Wicked Heat
J. Kenner
Contemporary Romance
From the moment he’d seen her at the home of his billionaire father, former race car driver and bad boy Ashton Stone craved Bree Bernstein, his half-siblings’ stunning nanny. He couldn’t have her though—not when his life was so entwined with secrets and scandal.
Then he’d seen her at the airport bar and instead of walking away, he’d bought her a drink. Then another. And when a storm grounded their flights, he’d made a mistake and tried to take her to bed. That’s when she’d bolted.
For years, Bree has hidden the truth of those nightmarish days when she’d been held captive, forced into despicable acts that, once rescued, she’d believed were in the past. Until the tapes.
Now, she’s being blackmailed, and if those tapes go public, it won’t be just her life that’s in tatters, but that of an innocent child caught in the crossfire.
Desperate, she goes to the only man who can help her pay the blackmailer and keep the secret—Ashton Stone. Now, her future is in his hands—but the price he demands is one she’s not certain she can pay—Her.
Uncaged Review: From the moment I opened this book, I couldn’t put it down. This story is heartbreaking, romantic, suspenseful and with two perfectly, imperfect characters. As Bree’s nightmares continue and become worse when she is blackmailed with tapes of a time she was held captive, drugged and the horrible acts done to her, and now finding out they were taped and a young child could be ruined if the tapes get out. Shutting herself off from relationships, Bree runs from her attraction to Ash, but Ash doesn’t give up easily. When she finally confides in Ash about her kidnapping and the blackmail, Ash steps in to help. With seemingly unsurmountable odds, Ash and Bree grow close, but will Bree run again?
A great story, well flushed out characters and a great suspenseful plot with a few twists I didn’t see coming. I had not read any of the books in this series before, and had no issues keeping up with this one but has definitely put this author on my radar. Reviewed by Cyrene
5 Stars
