Hot For The Fireman (Boston Heat #1) by Gina L.Maxwell-Review, Book Tour and Giveaway
HOT FOR THE FIREMAN
Boston Heat #1
by Gina L. Maxwell
Release Date: March 27, 2017
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, romance
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Ex-Army Ranger Erik Grady lives for the job. So when his chief at the Boston Fire Department offers him two choices—mandated therapy for supposed PTSD or a permanent desk job at the station, he reluctantly agrees to see a shrink. Only this doctor is unlike anything he expected. Female and curved in all the right places? Check. Hotter than a four-alarm fire? Check. The kind of woman that can heat his blood in and out of bed? Check, check. And oh, yeah, he just happens to have first hand experience…
Of all the men to walk into psychologist Olivia Jones’ office, why did it have to be him? Her one-night stand isn’t playing by the rules of just. One. Night. She’s had her heart broken in the past, and no way is she going there again. And now he’s blackmailing her into three dates? Well, if that’s what it takes to make him see a different therapist, fine. She can handle it. So what if the chemistry between them is combustible? She’s a professional, damn it. She’ll date Mr. I’m Too Sexy For My Bunker Pants. But it won’t end in the fun he expects.
It’s time to see how much heat this fireman can take…
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REVIEW: HOT FOR THE FIREMAN is the first installment in Gina L. Maxwell’s contemporary, adult BOSTON HEAT erotic, romance series focusing on the men and women of the Boston Fire Department. This is Ex-Army Ranger and firefighter Lieutenant Erik Grady, and psychologist Dr. Olivia Jones’s story line.
Told from several third person perspectives including Erik and Olivia HOT FOR THE FIREMAN focuses on the building relationship between psychologist Olivia Jones, and fire fighter Erik Grady. Erik aka Wolf Grady is a former Army Ranger who lost two men on his last mission to the Middle East leaving our hero with PTSD and the guilt of making it out alive. A one night stand would change Erik’s life when the BFD assigns him the woman that he cannot get out of his mind. Enter Dr. Olivia Jones, Erik’s one night stand and the woman that would call to Erik’s heart. What ensues is the building love between our leading couple, Erik’s struggle to move on from the past, and one woman’s determination to prove that the man that she loves is so much more than the men that he lost.
Erik Grady suffers with PTSD and no amount of persuasion can convince our hero that his presence in Olivia’s life is anything more than a dangerous situation. Olivia has been trained to help those in need but when a man refuses to accept the love from the woman that calls to his heart, he struggles with accepting the man within.
The relationship between Erik and Olivia begins as a one night stand that soon builds into something more. Olivia must recuse herself from Erik’s therapy and therefore recuses herself from Erik’s life. Erik is more than determined to convince Olivia Jones that they belong together but one too many PTSD episodes pushes Erik to walk away. The $ex scenes are intimate, aggressive and intense although I shudder at the use of one particular word (noun) the author uses throughout her story.
The secondary and supporting characters are lively and animated. We are introduced to several of Erik’s former Army brothers and current firefighting teammates including Gavin ‘Dozer Greer, Ashton ‘Smoke’ Donovan, Sean ‘Bowie’ Evans, and Tyler ‘Preacher’ Connelly; Olivia’s godfather Dr. Eddie Marion, her assistant Cindi, and best friend Angelina de la Vega. Angelina and Dozer have a history that is heartbreaking and sad.
The world building focuses on the struggles of veterans of war including the PTSD, flashbacks, physical and emotional damage. Most of Erik’s co-workers are former military soldiers whose battle the demons brought home from the war.
HOT FOR THE FIREMAN is a story of spirit and survival, passion and romance, healing and loss. The premise is captivating, energetic and riveting; the romance is provocative and seductive; the characters are flawed, playful and sensitive. HOT FOR THE FIREMAN is an intelligent and wonderful start to a new series.
Copy supplied for review
Reviewed by Sandy
About Gina L. Maxwell:
Gina L. Maxwell is a full-time writer, wife, and mother living in the upper Midwest, despite her scathing hatred of snow and cold weather. An avid romance novel addict, she began writing as an alternate way of enjoying the romance stories she loves to read. Her debut novel, Seducing Cinderella, hit both the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists in less than four weeks, and she’s been living her newfound dream ever since.
When she’s not reading or writing steamy romance novels, she spends her time losing at Scrabble (and every other game) to her high school sweetheart, doing her best to hang out with their teenagers before they fly the coop, and dreaming about her move to sunny Florida once they do.
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