Grant’s Heat (Shark’s Edge #4) by Angel Payne & Victoria Blue-Review Tour

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 4, 2020

Is ignoring the heat a recipe for disaster?

Grant Twombley has it all—a successful career, a contacts list full of gorgeous and willing bedmates, and the ear of Los Angeles’s most prominent captain of industry.
But being Sebastian Shark’s right-hand man isn’t without its challenges. Messy ones. Unknown forces still work to take down Shark Enterprises, and Grant’s full focus is needed to protect their empire. But he’s sitting on a scandalous secret. A truth he can’t even share with his best friend. Until disaster strikes.

Rio Gibson carries dark secrets of her own. She hides them well…until her world is shattered. She holds Shark responsible, but the only person she shares her suspicions with is also the man closest to him—the giving, gorgeous man who makes her feel so many new and surprising things. Dangerous things.

But Rio’s used to handling the heat in the kitchen, and she can handle this challenge too. Getting out simply isn’t an option—no matter how bad it’ll burn in the end.

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REVIEW:GRANT’S HEAT is the fourth instalment in the contemporary, adult SHARK’S EDGE erotic, romance series, and the first instalment focusing on billionaire Grant Twombley, and caterer Rio ‘Blaze’ Gibson. GRANT’S HEAT can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and cohesion. Grant and Rio were first introduced in books 1-3 of Shark’s Edge.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Grant and Rio) GRANT’S HEAT follows the building but forbidden relationships between billionaire Grant Twombley, and caterer Rio Gibson. Grant Twombley’s attraction and need for Rio Gibson burns hotter with each encounter but Rio’s life is about to spiral out of control, as she falls deeper into an abyss of fire and flame. Rio Gibson struggles with issues of mental illness, and a personal loss sends Rio over the edge forcing our hero to cover for the woman with whom he is falling in love but Rio’s behaviour is placing many lives at risk, and Grant’s need to protect Rio further complicates his partnership with Sebastian Shark, and Shark Enterprises. What ensues is the building but struggling relationship between Grant and Rio, and the potential fall-out as Rio begins to alienate her friends, threatening a life long relationship in the process when her conduct and demeanor continues to exhibit a downward spiral.

The relationship between Grant and Rio begins as one of friendship in books one to three but Grant wants something more from a woman who is currently involved with someone else. Unable to keep his distance Grant becomes Rio’s sounding board and system of support when her life begins to spiral out of control. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense but I take issue with the use of a certain four-letter word.

The colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters include Grant’s business partners Sebastian Shark and his fiancé Abbigail Gibson, as well as Elijah Banks; and Rio’s co-worker Hannah Farsey, a young woman filling in while Abbi is on maternity leave.

GRANT’S HEAT is a story of loss, grief, struggle and control; a story of betrayal and vengeance; of family, friendship, mental illness and the need for understanding, and emotional help. The premise is heart breaking, emotional and edgy; the characters are flawed and tragic; the romance is sensual and provocative. GRANT’S HEAT ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

Reading order and previous reviews
Shark’s Edge
Shark’s Pride
Shark’s Rise

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

 

USA Today bestselling romance author Angel Payne has written for four publishing houses, and is also independently published. She loves to focus on high heat romance starring memorable alpha men and the women who love them.

She has numerous book series to her credit, including the Suited for Sin series, the Cimarron Saga, the Temptation Court series, the Secrets of Stone series (with Victoria Blue), the Lords of Sin historicals, and the rebranded Honor Bound series, as well as several stand-alone titles.

Currently, she is serving as the Vice President of Romance Writers of America’s Passionate Ink Chapter.

She lives in Southern California with her soul-mate husband and beautiful daughter.

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Victoria Blue lives in her own portion of the galaxy known as Southern California. There she finds the love and life sustaining power of one amazing sun, two unique and awe inspiring planets and three indifferent, yet comforting moons.

 

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