Hot to Touch by Jaci Burton – Review & Giveaway

 

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Description:
Love burns white-hot in this first scorching romance in an all-new trilogy about a family of firefighters from the New York Times bestselling author of the Play-by-Play novels and the Hope series.

Firefighter Jackson Donovan doesn’t look back–as a rule. So when his past comes roaring back to life in the form of not-so-damsel-in-distress Becks Benning, the last thing he wants to do is relive old times. No matter how tempting she makes it seem…

Now thanks to his two interfering brothers, Becks is living with them while she looks for a new place and tries to pick up the pieces of her tattoo business that went up in flames. Which means a grown up, smokin’ hot Becks is in his house, sharing meals, and digging up old wounds. And despite his better judgement, the more time he spends with this smart, artistic, incredible woman the more he wants her in his bed–and his future.

Becks always had it bad for Jackson. Unfortunately for her, not much has changed–he’s still honorable, hard-working, sexy as sin–and closed off. But there’s more than one way to get to a man’s heart and if Jackson doesn’t want to recall old memories, she’ll just have to help him make new ones. Because now that she’s found Jackson again, she’s not letting him go.

 

 

Review:

Hot to Touch by Jaci Burton is the 1^st book in her new Brotherhood by Fire series.   I am big fan of Jaci Burton, having loved her Hope series, and another one of our reviewers loves her Play by Play series.  I really enjoyed the start of this new series.

The story starts when a fireman is trying to rescue Rebecca (Becks), our heroine, who is desperate to save things she needs from her store.  The fireman doesn’t care about those things, and he is forcing her out of the store fire to save her life. 

Jackson Donovan, our hero and fireman who saves Becks, starts off on the wrong foot with her, as he was a bit rude.  To his surprise, his two brothers (they are adopted) recognize Becks as their long lost friend from 15 years ago, when they were homeless and their friendships helped them survive on the streets. The three boys (Jackson, Rafe & Kal) were trapped in an abandoned house fire, when a firefighter rescues them, and eventually he adopted the three boys giving them a normal home to live in.

The brothers are happy to have found Becks, and offer their house as a temporary place to stay.  Jackson, who does not relive the past, does not remember Becks, and continues to give her a hard time.   Becks remembers the old days when she had a crush on the young Jackson, and was surprised he didn’t remember her, but in time she can tell he blocks the past from his mind.

While Becks is happy to be staying in a nice house, and enjoys the camaraderie of the boys, she slowly loosens Jackson’s resolve, and a slow built romance will begin for both of them.  Jackson, knowing he is hard on Becks, tries to win her over, and help her find a new store for her tattoo business.  At first, I wasn’t crazy about Jackson, especially his rudeness; but in time the sparks between them was steamy hot.

What follows is a nice romance, though a difficult start, with an excellent story about homeless children and foster care.  I loved that Becks would visit those youngsters that were homeless, and bring them food, or even help one of the young girls get adopted.  I also loved when one of the older girls started to work for Becks.  A very nice addition to this story line.

The firefighter story line was also good, as that is the backdrop of the series.   Hot to Touch also had some great secondary characters, such as Rafe, Kal, Aria, the boy’s parents, to name a few. I got used to Jackson as the story progresses, as he explains to Becks about how he blamed himself all those years ago, and why he did not want to relive the past.  Becks to me was the star of this book. I loved her independence, street smarts, confidence and ability to not let anything stand in her way.  Great heroine.

Hot to Touch was a well written story line by Jaci Burton.  I loved the story about how the boys became brothers, found a loving home and parents; and how Becks survived moving around in different foster homes and was the strongest one of them all. I wholly recommend you to read Hot to Touch.

Reviewed by Barb

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