by Stacy Finz
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GENRE: Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
Nugget, California , is remote, picturesque—and the
perfect place to fall in love. Even when you’re trying desperately not to… Dana
Calloway is tired of being second choice. No question she was her parents’
consolation prize, and now she’s placed second in the race for a guy’s heart—a
guy she could have sworn was The One. Is it any wonder such a normally type A
person accidentally burns down her house in one distracted moment?
Cal Fire arson investigator Aidan McBride came to Nugget to do a little soul
searching about his commitment phobia. But there’s only one available apartment
in this tiny town, and the headstrong woman who just had a house fire needs it
too. Of course, there are worse things than sharing living quarters with
someone so beautiful…
Dana’s determined to resist her sexy new roommate, but it isn’t long before
Aidan realizes he doesn’t have a commitment problem when she’s around. And the
hotter things get in their apartment, the brighter the blaze when someone
finally ignites that first spark…
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My Review:
I loved this book, is very romantic with a veil of mystery.
After a fire Dana has lost her home. The only place where she can go live is the apartment of Aidan, a firefighter who recently moved to Nugget. The chemistry between them is very strong....
Dana is tired of being always the second choice, both for her family and for her ex-boyfriends. She wants someone to love and who will make her feel really important. Maybe generous and charming Aidan may be the perfect one for her.
The characters are many and all likeable. I love Nugget, this warm Californian city where everyone knows everyone else and are willing to help each other even if some people are a bit pushy
It 's the seventh book in the series and can be read as a stand alone. This was my first book to read in this series and I know I will be going back to catch up and read the rest.
It's a truly enjoyable and engaging reading, really hard to put it down
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EXCERPT:
Aidan hadn’t even officially started at Cal Fire when he’d
gotten called out on the boomer. That’s what they called a good working
structure fire. He’d just completed his six-week training at the California
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s academy in Ione, a Gold Country
town only slightly larger than his new home, Nugget. Although a seasoned
firefighter and arson investigator back in Chicago , he didn’t have experience fighting
forest and wildland fires.
That was all about to change.
With California
in its fourth year of record drought, wildfires burned at breakneck speed
across the state. And Cal Fire was responsible for protecting thirty-six of California ’s fifty-eight
counties, meaning millions and millions of acres.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Stacy
Finz is an
award-winning reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. After more than twenty
years covering notorious serial killers, naked-tractor-driving farmers,
fanatical foodies, aging rock stars and weird Western towns, she figured she
finally had enough material to launch a career writing fiction. In 2012 she won
the Daphne du Maurier Award for unpublished single-title mystery/suspense. She
lives in Berkeley , California with her husband.
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER CODE
Stacy will be awarding a digital copy of Heating Up
to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
Thanks so much for hosting me. Hope everyone enjoys the book.
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