Burning Up (The Prescotts #6) by Tara Wyatt-a review

Burning Up (The Prescotts #6) by Tara Wyatt-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: April 26, 2022.

We have to burn to rise from the ashes.

Nearly two years after her divorce, Felicity Hawthorne is ready to date again. At least, she thinks she would be, if the idea of dating wasn’t so freaking terrifying. But then she wins a date with sexy, swoony firefighter Noah Prescott at a charity bachelor auction, and everything changes.

FDNY captain Noah isn’t looking for a relationship. Since losing his father as a teenager, he’s spent the past twenty years shouldering heavy responsibilities, and he knows he doesn’t have the time or energy to be anyone’s boyfriend. But one date with sweet, charming Felicity has him wanting things he shouldn’t want.

Which is why Noah suggests Felicity practice her budding dating skills with him. He wants more of her, and practice dates are as close as he can come to having her in his life without hurting her. But then dating practice turns into practice of another kind—the kind that involves moans and sighs and orgasms—and Noah knows he’s going to fall. Hard.

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REVIEW:BURNING UP is the sixth instalment in Tara Wyatt’s contemporary, adult THE PRESCOTTS erotic, first responder, romances series. This is thirty-two year old, high school English teacher Felicity Hawthorne, and thirty-five year old firefighter Captain Noah Prescott’s story line. BURNING UP can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Tod from dual third person perspectives (Noah and Felicity) BURNING UP follows the building romance and relationship between thirty-two year old, high school English teacher Felicity Hawthorne, and thirty-five year old firefighter Noah Prescott. Trapped in a school elevator, Felicity would be rescued by FDNY Captain Noah Prescott. A few days later, Felicity would come face to face with her hero at the local charity auction, where she and her friends would buy a date with Noah Prescott. One thing leads to another, and Felicity and Noah agree to another date, a practice date for both in the face of months without an actual relationship, a practice date that quickly turns into something more. Noah’s schedule is often filled days and weeks at a time, and finding time for the woman with whom he will fall in love is a struggle, a struggle that will threaten the future between our story line couple. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Noah and Felicity, and the potential fall-out as Noah battles years of guilt, guilt that will be compounded when Noah blames himself for an accident that hurt someone else.

Noah Prescott continues to battle his demons since the death of his father over twenty years earlier. Always placing his family and friends before anything else, Noah struggles to find time for Felicity Hawthorne, a struggle that continues with his day to day life. Felicity Hawthorne has loved and lost having witnessed the demise of her marriage in the face of her ex-husband’s betrayal and affair. Thinking she has found a potential future with Noah Prescott, Felicity is blindsided when Noah pushes her out of his life, to focus on family and friendships, instead.

The relationship between Noah and Felicity is one of instant attraction but neither one expected to ever act on their first encounter. Noah struggles to find the time in his relationship with Felicity, and their relationship will suffer when when Noah’s ongoing guilt continues to pull him under. The $ex scenes are intimate erotic and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and familiar secondary and supporting characters including fellow first responders, Noah’s brother Hudson, and Felicity’s friends who are all about supporting their bestie when her life spirals out of control.

BURNING UP is a story of family, friendships, relationships and love; of sacrifice and guilt, acceptance and understanding. The character driven premise is enticing and exciting; the romance is seductive and steamy; the characters are fun and flirty.

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Reviewed By Sandy

Tara Wyatt is an award-winning romantic suspense and contemporary romance author known for her fast-paced writing, humor, and sexy love scenes. She lives in Hamilton, Ontario with the cutest dog in the world and a husband who makes all of her heroes look like chumps.

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Burning Up (Flirting with Fire #1) by Jennifer Blackwood-a review

BURNING UP (Flirting with Fire #1) by Jennifer Blackwood-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: May 8, 2018

Unemployed schoolteacher Erin Jenkins is back in Portland, the town she hasn’t called home for more than a decade. It’s not the way she wants to spend her last days of summer: in between jobs and avoiding her mother’s snooping by escaping to the ice-cream aisle. But when the opportunity arises for her to accompany her brother’s best friend—her lifetime crush—to a wedding, summer gets a whole lot more interesting.

Firefighter and single dad Jake Bennett has built a nice, safe wall around his heart—no romance, no getting burned. That doesn’t mean he’s ruling out a fling. Considering Erin’s visit is temporary, they’re the perfect fit for a scorching no-strings one-night stand. Or two. Or five. Until the worst thing happens: Erin and Jake are feeling more. Damn that four-letter word.

Now their hearts are on the line, and when their smoldering summer comes to a close, it’s going to be harder than ever to put out the fire.

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REVIEW: BURNING UP is the first instalment in Jennifer Blackwood’s contemporary, adult FLIRTING WITH FIRE romance series. This is middle-school teacher Erin Jenkins, and fire fighter/ single dad Jake Bennett’s story line.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Jake and Erin) BURNING UP follows the building relationship between middle-school teacher Erin Jenkins, and fire fighter/ single dad Jake Bennett. Erin Jenkins is home for the summer holidays having lost her teaching position in California to attrition and a lack of school board funding. Hoping to find something quick, Erin heads home to Portland in an effort to reconnect with family and friends, never thinking about the potential of falling in love. Enter her brother’s best friend and fellow fire fighter Jake Bennett. An offer of Jake’s plus-one for his sister’s wedding slowly begins to blur the lines between friendship and more. What ensues is the building romance and love between Jake and Erin, and the potential fall-out as Erin’s time in Portland comes to an end.

Erin Jenkins has no plans to stay in her hometown of Portland Oregon. Her life and friends are back in California but her heart will soon belong to a man whose just as lost as our story line heroine. Jake Bennett has been a single father for close to thirteen years, and has never crossed the line by bringing home a woman or fallen in love. Reconnecting with his best friend’s sister found our hero losing his heart to a reluctant Erin Jenkins.

Erin has lusted after Jake Bennett for most of her life but Jake was off limits in more ways than one. With her time in Portland coming to an end Erin hopes to find a new teaching position far from her family and the man with whom she has fallen in love. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text although the palpable sexual energy is more or less absent between our leading couple.

We are introduced to Jake’s fellow fire fighters: Erin’s brother Reese Jenkins, and rookie Cole ‘Hollywood’ Gibson; Erin’s sister Andie and their eccentric mother; as well as Jake’s daughter Bailey, and Erin’s best friends Madison and Sloan.

BURNING UP is a sweet story that introduces the players in the author’s FLIRTING WITH FIRE series. The best friend’s little sister conflict was limited-more of a worry than anything else. There are some funny moments in the hotel at Jake’s sister’s wedding including a family of raccoons who have taken up residence in our heroine’s room. The premise is fun and spicy but predictable; the romance is captivating and emotional; the characters are sassy and energetic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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