This is just an okay read for me. I found it repetitive to the extent that I skipped many pages. There are only four characters who have any importance, everyone else us just to fill the pages. This could have been fleshed out in the same number of pages to be way more interesting.
Firefighting is dangerous work, but not every call is life threatening. I thought the author, to support the romance aspect, made it seem that Francey was in mortal danger everytime. This created endless angst which became tiresome.
Okay way to spend a rainy day.
Feel The Heat
by Kathryn Shay
She saves him from a fire, then steals his heart without even trying. When white hot attraction kicks in, sparks fly!
Francey Cordaro is a dedicated firefighter, devoted daughter and a loyal friend who has made her way in a man’s world. She rejects material goods, doesn’t give a whit about her striking looks and focuses on saving lives, spending time with her family and friends, working out and playing poker with the guys. Until she meets Alex Templeton.
A wealthy businessman, Alex is the epitome of success in every area of his life. A decent man, he returns home to run the family company when his father takes ill and his brother loses his way. What he can’t control is his reaction to the sexy firefighter who dragged him from near death. She’s gorgeous, fun-loving and challenges him at every turn. But she refuses a relationship with him.
With differences that rival champagne vs. beer, uptown galas vs. karaoke bars, and the world of high finance vs. the reality of walking into burning buildings, their relationship seems doomed. Or is it?
With a secondary reunion romance as fiery as Alex and Francey’s, and cameo appearances of readers’ favorite firefighters from Hidden Cove, as well as Shay’s trademark tense and exciting rescue scenes, this book will pull on your heartstrings and make you route for these very likable characters.
Be sure to read the rest of the Rockford Fire Department: RISKING IT ALL, CODE OF HONOR and NEVER FAR AWAY, as well as all of the Hidden Cove Firefighters series.
*** NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Kathryn Shay spent five years riding fire trucks with a large city fire department, eating in their firehouses and interviewing hundreds of America's Bravest.
Reviews
Okay...not great
Feel the Heat
Feel the heat is a wonderful love story. For a young woman and also her father. Excitement and romance make this a wonderful story.
Couldn’t Put It Down
This is the second Kathryn Shay novel I couldn't put down. I was consumed by the book just as Alex and Francesca were consumed by each other in this story.
If you had told me a week ago I would become a reader of romance novels, I would not have believed you. In fact, I probably would have laughed at you. I have never been a big fiction reader, let alone romance novels… Until now!
Now that I have tasted the Serve and Protect series and the Rockford FD series, it is time for me to try out the Hidden Cove FD series. I am betting I won't be disappointed.
Good story
Nice to see a book that reflex’s the change in women involved in work once considered only for men. Also it shows how difficult it is for spouses of people working in dangerous fields.
Intense story
An intense and thoughtful romance with compelling characters and an engaging premise set in a firefighting world. Two stories, actually.
