The Hotter You Burn
Gena Showalter
Harlequin HQN, Jul 28 2015,
$7.99
ISBN: 9780373779697
In Strawberry Valley, Oklahoma, former teen bully
Harlow Glass struggles to survive as she secretly lives in a tent
on the ranch her family once owned and as the pariah she has no prospects for obtaining
a job. Hungry and expecting no one home;
Harlow sneaks into her former house now owned by Beck Ockley and his two foster
care brothers (Jase Hollister and Lincoln West) to steal food.
However, Beck catches her inside his house. Although a womanizer who trusts no one except
his “siblings”; Beck recognizes a lonely kindred spirit in Harlow. As they begin a tryst, Harlow soon realizes
she wants more from this man she loves.
However, Beck cannot commit to her or any female even at the same he
irrationally fears her leaving him
The latest Original Heartbreakers Sooner romance (see e-novella:
The One You Want) is a pleasant contemporary that besides the main plot also
updates the readers on what is happening to other key townsfolk. The lead couple’s relationship seems similar
to that of Jase and Brook Lynn Dillon (see The Closer You Come), especially
Beck’s behavior; while Harlow tries climbing out of a deep crater with or
without her beloved giving her an uplifting hand although I wonder why she
stays in a “Town Without Pity”.
Harriet Klausner
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