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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

"Too Hot To Handle" (Katie Rose) ★★★.5 with GIVEAWAY!!

 

BOOK INFORMATION
Too Hot to Handle
The Boys of Summer # 2
By: Katie Rose
Releasing January 27th, 2015
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BOOK SUMMARY
Katie Rose’s Boys of Summer series returns for a delicious double-header—with the story of total opposites who are drawn to each other like moths to a flame.

Nikki Case is no fan of baseball. Her ex gambled away a fortune on the sport, and now her PR firm has tasked her with cleaning up the league’s most notorious bad boys. The New Jersey Sonics are known for wild womanizing and booze-fueled brawls, so Nikki expects the worst. Her first stop in the battle to win hearts and minds is star hitter Jake Baldwin—a legendary ladies man so smokin’ he threatens to melt her tough-girl armor.

Although his teammates prank her without mercy, Jake admires the way Nikki gives as good as she gets. She may be the queen of frost, but there’s kindling beneath those sultry curves—and he’s just the man to ignite it. But when a PR nightmare lands the Sonics in headlines across the country, Nikki is ready to walk. Only then does Jake realize how important she is to the Sonics’ success—and that winning the love of a good woman is no game.

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EXCERPT

“What are you doing here?” the redhead spat, her green eyes blazing.
“Working,” Desiree sneered, pouring a drink for emphasis. “You know, real job?”
“Come on, Jake, let’s get out of here.” The redhead gave the bartender a look that could shoot daggers.
Desiree smiled. “See you later, Jakey. Once you’re done wasting your time with her.
The redhead looked from Jake to the other woman and approaching the bar, poured the glass of tequila over the bartender’s head. Desiree gasped, the clear liquor trickling down her hair and onto her forehead. Grabbing a towel, she rubbed the sting from her eyes, mascara smearing, and then sprang up onto the bar, livid with outrage.
“Oh, no.” Ryan tried to insert himself between the two women, but even his massive form wasn’t enough to keep them apart. A true Jersey catfight ensued even as Jake tried to pull his date out of the grip of the furious bartender.
Chase came around the bar and tried to break it up, but all he got for his trouble was a face full of beer meant for the redhead. A tough-looking thug who’d been eyeing up Desiree all evening jumped into the fray and punched Jake, correctly assessing him as the source.
Without hesitation, Jake hit the man back and within seconds, the entire bar had joined the fight. The redhead pulled Desiree’s hair and wound up with a handful of platinum extensions, while the blonde brought her to the ground.
The two women rolled on the marble floor, screaming and cursing, while manicured fists tried to make contact. Darcy leaped up and grabbed the security guard, and then tried to pry Chase out of the mass of flailing limbs. She pulled him away just as he threw up his arm to protect her from a flying beer bottle, while the guard tried to stop the brawl. Jake accidentally punched Chase, his fist connecting neatly with the pitcher’s chin, and took a hit to the gut in retaliation.
The bouncer quickly called for help, and two cops showed up in record time. The lounge looked like something out of an old western as drinks flew along with fists. One of the officers grabbed a pitcher of ice water and unceremoniously threw it on the two women. The redhead let out a howl, giving the man the opportunity he needed to get her off the bartender.
“Break it up!” the other policeman shouted, hauling the brawlers away one by one. He had to call for reinforcements, but once security arrived along with the hotel manager, they were finally able to round up the instigators and hoist them down to the police station. Cell phones flashed, Twitter tweeted, and YouTube exploded. Within minutes, the Sonics’ fight hit social media everywhere as the fans re-tweeted the incident and shared the videos.
By morning, the Jersey team was headline news.

CAT'S REVIEW
"Too Hot to Handle" by Katie Rose.  This is the second book of the series, however, I did not read the first and in no way felt lost. It can easily be read as a standalone.  The book tells the story of Nikki and Jake.  Jake, a baseball player, is known to be a womanizer and enjoys living the life of a baseball star.  Nikki, a PR person sent in to reform the image the team and it's players present, is comes across straight-laced and strong.  Jake, on a bet, works to get past Nikki's frosty exterior and make her fall in love.  I liked Jake.  Beyond his public image, he was a caring soul that looked out for his family and others less fortunate.  It took me a bit longer to like Nikki - she comes across a bit snobby at first, but this seems to be a cover.  By the end, I did like Nikki and Jake together - the bedroom scene were quite steamy!  The story was an enjoyable one but a typical romance.  There weren't any real surprises and as the reader, I could predict what was coming next.   However, it is still a fairly light read that is an enjoyable baseball story for those sports/romance fans out there!  (Received copy from NetGalley for honest review)

★★★.5

AUTHOR INFO
Award-winning historical author Katie Rose makes her contemporary debut with the Boys of Summer novels, Bring on the Heat and Too Hot to Handle, which combine Katie’s true loves: baseball and romance! When not watching baseball, Katie is at her lake house in New Jersey, hard at work on her next book.

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