⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This one is on my keeper shelf and one of my favourites of this year." —Maria Rose for Straight Shootin’ Book Reviews (original release) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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"Holy moly frijoles—this book is hot! Serena Bell does an amazing job
creating relationships through erotic connections and making you root
for the characters to find their happily ever after!!" —Bestselling author Sarah Robinson (original release) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lily
McKee is pretty sure sleeping with the grim, gorgeous stranger who
frequents the diner where she works counts as an act of desperation. But
it's been that kind of year: Her dreams of owning her own restaurant
have been swamped by the reality of living in her sister's basement and
serving mediocre food. A hot encounter with Kincaid is a much-needed
break from her day-to-day drudgery.
Breaking
his long drought is the best thing that's happened to Kincaid Graves in
years—and not just because he's been behind bars. His encounter with
Lily helps him forget the complicated collision of love and violence
that derailed his life. Kincaid wants more: more of the intense
connection they share, more long nights lying awake together, more time.
But
the clock is ticking. Lily has a chance to reclaim the life she thought
was hers for the taking. Kincaid must find a way to recover his
inheritance. And once Lily finds out that the man whose roughness and
dominance she craves has a history of violence, the love growing between
them may be out of time, too.
He
followed her as she locked the diner’s front door. She bent to pick up a
huge plastic drum bag of trash, but he brushed back her efforts and
shouldered the bag himself.
She wanted to object. He could see the words on her lips and the protest in her eyes.
“You worked damn hard tonight,” he said. “Let me.”
You don’t always have to be tough, he wanted to say. You could let me help you, just a little.
But of course she couldn’t. And he couldn’t.
She had snuck those looks at him as they cleaned up. Curiosity and something more dangerous. A question. What would it be like?
He could hear it as clearly as if she’d asked it out loud, probably
because it was the same question that rattled around his head, that
tumbled around his gut. What would he see if he took her question as an
invitation? Would she be all toughness or all sweetness, or some mix of
the two that would break him to bits?
He couldn’t.
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What I thought about Turn Up The Heat
Lily is working in a diner, living with her sister, hoping to get back to Chicago after her ex-boyfriend humiliates her in the worst way. Kincaid is living in the same little town, focused on getting back the things he lost before and after he was in prison. He likes sitting in the diner, watching Lily. He recognizes the goodness in her...and something else.
When they both finally come together, it's because they have something between them they can't deny. They understand each other's sexual needs like no one else --ever. There's some hesitance on Kincaid's part which was totally understandable, and I really liked him for that. But when he screws up, he really screws up and runs the risk of losing Lily forever.
There's lots of heat between the pages here. I love that they both knew what they wanted sexually and they took the time to talk about it once they caught their breath. The dialogue between these two main characters was one of the best parts of Turn Up the Heat.
Even though Turn Up the Heat was predictable at times, and you can see the ending coming from a mile away, this is a lovely story about two people getting a second chance -- in a lot of different ways. There is no real HEA if the main characters don't have to work for it, and it's always sweeter when what they need to overcome is something as simple as following their hearts. I loved that about this title. It's a real happily ever after story between two people who are made for each other.
ARC provided for review
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