Thursday, September 18, 2014

Burning Love, Calender Men-Mr August by Cassandra Carr - Review



Burning Love Calendar Men – Mr. August
by Cassandra Carr

Firefighter Jude Mason is hurt on the job and placed on disability. While he rehabs his injuries, doubts start creeping in. What if he never heals? Worse than that, is the question he barely dares to contemplate—what will he do for work if he can never go back to the station? Firefighting is all he knows.

Michaela owns a cafĂ© and lives her life with the constant threat of her business failing. She works long hours making her restaurant a success, leaving little time for romance. And who would want her anyway? She’s far from model-thin, for one thing. Sure, she’d like to have someone to share the good times and bad with, but her prospects are few, so she concentrates on her job rather than bemoaning her complete lack of a love life.

A collision at a photo shoot brings Jude and Michaela together. They both feel the pull, but with Jude’s uncertain future and Michaela’s nonstop job, can they find common ground? If they’re lucky, Jude and Michaela might discover a future that burns brighter with true love.


Genre: Contemporary, erotic romance, rubenesque, foodie romance

Heat level: 3
Word count – 20k

Cover art by Mina Carter


Review:

I have always had a thing for any of Cassandra Carr's books, but Burning Love....A firefighter....A sexy firefighter.....come on, you know I am going to read this one! Yup, as usual with Cassandra's books, I needed to be hosed down while reading this one! Good thing there was my fictional firefighter boyfriend to help me out.

The interaction between Jude & Michaela is off the charts smokin' hot! These two are combustible together, they light the sheets on fire! Enough with the fire puns...I get it. But really, this is an awesome read with a bit of the unexpected in the end. Loved it!







~Excerpt~

They walked to his truck and shared an easy silence on the way home. Michaela couldn’t remember a time she’d been more at ease with someone she didn’t know well.


At her door, he pulled her to him. “Thanks for coming out with me. This was the most fun I’ve had in weeks. I’ll call you, and we’ll do it again soon.”


“I had a great time, too.”


“I’m glad.”


Jude lowered his head and kissed her, capturing her chin in his large palm and turning her mouth to more fully meet his. His other arm remained around her waist, tightening and bringing their bodies fully flush from chest to hip. He ran his tongue along her lips, and she opened to him with a moan. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she knew they were taking things really fast, but try as she might, she couldn’t think of a good reason to slow down. Their tongues tangled in an intimate dance before he retreated to his own mouth and she chased him, moaning again when he briefly sucked on her tongue.


His hand moved lower on her back, cupping her ample ass and pushing his groin into hers, making his erection obvious. They battled for control of the kiss, but Jude eventually won out, pushing the hand that had cupped her chin around to the back of her head to tilt her to his liking. Finally they broke apart, both breathing hard.


Jude gasped for air. “Holy hell.”


“Uh-huh.”


“We need to stop, or I’m gonna start begging to take you right here.”


“Okay.” At Jude’s expression of surprise, she realized what she’d said and had to resist the urge to roll her eyes at herself. “I meant, yes, we should stop.” Very witty commentary. “So you’re going to call me?”


Jude held up the phone containing her number. “Count on it.” He waited for her to open her door before backing away.


“See you soon, I hope.”


Famous last words.


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Author Bio:

Cassandra Carr is a multi-award winning erotic romance writer with Ellora's Cave, Siren Publishing, Sybarite Seductions/Twenty or Less Press, Decadent Publishing, and Loose Id. She lives in Western New York with her husband, Inspiration, and her daughter, Too Cute for Words. When not writing she enjoys watching hockey and hanging out online. Cassandra is the co-founder of two successful group blogs, Romancing the Jock and Dirty Birdies, and participates in several others as a contributor. Recently she was re-elected president of Western New York Romance Writers




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