Wild Heat

by Bella Andre

Book Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - He's a hotshot firefighter addicted to risk. She's the sultry beauty he never saw coming.

Maya Jackson doesn't sleep with strangers. Until the night grief sent her to the nearest bar and into the arms of the most explosive lover she's ever had. Six months later, the dedicated arson investigator is coming face-to-face with him again. Gorgeous, grinning Logan Cain. Her biggest mistake...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440245001
• ISBN13: 9780440245001
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Wild Heat

Logan Cain is a Wildland firefighter. Risking his life to put out forest fires during the roughest and toughest conditions has honed his skills as a warrior and a fireman. Getting suspended as a result of an anonymous call placing him at the scene of a deliberately started fire makes him furious. He has no choice but to follow the fire investigator's edict because to not do so would put the man Logan suspects of arson in danger. The fact that the woman, Maya Jackson, suspending him is the same woman he had a hot and heavy sexual interlude with six months ago doesn't make him feel any better. Logan will find out exactly why he is being set up and put a stop to it. He has no idea the means the true arsonist will resort to in order to get Logan put away - forever. Maya Jackson is in emotional turmoil. Her beloved brother, Tony, was killed in a fire that was deliberately set and she vows that his death will not be in vain. The fact that evidence points to Logan Cain, the man who, even after six months she can't forget, weighs heavily on her. She has a job to do and falling in love with a suspected killer isn't one of them. It's a good thing her heart refuses to listen. My heart ached for Maya's pain at losing her brother and I can't fault her for wanting to forget, if just for a moment. I felt, however, that Maya's use of Logan in a spur of the moment encounter shaped her. Logan, on the other hand was easier to figure out. He is loyal and protective. He is sexy and steadfast. To me, he is perfect. Wild Heat scorches the ink off the pages of this book. Logan and Maya's love story isn't easy, but their love is real. Suspenseful, smoldering hot, and simply fabulous, Wild Heat is a stunning first installment with the second book, Hot as Sin, set to release in December. Don't miss Wild Heat - but be warned - you might need a fire extinguisher to cool yourself off while reading this brand new romantic and erotic thriller! Talia Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

Wild Heat is smoking HOT

Bella Andre's Wild Heat starts an all out sexy and dangerous series about Hotshot Firefighters. Maya Jackson's deep seated grief over the death of her brother sends her into the arms of a stranger. Six months later she is back in Tahoe Pines as an arson investigator. She comes face to face with the gorgeous stranger Logan Cain. But instead of reconnecting with him he is the target of her investigation. Logan Cain puts his life on the line every day as a hotshot firefighter. He thrives on the rush and the danger. With a rash of out of control forest fires to deal with the last thing he needs is a nosy investigator. He is floored when he is the focus of the investigation and that the lead is the woman who has haunted his thoughts for months. Getting his name cleared and finding the real arsonist is tops on his list. But Maya Jackson keeps working her way into his thoughts. Maya and Logan can't fight their attraction to each other. Their passion burns as hot as the fires Logan fights. Someone has targeted Maya and the attacks are getting more dangerous. Logan will stop at nothing to keep her safe. Can he keep the woman he has grown to love safe and keep his community safe as well? Wild Heat burns up the pages with hot chemistry and exciting suspense. The passion between Logan and Maya is explosive. Trying to figure out who is setting the fires will keep you on edge. I am looking forward to the next book in this sensational series.

Good new Bella but want more Old Bella

I really can't fault this book. I thought it was really good. However, it was a little disappointing in the sex department. In most Bella Andre book, there is a lot of sex and usually very good sex. In this book, you have to wait until almost page 200 for the first sex scene and it just didn't have the same naughtiness factor that her scenes usually do. I really hope that this is not a preview to more 'serious" novels. I will be very disappointed if it is. I won't mind so much if Bella Andre puts out one "serious" book and one "naughty" book and rotate. Her books are a guilty pleasure and I would really hate to lose that. Her fan base is built on those who have liked her other books, I hope she and her publishers keep that in mind. I won't stop reading her but I would probably stop buying her if her books are more "romantic suspense" then "erotic romance." Dena

Hot Shots, Book One

Maya Jackson's father had been a firefighter. He was gone six months each year fighting wildfires. During those six months, Maya watched her mother worry for his safety. Her father eventually died due to years of breathing in the smoke. Tony, Maya's younger brother, followed their father's footsteps and also became a firefighter. When Tony dies in an apartment fire, Maya just knows it had to be arson. Yet everything points toward it simply being an accident. Maya is an arson investigator. Being related to Tony, Maya is not allowed to investigate Tony's fire. So Maya puts everything into solving the arson cases she is assigned. When it is time for Maya to clean out Tony's apartment, she finally breaks down. For the first time ever, Maya walks into a bar and orders a drink. She ends up with not only drinks, but in the arms of the bartender. No names. No strings. Maya never thought she would see him again. But six months later Maya returns to the Lake Tahoe area to investigate the Desolation Wilderness Wildfire and comes face-to-face with him. He is Logan Cain, the leader of the elite Tahoe Pines Hotshot Crew, and her number one suspect. Logan Cain and his Hotshot team are busy trying to contain a massive, out of control, wildfire. When he learns that evidence and witnesses point his way, he is furious. Fighting to put out fires is his life, not starting them. On suspension, unable to help fight the wildfire until his name is cleared, Logan begins helping Maya with her investigation. As their passion rekindles, more fires begin, and soon the two find a killer after them. ***** This story quickly caught my attention and took off at a sprint. It is the first in a new series about Hotshot Firefighters. If the rest are as good as this one, then the author has a winning series on her hands. Well written, intense, and full of suspense, this story blew my away. A very explosive story! ***** Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

A sexy fireman, one feisty wildcat, plus an exciting thriller... oh, yeah!

Wild Heat by Bella Andre Contemporary Suspense- April 28th, 2009 4 ½ Stars Wild Heat by Bella Andre is the first book in her new series concerning the sexy firefighters of wildfires called Hotshots. I found it an exciting and compelling mystery which kept me guessing until the very end. This is the story of Logan Cain, the leader of the Tahoe Pine Hotshot Crew and Maya Jackson a dedicated arson investigator. Maya is traumatized when her firefighter brother is murdered. When she goes to Tahoe to clean out his things she is grief stricken and lonely. Maya rashly goes to a nearby bar to drink away her sorrows. Inside is a sexy man that she is instantly attracted to and before she knows it they are hot and heavy, but Maya becomes frightened by her emotions. She stops before it gets too serious and runs away. Six months later Maya is back in Tahoe with a mission. She is determined to find her brother's killer and solve the wave of serious fires in the area. But to her surprise the primary suspect of arson is the same man she met at the local bar! Logan Cain is a firefighter and considered a hero. Maya knows that proving his guilt won't be easy especially since her attraction for him makes it extremely difficult for her to do her job. Logan is shocked to discover Maya again. When he discovers she is investigating him, he is outraged. Her meddling only makes his job more complicated. But even as he realizes she isn't healthy for him, he can't seem to keep his hands off her or stop himself from helping her when her life is endangered. When Maya gets too close to someone he cares for he knows he has to make a choice between loyalty and love. Bella Andre seamlessly mixes romance with complex characters that readers will come to love. Wild Heat is an exhilarating and gripping story of two souls who can't trust each other but are pulled together due to dangerous circumstances. They have to learn to trust each other and work together to figure out the real arsonist and the mystery behind the death of Maya's brother. This story is an excellent book for anyone who craves a steamy romantic thriller. Reviewed by Mary and Steph from the Bookaholics Romance Book Club