As a boy, he was like an older brother to her.
As a teenager, he became her secret crush.
As a man, he’s her target and she’s determined to get him out of her system once and for all.
Jake Wilde doesn’t live a tame existence. He never has. He never will.
His career as a smokejumper in Alaska? Dangerous.
His female conquests? Copious.
His stance on commitment? Never happening.
But when the girl from his past shows up at his door as a woman, Jake Wilde is about to learn a valuable lesson. Never, ever play with fire . . . unless you’re looking to get burned.
5 Smoking Stars
I received an ARC for an honest review.
This is a Hot Sweet quick read it's not an insta-love story but more of a second chance love, with angst and a HEA. The story has a great flow and I couldn't put it down.
Bree is the younger sister to Matt and has unrequited feelings for her brothers best friend, Jake. Matt and Jake both joined the marines and when they returned, it was with Jake alive and her brother not. He feels guilty that he returned and her brother didn't and even more guilty at not keeping his promise to look after Bree with them only kept in touch through holiday cards over the years and with Jake working in Alaska part of the year he's managed to keep his distance.
Bree hasn't seen Jake in years and when the opportunity comes for her to write an article on Smoke Jumpers she uses the chance to finally get over her feelings for Jake and heads over to Alaska to interview him and put her plan Get Over Jake into action, but is it ever that easy to get over the One......
When Jake opens the knock on his door, he doesn't expect to see the beautiful woman Bree has become and finds himself in whole load of trouble.
“This is your best friend’s little sister, Jake. Little. Sister. I kept repeating the phrase to myself until it cleared the filthy images from my head.”
Both characters are head strong knowing what they want and through the story it becomes clear to them that this is each other, the Pull is just to strong to ignore.
“But even as I glanced over at Jake from the passenger side of his old Jeep, I accepted that no man would ever measure up to Jake Wilde.”
“I want you, Bree. In every way a man can want a woman.”
This book is more than just a short love story there is also a gripping part to it as well and I don't want to give to much away and spoil it for you.
Although this is a quick read it gives you two strong characters and keeps you wanting to see what will happen. I suppose it could have been made into a larger book but sometimes Short Hot Sexy Reads is what's called for and Wilde Fire is the perfect book for anyone looking for a good short, fast paced steamy read.
I would most definitely recommend this book and this Author!!
The ARC was Provide through Ardent Prose.
“How many guys am I meeting?” I asked after he parked the Jeep outside of the smokejumper base. There were a handful of other trucks and Jeeps staggered around, but it was hard to tell just how many people were inside.
“You’re not meeting any guys.” He threw open his door and crawled out.
“Um, I’m an investigative reporter. My job is to investigate.” I closed the door behind me and came around the front of the Jeep where he was waiting. He was so tall. I didn’t remember him being this massive.
That could have been because the context in which I considered his size was different now. The little girl had seen a big brother who could stand up to a bully. The woman saw a man who could hold her in his arms while he screwed her.
“You can ask me all of the questions you need to. I’ll give you the tour and everything later on. When they’re all gone or asleep.” He leaned into his Jeep and crossed his arms.
“A good reporter has multiple sources.”
“No. All you need is one good source.”
I sighed and clamped my teeth down on my pen again. His forehead creased again, like before. Was he worried about my pen? The integrity of my teeth?
“No, I’d need a really, really great source, so until that happens, I’ll keep to the multiple source way of doing things.”
His smile crept into place. “You have no clue how really, really great my source is.”
Was he making a lewd joke? An innuendo? With me? God knew I’d heard him and Matt go back and forth like a couple of one-track-minded cavemen, but he’d never been so forward with me.
I liked it. I really liked it.
Two could play at this game though.
“Just how great is your source?” I lifted an eyebrow, my gaze dipping to his belt region.
He shoved off of his Jeep and moved closer. “Astoundingly great.”
I chewed the inside of my cheek to keep from smiling. “Does your ‘source’ get the job done?”
He smiled down at the ground and kept moving closer. I hoped he wouldn’t stop until he crashed into me and pinned me up against the wall behind me. “I’ve never heard any complaints.”
Kat Austen is the secret pen name of a New York Times and USATODAY bestselling author. Kat writes short and steamy reads that leave hearts (and other parts) satisfied.
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