Maya Jackson’s brother is dead. One day he was there, the next he died in a fire. She comes to Lake Tahoe to clear out his house, but the grief is too strong and she needs a few drinks to help her get through the ordeal. The bar is closed, but the Good Samaritan inside lets her in, pours her a drink, and lets her have her way with his mouth, tongue, fingers, and body...But before things escalate, she bursts into tears and runs off.

Six months later Maya is back in Lake Tahoe investigating the pos More...

~WILD HEAT IS SIMPLY SMOKIN~
Maya Jackson has come to Lake Tahoe to clean out her brothers cottage following his suspicious death in a fire. In her words "she was going to find the bastard that killed him and she was going to make him pay." As an arson investigator it's well within Maya's realm of possibilities but she's a little off her game today. Eventually grief proves too much sending Maya to the nearest bar to forget and straight into the arms of the most explosive man she's ever met. Never More...

Who doesn't love a brave, hunky firefighter? This new series by Bella Andre is all about firefighters, but not the kind we are familiar with who fight structure fires, but the kind who fight wildfires. They're called wildland firefighters, or Hotshots, and they battle blazes like forest fires continuously off and on for about nine months out of the year, mainly out West. This series sounded promising to me, so I had high expectations, and for the most part, it delivered. Sure, there were some pr More...

Alas it didn't work for me. When you get the hero's POV and his suspicions about who the arsonist is, the heroine seems immediately less smart when she's suspecting the hero. If people keep referring to her as smart while you're thinking "Come on, clear the guy from suspicion and start searching for the real arsonist" the heroine starts to come off as stupid.

When she then proceeds to kiss said suspect (when she believes he just set her apartment on fire and left her a threatening note) you reall More...

Somewhere between 3 and 4 stars. It ran at a good pace but I didn't think there was enough sexual tension. They didn't wait for the tension. They just jumped on each other. lol. There were a few scenes that I really had to suspend the reality check for. But overall, it was an enjoyable read.

An enjoyable read! This is the first book in the Hotshots series, and I'll definitely pick up the next one. Nice romantic suspense with a hunky, super-sexy, wildfire (hotshot). Oh my!

Set in Lake Tahoe, Nevada in 2009, the main characters, Maya Jackson and Logan Cain, met for the first time in a closed bar where Maya was in shock over a death of a close family member. One thing led to another and the two got up close and personal, then Maya ran off. Six months later, they meet again. Logan didn't More...

3 & 1/2 stars.

Having read and enjoyed a couple of Bella Andre books previously, I did have high expectations for the first in her Men of Fire series. I guess I should know by now that my expectations tend to ruin books for me a little. Not that this book was awful but I did really want to give it more than the 3 and a half stars that I have.

While the hero and heroine, Logan and Maya, were likeable, strong and sensible characters (my favourite kind) - I guess there were a few tiny things that More...

Six moths after losing her brother and father Maya Jackson is back on the job and as much as she is assigned to investigate the well respected fire team leader of the elite Tahoe Pines Hotshot Crew, she also has her own agenda. She is searching for her brothers murderer.

Arriving on the fire site just in time to see the men facing a fire like the hounds of hell at their feet – she straighten her resolve and get on with the job at hand. Her first task as an arson investigator is to make the suspec More...

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 cl More...

Book review reposted from my Smitten with Reading blog...

My Review:
Before I start talking the specifics on this book, I need to share a funny coincidence with you. I just finished the Wilder trilogy by Jill Shalvis. That trilogy was about 3 brothers that own a high-adventure business in the Sierra Mtns. Well, when I started this first book in the HotShot trilogy by Bella Andre, I was shocked to find that they are set in the exact same place. Weird coincidence and super-fun esp. since I have love More...

Well this book has one hot fireman!!!

Maya trying find out who is setting fires leads her back to Tahoe and right to Logan who she had a brief encounter with and it becomes a explosive meeting between the pair. Soon events start putting Maya in danger and she has to find out who is after her and Logan. Together they try to work out who is setting fires and killing people. Passion also ignites between pair which makes explosive reading.

