Never Too Hot

Kindle Romance

Author - Bella Andre
Price   - $7.99

Never Too Hot
Fire-fighter, Connor, has come to rebuild the 100-year-old family cabin, and to be alone. A horrific blaze has left him scarred inside and out and desperate to return to his Hot Shot crew no matter what it takes.

Ginger has been blistered by a different kind of fire. Having just broken from a bad marriage, she’s withdrawn to the lakeside vacation town in upstate New York to start a new life. She’s finished with men, affairs, and with the threat of desire that can seethe out of control… but then she encounters Connor. As the summer on the lake grows longer, they find themselves sharing a cabin and a romance that will summarily consume them.

The suspense in Never Too Hot isn’t as intense as it could be. The main plot is perhaps a little too obvious and has little engagement outside the bedroom. There are also too many sub-plots which, for me, becomes a distraction from the central characters. By the end of the book I felt a little disappointed. I wanted so much more from Conner and Ginger, but was side-tracked by minor characters trying to find their own happy endings.

On the whole Never Too Hot is not a bad book, but not one of Bella Andre’s best works.

Eyes Of Jade

Kindle Romance

Author - Tess St. John
Price   - $2.99

Eyes Of Jade

Eve decides to step away from acting at the age of twenty-nine. After twenty years in the public eye, a painful divorce, and rehab, her idea is to start a new life.

When FBI Agent Jake arrives to interrogate Eve about a fire, they become targets of an assassin. Someone is trying to kill Eve. After a tragic engagement, Jake stayed clear of relationships, but as he and Eve wrangle to stay alive, she awakens his compassion.

Realizing she's tumbling for Jake, Eve is anxious in case the bond she feels between them is only imagined because of the extreme situation they are in. Asked to put on the performance of her life, she wonders if it will it be sufficient to keep them together; will it even be sufficient to save her?

In Eyes of Jade, Eve is naïve, at times too innocent. However, when she becomes the focus of a murderer, she responds with forte and panache.
Afraid to love again, Jake repels his feeling toward Eve. However her reliance melts his heart, and Eyes of Jade, keeps you turning the pages.

The unfolding narrative as Jake and Eve learn to trust each other has a real-life touch to it, and might even make you sigh.

Overall, Eyes of Jade is a feel-good story that will probably leave you wanting more..

The Sinful Man

Kindle Romance

Author - Kay Raines
Price   - $2.99

The Sinful Man

All her life it has been understood she is to be a nun. In two weeks she is to take her vows, but for now she is still a novice. Life is just fine until something happens at the creek. She believes she is alone as always - but this time she is wrong. He is sinful and wants her.

 

First of all there are mistakes in The Sinful Man. The grammar needs a good dose of editing, the choppy point-of-view needs straightening, and it isn’t the best piece of literature you will come across. However, it is a popular book and has been so for quite a while.

The Sinful Man is short but it is only 2.99 and isn’t run-of-the-mill. If you enjoy love at first sight books, then this might be one for you. If you can overlook the errors, the story is quite good. 

I suppose the title sums it up - The Sinful Man is a love story that is both sexy and erotic.

Out of Time

Kindle Romance
Author - Monique Martin
Price   -  $2.95

Out of Time

Simon Cross has spent his life sidestepping passionate involvements. When a puzzling calamity transfers Simon and his assistant, Elizabeth, back in time, Simon finds the passion that he wasn’t even looking for.

In 1920s Manhattan, they discover there are more than hoodlums competing for power - cue for vampires to make an entrance. Can Simon and Elizabeth's emerging liaison survive? Will they survive to make it back, or will they be forever out of time?

 

If Out Of Time had been solely a time travel story, I believe it would have been better for it. Around half-way through the book, the unexpected appearance of vampires seems to somehow contaminate the plot and the atmosphere is destroyed. The storyline of Out Of Time suddenly feels uncomfortable. It seems as if the author couldn’t make up her mind whether to write a time travel or vampire story, so tossed everything in to see what would happen. 

It's not that Monique Martin is a bad writer. She has talent, just that the subject didn't seem quite right. Out Of Time wasn't the book for me, maybe you will love it.