Outback Secrets by Elle James and Kendall Talbot
#1Koolaroo Ranch
Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Twisted Pages Inc
Published: 4.21.26
Pages: 304
Rating: 4.5 stars
Format: eARC
Source: Booksprout
Sellers: Amazon
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GoodReads Synopsis:
She’s unearthing ancient secrets.
He’s desperate to keep his secrets buried.
But the deeper they dig, the deadlier the truth.
Special Forces soldier Mitch Branson swore he’d never return to Koolaroo Ranch, his family’s vast cattle station in the heart of the Australian Outback. But when his tyrannical father vanishes without a trace, Mitch and his siblings face a chilling truth: their father may or may not be dead, but his secrets are about to tear the family apart.
Fiercely independent paleontologist Charlie Macintyre comes to Koolaroo Ranch chasing a career-defining dinosaur discovery and collides head-on with a brooding soldier determined to shut her down. When a flash flood traps them in a maze of hidden caves, survival takes a deadly turn. Buried in the darkness, they uncover evidence of a decades-old murder, and Charlie realizes the land is hiding far more than fossils.
As the merciless Outback closes in, danger escalates and attraction flares between two people who never planned to trust anyone again. But the truth about Mitch’s past, and the brutal confrontation that drove him from Koolaroo, threatens to destroy what’s growing between them.
While the Branson siblings race to unravel their father’s disappearance, they discover some family legacies are meant to stay buried. And if Frank is still alive, Mitch may be forced to finish what he started ten years ago.
Outback Secrets is book one in the gripping Koolaroo Ranch romantic thriller series, where passion runs hot, danger lurks beneath the red dust, and every book uncovers another shocking layer of the Branson family’s twisted heritage.
Sophia Rose's Review:
She’s a Paleontologist on a dig and he’s an ex-Special Forces vet returned home to the family ranch. His dad’s gone missing and she’s dug up something startling in Outback Secrets, the romantic series opener from long-time fav Kendall Talbot and her new-to-me writing partner, Elle James.
Mitch Branson is the responsible oldest son and he’s out trying to find his missing dad, Frank, when he comes across Charlie and Doug, determined paleontologists on a dig. He tells them to get off the ranch property and, determined Charlie who’s always passed up because she’s a woman, tells him off.
Mitch rescues them from a flood and finds himself stranded in the Outback with Charlie. While hissing and snarling at each other, both having some issues they need to deal with, slowly, but surely the crackling attraction between them grows into a steady flame.
If the lethal Australian nature doesn’t get them, other forces are also at work. Their discovery at the dig might have something to do with it. Meanwhile, occasional peek-ins with Frank show that there are some big family secrets about to hit the Bransons and Outback Secrets wrapped up in a good place leaving readers excited for the next installment.
After finishing up an earlier Kendall Talbot romantic suspense series, I wanted more of her adrenaline pumping steamy romantic adventures in an Australian setting. Ms Talbot and Elle James delivered this in spades. I felt the thrill and excitement and felt like I was there in the setting with Mitch and Charlie. I liked them both though stubborn doesn’t quite go far enough, especially with Charlie who is determined to finally get recognized for her work. Mitch’s military experience keeps them kicking. They were a good match and particularly when things got taut with danger. His siblings have their own issues and it will be exciting to get each of their stories and continue with the ongoing plot threads. Outback Secrets was Outstanding! Romantic Suspense fans get in on this first entry in the series.
Author Bios:
Elle James
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author, Elle James, spent twenty years livin' and lovin' in South Texas, ranching horses, cattle, goats, ostriches and emus. A former IT professional, Elle is proud to be writing full-time, penning intrigues and paranormal adventures that keep her readers on the edge of their seats. Now living in northwest Arkansas, she isn't wrangling cattle, she's wrangling her muses, rambuctious Parti Yorkie, Bandit, and her eternally lap-seeking Yorkie, Charli. When she's not at her computer, she's out traveling the world or riding her ATV, dreaming up new adventures in stories.
Kendall Talbot
Romantic Book of the Year author, Kendall Talbot, writes action-packed romantic suspense loaded with sizzling heat and intriguing mysteries set in exotic locations. She hates cheating, loves a good happily ever after, and thrives on exciting adventures with kick-ass heroines and heroes with rippling abs and broken hearts.
Kendall has sought thrills in all 46 countries she’s visited. She’s rappelled down freezing waterfalls, catapulted out of a white-water raft, jumped off a mountain with a man who spoke little English, and got way too close to a sixteen-foot shark.
She lives in Brisbane, Australia with her very own hero and a fluffy little dog who specializes in hijacking her writing time. When she isn’t writing or reading, she’s enjoying wine and cheese with her crazy friends and planning her next international escape.
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Sophia’s Bio:
Sophia is a quiet though curious gal who dabbles in cooking, book reviewing, piano-playing, and gardening. Road trips and campouts, museums and monuments, restaurants and theaters are her jam. Encouraged and supported by an incredible man and loving family. A Northern Californian transplant to the Great Lakes Region of the US. Lover of Jane Austen, Baseball, Cats, Scooby Doo, and Chocolate.
As a lifelong reader, it was inevitable that Sophia would discover book blogs and the joy of blog reviewing. Sophia is a prolific reader and audiobook listener which allows her to experience so many wonderful books, authors, and narrators. Few genres are outside her reading tastes, but her true love is fiction particularly history, mystery, sci-fi, and romance. Though, sorry, no horror or she will run like Shaggy and Scooby.
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