Wild Heat

By: Bella Andre

Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

He's a hotshot firefighter addicted to risk. She's the sultry beauty he never saw coming....

Maya Jackson doesn't sleep with strangers. Until the night grief sent her to the nearest bar and into the arms of the most explosive lover she's ever had. Six months later, the dedicated arson investigator is coming face-to-face with him again. Gorgeous, grinning Logan Cain. Her biggest mistake. Now her number one suspect in a string of deadly wildfires.

Risking his life on a daily basis is what gets Logan up in the morning. As the leader of the elite Tahoe Pines Hotshot Crew, he won't back down from a blaze - or from beautiful, lethal Maya Jackson. She may have seduced him with her tears and her passion, but it'll be a cold day in hell before Logan lets down his guard again. But when Maya's life is threatened, his natural-born-hero instincts kick in, and Logan vows to protect the woman sworn to bring him down. And as desire reignites, nothing - not the killer fire nor the killer hot on their trail - can douse the flames.

©2009-2012 Bella Andre (P)2013 Oak Press, LLC

4 wildly exciting stars!

Wild Heat is the first book in Bella Andre's Hot Shots: Men of Fire series, set in gorgeous Lake Tahoe. If you've ever been there you know just how tranquil it can be on the lake. It can also be a fierce and terrifying place when you hit the Tahoe National Forest during fire season, but toss in an arsonist with revenge in mind and those men and women firefighters are standing on the threshold of hell.

To be honest, I went in to this thinking it'd be one of those books with a thin plot, nothing more than a backdrop for sex. You know the type - 6 pages devoted to sex, then a page devoted to plot, rinse and repeat. That's what I expected...

I was so very wrong!

This is an exciting, poignant, sexy romance with a fast-paced, intense mystery plot. From chapter to chapter I was trying to figure out who the arsonist was and what their motives could be, and just when I was sure it was suspect #1, another person of interest would come along and then I'd be sure it was suspect #2! Or #3... I was never positive who it could be until it was proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt.

The bottom line - Wild Heat is my kind of book and if you're like me and want a solid story with your romance and steam, and love you some hot, sexy firefighters...then stop what you're doing and listen-up - you must read this book! And if you enjoy listening to audio books, this is a great one. Eva Kaminsky's voice is clear, sultry, and a pleasure to listen to!

Who doesn't love a Hot Shot!

Loved that the story was a who done it too. Not only a great love story but a very good story line.

Boring...Predictable...Wasted Credit....

Would you try another book from Bella Andre and/or Eva Kaminsky?

Probably not....

What could Bella Andre have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

The premise for the book was good - however, the writing came across as amateurish. The main character was whiny and unprofessional. Constantly putting herself in the path of danger - I intensely dislike "too stupid to live" characters. Her motivations for these "too stupid to live moments" were very unbelievable and....stupid.

Did Eva Kaminsky do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

Well enough.

What character would you cut from Wild Heat?

I've already forgotten their names...that boring....

Horrible

What would have made Wild Heat better?

Needs a better narrator I tried 4 times to listen to this book and chapter 2

How could the performance have been better?

Needs to be more alive it was very dead sounding

Not so Wild Heat

What would have made Wild Heat better?

I was very disappointed in this book. Over 8 hours of 3 days in the life of Mya and Logan; and most of it was just filling - something to take more time. I found the dialogue ridiculous at some points .. "I want you so badly".. really? And let's not forget - after a hot sex session, while they're still gasping for breath in recovery - "I want to be completely honest with you." really? The premise was good, the execution very dreary. I didn't care for the narrator. While the voice was ok - the reading style was annoying. Took me almost a full week to actually listen to this one - I kept having to rewind and rewind to figure out what was going on because I'd zone out so much while listening..

What could Bella Andre have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Delete all the head trip crap that doesn't mean anything to the story -- I mean seriously - how many times can a main character say "I don't want to get involved with a firefighter" that lasts for 20 minutes??

How could the performance have been better?

The pauses, inflections - they really didn't work. Sounded deadpan "i love you." "yeah, I love you." weehaw.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

The premise was good - hot firefighter, repressed fire investigator.. psychotic girlfriend wannabe .. could've worked... but didn't.

Flamed out fast

Well it has a very interesting start. I’m thinking “Wow” this is going to be good. A little later into the book my mind starts to wander. That’s not a good sign for me. A few more hours and I’ve already rewound this book three times to try to catch up from where I’ve lost track due to boredom.

Now we get to the last 2 ½ hours of the book and they get back into the sexual situations of the book. I wish I could say this is better, but the almost sex at the beginning of the book is hotter. I will admit the one good thing is I do not know who the arsonist is, but at this point who cares? I’d much rather sit through a steamy, hot, BDSM, predictable who-done-it than this.

This is a big NO. In my opinion this is not worth my credit. It is not worth buying it on sale. I just feel like I’ve wasted my credit and my time (and I did double the narration later in the book to try to get through it!!).

Atrocious

One of the worst books in my life. The description of main characters is so repetitive, that by the middle of the book I could predict the next sentence. Usual clichés used so much, it made me gag.