HOT FOR YOU
Released Feb 5th, 2014
A Summerville Novel #7
Fire and Icing Book 2
Synopsis:
Too hot to handle…
Faith Miller has faith in two things—her
surrogate firehouse family, and her own two hands—and she needs a man in her
life like a fish needs a bicycle. Growing up watching her mom get used and
discarded by one deadbeat boyfriend after another has left Faith jaded, and
determined not to fall into the same trap. But when Mick Whitehouse moves back
to Summerville, Faith’s happy, single life is turned upside down. The hunky
carpenter is a far cry from the little boy she used to wrestle with on the
playground in elementary school. Mick’s all grown up, tempting as sugar coated
sin, and determined to seduce Faith into forgetting all her rules.
One kiss under the mistletoe and Mick
Whitehouse knows that he wants Faith Miller. Bad. After years of lukewarm
relationships with the wrong kind of girls, Mick is powerfully drawn to
Summerville’s only female firefighter, and determined not to let her push him
away.
Beneath Faith’s tough exterior is a heart of gold, and the chemistry
between them is four-alarm hot. But just as he finally convinces Summerville’s
most confirmed bachelorette to take a chance on love, an old girlfriend waltzes
into town and drops a bombshell in Mick’s lap.
As Faith and Mick come to terms with the
shocking news, Faith must choose: let fear of repeating her mother’s mistakes
send her running, or have faith in the man she’s come to love?
HOT FOR YOU Excerpt:
“You,” Faith said with a disgusted shake of
her head, her tone inferring that finding Mick starting across the street
toward her was only slightly less disgusting than discovering she’d stepped in
a steaming pile of dog doo. “What are you doing here?”
“I live above the bakery
now.” Mick forced a smile, refusing to take Faith’s scowl at face value. She’d
acted irritated with him at the Fireman’s Ball, too, but she’d also kissed him
like his mouth contained the last gasp of air in a burning building.
Things weren’t always what
they seemed with Faith, which was part of the reason he found her so damned
interesting.
“Great,” she said with a
sigh, swinging her backpack over one shoulder. “When did that happen?”
“Last week, right after the
store opened.” Mick stepped onto the sidewalk beside her. “And not long after
Jake and Naomi got engaged. A lot of things have changed while you’ve been
gone.”
Faith snorted in a way that
Mick found inexplicably sexy. “Duh. I knew that was going to happen. I knew
before anyone. I have a phantom limb that tingles when people are getting ready
to get hitched, and it was tingling big time for those two.”
Mick grinned. “A phantom
limb?”
“Yes,” she said, standing
up straighter, her posture making it clear she wasn’t in the mood to be teased,
which of course only made Mick want to tease her more.
“So, where was this limb
before it became a phantom, marriage-foretelling limb?” he asked, letting his
eyes roam up and down Faith’s body, disturbed to realize that he found her
sexier in orange pants and an oversized jacket than he’d found Nina in her
skimpy dress. “Was it a third arm, or a third leg?”
“It was a vestigial tail,”
she said with a straight face. “And I know you don’t want to come on to a girl
who used to have a tail, so take a step back, Whitehouse.”
“I wouldn’t care if you still had a tail, Miller,” he said,
ambling closer, until their frosty breath mingled between their faces. “I’d
still want to take you out.”
Faith’s eyes narrowed.
“Stop it,” she said in a softer voice. “We talked about this.”
“We did not,” Mick said,
deliberately playing dumb. “I don’t remember any talk about your tail. If I
had, I would have asked Maddie to knit you a tail warmer instead of that
horrible vest she made me for Christmas.”
Faith’s lips quirked up at
the edges. It was a flicker of a smile, but enough to give Mick hope.
“Come on,” he said. “Give
me a chance. Let me take you and your tail out to dinner.”
“I never had a tail, and I
certainly don’t have one now,” she said, then added after a beat, “As for the
other…I appreciate the offer, but I’m not interested.”
“Liar,” Mick said, knowing
he was right when Faith’s eyes widened and a spark flickered in their warm
brown depths.
“I think you’re
interested,” he continued. “And I think if I kissed you right now, you’d kiss
me back the way you did at the ball.”
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THE FIRE AND ICING PLAYLIST:
"Melt with You" by Modern English
(of course!)
"Groove Me" by King Floyd
"It's Your Love" by Faith Hill and
Tim McGraw
"Sparks Fly" by Taylor Swift
"Don't Stop Believin" by Journey
"Must be Doing Something Right" by
Billy Currington
"There are Places I Remember" by the
Beatles
"These Arms of Mine" by Otis Redding
"Never Tear us Apart" by INXS
My Review: 4 1/2 stars
A great second book in the Fire and Ice series. I loved finding out more about Mick and Faith. I enjoyed seeing them grow closer and more confident in their relationship. They both have issues with things that have happened in their pasts. It was great to see them opening up to each other honestly about the past and things they are afraid of, but also to share their hopes for the future together. There is a big something that happens that does put their future in jeopardy. Things change real quick and happen so fast that their heads are spinning a little. I was relieved when I saw how things turned out, not just for Mick and Faith, but maybe for Jake and Naomi too. There a a lot of possibilities that can happen in the third book, which I can't wait to read. Excellent series Jessie, I can't wait for more.
About the Author
Jessie Evans gave up a career as an international woman of
mystery to write the sassy, Southern romances she always wanted to read.
She's married to the man of her dreams, and together they're
raising a few adorable, mischievous children in a tree house in the boonies.
She grew up in rural Arkansas, spending summers running wild, being chewed by
chiggers, and now appreciates her home in a chigger-free part of the world even
more.
When she's not writing, Jessie enjoys playing her dulcimer
(badly), sewing the worlds ugliest quilts to give to her friends, going for
bike rides with her house full of boys, and wandering the woods, glass of wine
and camera both in hand, on the lookout for Bigfoot.
A southern girl, born and bred, Jessie loves writing
Southern romances with just the right amount of sizzle, and hopes you'll enjoy
her stories set in the fictional town of Summerville, Georgia.
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