Skye Copeland is on paid leave from her broadcasting job after accidentally drawing a pecker on the traffic map.
Let that sink in. Like it’s her fault the traffic pattern created a perfect schlong?
Skye isn’t laughing. She needs this job. And that’s the only reason she’s willing to chase down a story in her least favorite place—that hell on earth known as Vermont.
A quick trip. In and out. Much like - never mind. She can sneak into the town that once tried to break her, get the story and slide back into the good graces of her producer. Easy peasy.
But things go sideways the moment she steps over the county line. Her stepsister is running from a violent drug dealer. And the cop on the case is none other than Benito Rossi, the man who broke Skye’s teenage heart.
His dark brown eyes still tear her apart. And even as she steels herself to finally tell him off after twelve years, the old fireworks are still there.
Things are about to go boom.
Let that sink in. Like it’s her fault the traffic pattern created a perfect schlong?
Skye isn’t laughing. She needs this job. And that’s the only reason she’s willing to chase down a story in her least favorite place—that hell on earth known as Vermont.
A quick trip. In and out. Much like - never mind. She can sneak into the town that once tried to break her, get the story and slide back into the good graces of her producer. Easy peasy.
But things go sideways the moment she steps over the county line. Her stepsister is running from a violent drug dealer. And the cop on the case is none other than Benito Rossi, the man who broke Skye’s teenage heart.
His dark brown eyes still tear her apart. And even as she steels herself to finally tell him off after twelve years, the old fireworks are still there.
Things are about to go boom.
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What I thought about Fireworks
Okay, I'm going to gush a bit here in this review. This book knocked my socks off (or whatever the cool kids say today...)Let's start with Benito Rossi. That name! I don't often have a strong reaction to a name, but there's just something about that name that says hot, hot, hot. I've been wanting his story for the last two books, and Sarina Bowen delivers! I couldn't put this book down and I've already gone for a second (or is it a third) reading. This series just blows me away!
Skye and Benito were the best of friends in high school and it was a good thing since she needed protection from her mother's slimy boyfriend, Jimmy Gage. You might recognize that name from previous books in the series. Benito was there for Skye through all the bad stuff, until something happens that has Skye escaping her situation in the dead of night, leaving Benito and Skye with two broken hearts.
Fast forward twelve years and Skye is about to return to Vermont to assist her stepsister with some plan she doesn't quite understand. When she hears there might be a story in it for her, she decides to go along with Rayanne, since she is on a mini vacation from work for drawing a peen during the traffic report.
Her first night back in Vermont and she runs into Benito Rossi. He's just as gorgeous as she remembers and it doesn't take long for them to rekindle what they had before, only now it's not high school puppy love but a real love. I absolutely adored these two together. Benito is just so soulful in his love for Skye, and even though he suffered during their years apart, he knows how he loves her, which just makes him one of the sexier protagonists I've read this year.
Skye is such an interesting character. She's got some scars from her past that don't exactly keep her from experiencing life, but they do keep her from experiencing physical love. Thank goodness she has Benito to help her through this. I loved this aspect of Skye-- that she didn't find sex all that easy. She is such an interesting character in how she dealt with this part of her life. It was refreshing to read a heroine who doesn't find sex all that easy. I don't often see this character in romance, and that made Skye unique and wonderful.
I loved every single thing about this story, but especially Skye and Benito together. I love how Sarina Bowen has introduced us to the Rossi family and made them part of this series along with the Shipleys. And I really love it when a long running series incorporates a good bunch of the characters I've grown to love in the later books in the series. It's like visiting with old friends.
I totally recommend this series and Fireworks. I think you'll fall in love with all of them, just as I have. Fireworks will definitely be on my "best of 2018" list. It's really a terrific contemporary romance with great characters and great writing. Do yourself a favor and check it out.
About Sarina
Sarina Bowen is a New Englander whose Vermont ancestors cut timber and farmed the north country since the 1760s. Sarina is grateful for the invention of indoor plumbing and wi-fi during the intervening 250 years. On a few wooded acres, she lives with her husband, two boys, and an ungodly amount of ski and hockey gear.
Sarina's books are published in a dozen languages on four continents. In 2016, The Romance Writers of America honored HIM by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy with a RITA award for Best Contemporary Romance, Mid-Length.
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