Maya is feisty while still trying to recover from tragedies More...

While WILD HEAT was good, it just never hit the spot for me. It just seemed the story dragged on in the three days it takes place. The spark of attraction was there, but for some reason it just didn’t heat up as quick as I would have liked.

6 months ago, Maya Jackson sought a bar to take the edge of her grief away after losing her brother. After heated kisses and some second base action, she runs from the bar. That is a big misconception the book gives you. It makes it sound like they slept toge More...

This one surprised me with how much I liked it. The contrast of the super sexy firefighter and a normal girl is a good one.

I liked that Logan was a reformed bad boy, one how seemed to go the whole other way, everyone respected him and did what they could to protect him. Maya was interesting to me. With her family past I can see why her wishy washy feelings were that way, it still drove me nuts, but I got why she was like that. I loved their first encounter and it really set the tone for them.

I More...

OMG! I just read a book and it wasn't really that smutty! (a little sexy, but not really that smutty compared to what I have been reading! LOL!) ;)
All kidding aside - pretty good book! Likeable characters and a storyline that kept me guessing until close to the end. So glad that Maya got her head out of her ass and realized that she and Logan were meant to be together!


"Is your boyfriend a builder?"
Her eyes flew to his face. "No." She found herself stumbling over words, found herself wanting him More...

I've read a number of Bella Andre titles and this was very different from those. I liked this one because it read more like a mystery novel instead of a romance novel. I was drawn in and couldn't put the book down because I wanted to find out who the arsonist was. Unlike the others I've read by BA where the hot steamy sex is the main theme, here the primary character was the wildfire while the love scene between Maya and Logan took a back seat (although still hot and steamy). If you're used to t More...

I'll take a hotshot please. Maya has just lost her firefighter brother and ends up in the arms of a stranger. That stranger is now under investigation by her. She is shocked and still drawn to this man she hasn't seen since that brief time they spent together. This has hot firemen, suspense and a killer on the loose. Logan is a natural protector and even under the circumstances finds himself drawn to and protective of Maya. It was a good story revolving around firefighters including Maya who is More...

What a good book... especially when there is a good hero... really happy with the ending... loved Logan.... I mean really what is not to love about a a firefighter.

It was an easy read but that is what I need. Loved how Maya knew in her heart that Logan was not guilty. Honestly did not see the person who was guilty as the person as the cold callus person she was. Wish sometimes that real life could be so sweet and nice and the good guy always wins and puts the woman's feelings before his own... More...

The blurb of this book and the beginning drew me in, but toward the end of the book, I was just skimming. I liked the way the hero and heroine first met, but the rest of their relationship didn't really draw me in. I wasn't particularly good at distinguishing between the different hotshots and who ended up in the hospital when either. The villain's motivations made me roll my eyes, and the ending for that person seemed a bit too tidy. This really isn't for me, so I probably won't check out the o More...

My other Kryptonite, firemen...MMMMMMMMM

Despite being the lead suspect in an arson investigation, Logan shows what amazing man he is! Mr. All-American. I cannot even rattle off how many times in this book that he impressed me :)

Maya however is how this book lost a star. Yes, I realize that she was still grieving over her brother's untimely death, and that there is a possibility that his death is connected to the continuing arson, but damn! His death is mentioned on almost EVERY page! Okay... I g More...

I have read a lot of stories about firefighters but almost all of them have been about urban firefighters not the Hot Shots that fight the forest fires. Having grown up in California near Sequoia National Forest in a family where all of my uncles at one time or another fought these fires I have the utmost respect for them and really appreciate the time and research that Ms. Andre put into this story. Not all of what happens in this story is believable (Maya jumps into a pool to escape a house fi More...

Murder, Explosions and Fire inside and outside the bedroom….Wild Heat delivers an exciting start for Bella Andre’s Hot Shot’s series. Hot Shot’s are the best of the best – the elite fire fighters that go in and fight the worst of the fires. Taking place in the Lake Tahoe area this team of Hot Shots take on the unpredictable and challenging forest fires that spring up and threaten all in the area.

