop at nothing to keep her silenced. She can trust no one, not even the handsome new "construction worker" who's moved in next door. The heat between them is undeniable. But will surrendering to passion bring her the safety she so desires - or will her feelings for Logan draw them both into a killer's crosshairs?

©2012 Lori Foster (P)2012 Recorded Books

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I have always loved Lori Foster, in fact she's one of my top 5 writers of all time. Although I have to be honest....I was a little disappointed in the beginning of this book: in fact I almost gave up on it after listening to the first few chapters. But since it was a Lori Foster book, I decided to give it a little more time to develop, and boy am I glad I did! Shortly after that...this story took off like a rocket and it had me sitting on the edge of my seat right up to the very end of the story..

Detective Logan Riske goes undercover to find Pepper Yates, a potential link to his best friend's unsolved murder. And he vows to gain her cooperation by any means necessary, and that's when things start to get hot!!!

Pepper has spent years dodging the corrupt club owner who will stop at nothing to keep her silenced. She can trust no one but her brother right now, not even the handsome new "construction worker" who's moved in next door.

Even with Pepper dressing like a bag lady, it doesn't seem to be stopping Logan from being very attracted to her. But he has to keep his head on straight, if he wants to catch his best friends murderer, and finding Pepper's brother is the key to that success. If he has to use Pepper to draw him out, then that's just what he has to do.

Jim Frangione was fantastic with the delivery of the story

okay book

I struggle to finish this book. and got kind of boring and too long drawn-out

It was so-so.

Would you be willing to try another book from Lori Foster? Why or why not?

I will try another Lori Foster book, if there's nothing else.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Jim Frangione?

Yes, he did a good job with a good range,

Do you think Run the Risk needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

If there is a follow up book. I will not read it...well maybe if it was free or again, nothing else to do.

I think it's a keeper

I think the plot was good, and I listened to all the other series, and I think this one had the least sex in it.. so all in all it's a keeper

Recommended

An excellent story from a favorite author. This is the first book I've read from this author in awhile. I can see her growth in her writing.

I enjoyed this story. I can see going back to it again. The main characters were likeable and by the end, the side characters were good too.

The narration was excellent and did a lot to bring the story to life.

dnf@ 25%

Admittedly, I only listened to 3 hours of a 12 hour story, so it's possible it becomes better after that mark. Still, after more than half an hour of babbling that had NOTHING to do with the story, I just gave up. In annoyance.

I thought it was kinda awful...

I'm kind of surprise by the high reviews, I am very sorry I wasted a credit on this book because it bored me to sleep....literally! Given the plot line of mystery and murder ect... it was not action packed at all, very slow paced, nothing happens until after the 4 hour mark. I have listen to Jim Frangione before and he is not a bad narrator, but I don't think he was a great choice for this book. I say pass on this one, unless you have insomnia and need to be put to sleep. I just could not believe how boring this book was.

He seduced her to arrest her brother.

Logan pursued the "homely and dumpy" (his words) Pepper to seduce (have sex with her) to get to her brother. He had no problems with his plan. Apparently, that's how he works. Who knows how many women he has used that way. And, if he loved one woman, why wouldn't he continue to do that for his work? Of course, Pepper is only homely and dumpy as a disguise. She is really beautiful and stacked. Even after he betrayed her trust, he is sure he can seduce her back to him. Rowdy and Reese are also big jerks. Will NOT be continuing this series.

Too Long.

I usually love a long story. Something I can listen to all day. It also has to have a good storyline and move along at a good pace. I stopped listening with about 5 hours left. It dragged. When I checked to see how much more was left I Had to stop. It was at a point that maybe an hour or 2 should be left since it was getting to the nitty gritty but I couldn't hang on for 5 more hours.

It could have been good at 5 maybe even 8 hours. but not 14! I'm not going to bother with the next book. It's also 14 hours long.

terrible narration

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Story was ok but honestly would've been better with a better narrator. No emotion what so ever.