Heat Wave

by Jill Marie Landis

Book Overview

Private investigator Kat Vargas once cared about someone so much it hurt, until betrayal followed by shattering tragedy ended it all. Kat has sworn never to get too close to anyone again. But now the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804120072
• ISBN13: 9780804120074
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Great page turner!

Not only was this a great love story, but it surprised me by being full of suspense. I did not expect to enjoy this book as much as I did. I highly recommend it!

Another Jill Marie Landis Hit

Lots of twists and turns in this one that kept me turning pages into the wee hours. Jill has once again sent her characters on their intricate journey filled with surprises around every corner. Romance, suspense, humor. This like, many of Jill's book, has it all. I'm looking forward to the next Kat Vargus novel!

Jill Marie Landis's best yet

I've been a fan of Jill's for years, and I was apprehensive when I heard she was writing contemporary instead of historical fiction. Lover's Lane changed my mind--great character development and excellent writing transcend genre. Heat Wave fulfills the promise of Lover's Lane. (If you haven't read them both, you should.)

A Great Romance Writer Turns to Mysteries

Jill Marie is one of my favorite writers of historical romances and I'm thrilled she is writing contemporary mysteries. I loved Lover's Lane and was glad to see Kat Vargus back in another book. This is a great read and hard to put down like all of Jill Marie's books. Like the other reviewers, I liked the relationship between Ty and Sunny which is nicely done and more nuanced than most mysteries.If you like mysteries, try her earlier historical romance Jade. I'm not sure it's still in print but it's great too! A Reader from Asheville

A good beach read!

HEAT WAVE by Jill Marie LandisHEAT WAVE by Jill Marie Landis is the second novel in the Twilight Cove Trilogy. In this story, Private Investigator Kat Vargas finds herself relocating temporarily from Long Beach, California to the small beach town of Twilight Cove, house-sitting for her good friend Jake, another P.I. While she is settling in, she meets one of the local residents of the town, Ty Chandler, who asks her to help find his daughter, someone he did not know existed until just recently. The missing daughter was born 19 years ago to his high school sweetheart, but because of a life of drugs that destroyed Amy in the end, he and Amy parted before he ever knew about the baby.Kat's current philosophy in life was to keep emotional attachments at bay, and had focused on her career to keep from falling in love again. She keeps her past hidden from most people, a past that has shaped her into who she is today. But Ty Chandler is about to change everything. He finds himself falling in love with Kat while they work together searching for his daughter, and Kat tries her best to keep her own feelings for Ty hidden.Their search leads them back to Southern California, where Ty's daughter Sunny is living a life that is headed towards disaster. When Ty offers her a home with him in Twilight Cove, Sunny at first turns him down, but surprises him and Kat by showing up one day at his front door, with her own baby in her arms. Ty has become an instant father and grand father!Kat and Ty slowly build their friendship, while Ty and Sunny develop their own. Things get complicated when Sunny starts to distrust Kat, seeing that Kat does not seem too comfortable around the baby. Sunny senses that Kat is hiding something, and does not hesitate to let Ty know. And Kat finds her instincts tuned in to the fact that Sunny may not be telling them everything that they should know about her. When Sunny and the baby disappear one day without a trace, Kat goes on her own to track down the missing girl.HEAT WAVE was my first book by Jill Marie Landis. It was not what I had expected, thinking I would be reading a pure romance novel. Although the main story line is that of Kat and Ty's budding romance, Kat's secret past and Sunny's life in Southern California play a big part in the novel, a story that brings two people together who may have never met except under these circumstances. I give this book 4 stars, and recommend it to those who are not true romance fans, but may enjoy a book that has a mix of several genres in one.