Grab a drink, sit back and enjoy as three hotter than sin fireman turn up the heat and fight their way into the hearts of three very lucky women. ~ Slick, Guilty Pleasures
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Singe
After breaking up with her longtime boyfriend, Julia Woods is ready to start fresh in a new town, a new state. She doesn’t want to get involved with another man, and especially not with an adrenalin junkie.
The instant attraction she feels when she meets Stephen McGettis frightens her. She’s never experienced something so strong, yet she worries about starting a relationship with him. With his motorcycle racing, whitewater rafting, and skydiving, he’s as much of an adrenalin junkie as her former lover.
Stephen loves Julia and doesn’t want to lose her because of her concern over what she considers his dangerous pastimes. He has to prove to her he’s not a daredevil, and that love is the greatest adventure of all.
Smolder
In town to visit her grandmother in the hospital, Rayna Holt never expected to run into her ex-husband, Marcus. Seeing him reminds her of all the pain and loss she’d experienced five years ago that led to their divorce.
Marcus is still angry and hurt over Rayna destroying their marriage. They’re forced to spend time together while the construction company he works for repairs her grandmother’s house due to a fire. Old desires smolder beneath the surface, but Marcus is leery of giving in to them. Rayna broke his heart when she left him. He can’t live through that kind of pain again.
Both Rayna and Marcus have to let go of the past before they can forgive each other and fall in love again.
Spark
Talia King has loved Dylan Westfield ever since the day she met him two years ago, but he treats her as nothing but a friend. Every attempt she’s made to date him or spend more time with him has been shot down by Dylan.
Dylan loves Talia as much as she loves him, but his painful past won’t let him surrender to that love. Fear of physically hurting her keeps him alone and aching for a life with her…a life he knows he cannot have.
A night of passion convinces Talia that she and Dylan are perfect together. Dylan admits his love to Talia, but tells her it doesn’t matter since they can never be together.
Talia hatches a plan to convince Dylan that she knows he would never hurt her. It might backfire, but she believes it’s worth the risk to be with the man she loves.
Review copy provided for an honest review
Author Lynn LeFleur takes us back to Lanville, Texas and the hottest firemen on the planet. In the anthology Smokin’ Hot she gives us three novellas featuring different members of the town’s volunteer fire department. So grab a drink, sit back and enjoy as three hotter than sin fireman turn up the heat and fight their way into the hearts of three very lucky women.
Singe
Julia Woods moves to Lanville, Texas vowing to start over and change her life. The last thing she wants or needs is to have an immediate attraction to volunteer fireman and Stephen McGettis. Somehow though he slips through her defenses and they wind up in a passionate affair. I really enjoyed these two together, Stephen seemed to be at a point in his life where he was ready for something more committed yet Julia just wouldn’t allow herself to go there again especially given Stephen’s need for adventure. One area these two were perfectly matches was in bed and holy hell did they burn up the sheets (pun intended)! This is a novella so the relationship progressed rather quickly however, I enjoyed every minute I spent in their company.
Smolder
I really loved this story because it brings together two people who were torn apart following a terrible tragedy. The last person Marcus Holt ever expected to run in to in the tiny town of Lanville was his ex-wife of 5 years, Rayna. But when her grandmother is hospitalized, she returns to town and is surprised to see this is where her ex landed after their divorce. There was so much history and hurt going on between these two yet it was so plain to see that they clearly still loved one another. I’ll admit at first I wasn’t sure if Rayna was good for Marcus but she managed to win me over and the fact that despite everything he was able to let it all go and wanted her back in his life was enough for me. There’s nothing hotter than two people who know each other so well having make up sex after 5 years apart; whew I needed a cold shower after that scene. While sexy as all get out, this one was pretty emotional as well so have a couple of tissues ready just in case.
Spark
For two years Talia King has wanted Dylan Westfield one of the other volunteer firemen she works with but she’s put herself out there and he’s turned her down so she’s about given up hope. She thinks he doesn’t want her but what she doesn’t know is Dylan has loved her from afar but feels he can’t be what she needs and is afraid of hurting her. I love these stories where two people have wanted each other for so long and finally have a moment where they give in and just do it and these two do it in style in a most unusual place! After working together for two years, these two know each other fairly well so the fast progression of their relationship came as no surprise especially once they realized what they were missing. While Dylan had some issues to work though, I love that Talia was strong enough to force him to face them so they could move forward.
Thanks Slick.
Hmm, going on the wish list. Thanks!