Tara Richardson

I'm looking for adults (not young adults) books about "butt kicking" female characters ... Female bounty hunters, hitwomen, mercenaries, assassins, cowboys, etc. swordswomen .... historical mondern or futuristic desired ... fantasy and science fiction are welcome .... can you help me please ....

I want to thank everyone in advance for their additions to my collection of reading .... I thought I should perhaps add to yours too ... Here are some authors who meet the above request, and I have read and appreciated ....( This way you'll have a better idea of what I seek and i dont repeaters)

Amelia Atwater Rhodes
CE Murphy
Carrie Vaughn
Christine Warren
David Weber
Eileen Wilks
Elizabeth Moon
Ilona Andrews
Jeaniene Frost
Jeanne C. Stein
Jenna Black
Jennifer Rardin
Karen Chance
Karen Macinerney
Kat Richardson
Kelley Armstrong
Keri Arthur
Kim Harrison
Laurell K Hamilton
Louise Crawford
Maggie Osborn (Samantha Kincade)
Maria V. Snyder
Mercedes Lackey
Patricia Briggs
Phaedra Weldon
Rachel Caine
Rachel Vincent
Richelle Mead
Robin Hobb
Talia Gryphon
k Tara Harper
Toni Andrews
Trudi Canavan
Vicki Peterson
... Hope you like some or all of these

.... Thank you for your help

Janet Evanovich has a series about a female bounty hunter named Stephanie Plum. The first book is called One for the Money.

I am not a fan, but you said the bounty hunters in the question and this series came instantly to mind.

Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series. Plum is a bounty hunter who gets into trouble, in addition to its head situations.
http://www.evanovich.net

Sue Grafton Kinsey Milhone series. Milhone is a female detective.
http://www.suegrafton.com/

Marcia Muller Sharon McCone series.
http://www.marciamuller.com/

Hope this helps.

Have you tried Wen Spencer - I heard that his books are very good Tinker.

Personally, I love Lois McMaster Bujold. The omnibus Honor Astrocartography Cordelia is on a landing on the new planet and is captured - and then escapes, then. . . Oh, it's great! She kicked, but it is totally a woman, too, and it accepts both parts of herself. LMB really rocks! You'll probably like her Vorkosigan series, too. The protag is a guy, but there are many strong female characters throughout the series.

Catherine Asaro is OK. Mercedes Lackey is the first person I thought, but it is already on your list. Diana Wynne Jones? I liked Howl's Moving Castle, which is not really kicking, but a woman in the role of a woman always get what she wants and needs. The film is quite different but very good too.

Long ago I read Jane Yolen, but it was pretty good, IIRC. It does not YA, but also the imagination of adults.

Oh, Stephanie Plum novels, about a bounty hunter unhappy. The quality swings, it can be funny on a page, and very boring the next. This is not sf or fantasy, really. But if you like humor, it might be good.