Logan Cain is a roguishly handsome man who leads his Hot Shot team with skill and determination only More...

I enjoyed the arson/firefighter plot. I liked that the big baddie was...well I can't say what I really want to say as it may be seen as too much of a spoiler.
I thought some of the time Maya was too stupid- instead of focusing on catching the arsonist, she was thinking (constantly) how hot Logan was. Do your damn job! I was severely annoyed the first time they made hawt, hawt love they had just survived Logan's truck blowing up. "She slowly ran her fingers over shoulder blades, down his spine to More...

Klappentext:
Für die Liebe gehen sie durchs Feuer ...
Eigentlich wirft sich Brandermittlerin Maya Jackson fremden Männern nicht gleich an den Hals. Doch als sie dem attraktiven Logan Cain begegnet, sind alle guten Vorsätze vergessen. Sechs Monate später kreuzen sich ihre Wege erneut. Als Chef der Feuerwehr von Tahoe Pines ist er der Hauptverdächtige in einer Serie gefährlicher Waldbrände, die vermutlich auf Brandstiftung zurückgehen. Jetzt muss Maya gegen den Mann ermitteln, dessen Kuss sie nicht More...

Wild Heat
3.5 Stars

Synopsis:
Shattered by grief following the death of her brother, Maya Jackson has a close sexual encounter with a complete stranger. Six months later she finds herself investigating a series of arson fires and discovers that her biggest mistake is also her prime suspect – dedicated Hotshot firefighter, Logan Cain. Soon Maya and Logan are on a collision course not only with each other but with a crazed killer with a passion for setting fires.

Review:
The arson premise makes for a g More...

This is my first Bella Andre book and it hooked me into wanting to read more...not perfect, but good.

Maya Jackson is still recovering from the death of her brother six months earlier. He was a firefighter in Lake Tahoe killed in a fire and she just can't believe it was an accident. She is an arson investigator and in the last six months has devoted all of her time to catching arsonists and on the side trying to investigate her brother's death.
Logan Cain is a hotshot in Lake Tahoe. Maya quickly More...

Rating: 3.5 / 5

This is the first book I've read by Bella Andre. I love romantic suspense books and the blurb sounded interesting so I thought I'd give it a try. For the most part, I'd consider it a slightly above average book. It wasn't absolutely awesome, but it was a pretty enjoyable read.

Maya Jackson grew up with a firefighter father - but not just an average firefighter, he was a hotshot, a firefighter who fought wildland fires. He would spend months at a time on the job. But Maya loved him. More...

4 stars – Romantic Suspense

I was eagerly anticipating the first book, “Wild Heat”, in the new ‘Hot Shots: Men of Fire’ series about wildland firefighters because a) who doesn’t love a heroic hot-as-sin firefighter?, b) it’s classified as romantic suspense, and c) author Bella Andre writes some fairly steamy sex scenes. The fact that the series focuses on wildland firefighters who battle dangerous forest fires for 6-9 months out of the year is a unique take on the firefighter theme and the main r More...

Very fun romance by Belle Andre. About a women whose brother dies in a fire. Ironically, he was a firefighter and wasn't on duty when he died. 6 months after his death she's called in to put another firefighter on suspension because he's suspected of starting forest fires. Turns out he's the man whose arms she crawled into six months earlier in grief. Can you say awkward? Now she must figure out if he did indeed start the fires and perhaps started the one which killed her brother. Very fun read. More...

2.5*

If I read a random page from this book (which I did before I bought it), the writing wouldn't jump out at me in a negative way. However, when reading it for longer periods of time, the writing became a major problem with the book for me. For one thing, too much the space is devoted to the two leads thinking about their reaction to the other one. The constant reference to how gorgeous the two leads are, and how noble, stubborn, proud, brave, honest, self-sacrificing, etc, etc, they are gets t More...