I start this review by saying that Susan Anderson has hardly ever disappointed me. I went into reading this book a little upset because I really wanted the third book in her Sisterhood Diaries Series to have been her next venture after Bending the Rules. Yet, as soon as I got myself situated in my bed all snug and comfy and opened to the first page I changed my mind considerably and now am very grateful that she chose to read this book because it was a story worth telling.

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Nice easy read. Though it had a "mystery/suspense" element I would not classify it as such.

3.5* It would have been 4* because the book is light and fun, and I enjoyed the characters. But the story is just too common: Misunderstood small-town girl blows back into town years later determined to flaunt her big-city success and not let the pain of earlier rejection show. She, of course, pairs off with the straight-laced good guy in town, who does his best to resist his attraction. Rachel Gibson, Susan Donovan, Toni Blake, etc. have all done this story several times.

But hey, overall it's More...

~* 4.5 Stars *~
Fast, Fun, and Five Alarm
Macy O'James has made a name for herself starring in music videos in L.A. Now she's returning to the small town of Sugarville, a place where the name she made was far less flattering back when she was in high school. Tormented by the "in" crowd, her reputation was shattered when her high school crush turned out to be a lying bag of bollocks and told everyone she was easy after she put a halt to his advances. As if being labeled the school slut wasn't bad e More...

After several not so entertaining books from Susan Andersen I really enjoyed this book. There was humor, heartache and some hot luvin in this book.

Macy O'James heads back to her small hometown of Sugarville to help her cousin Janna who is recovering from an accident. She was the bad girl (who of course, wasn't really as bad as the town painted her) who left town and who many people hated. She comes back to town with her armor on after making a success of herself in music videos in LA. However, More...

Who doesn't love their man a little dirty, in a white tee and with just a little hint of his rock hard abs on display?

She's the girl everyone loves to hate and the good folks in the small town of Sugarville sure know how to hold a grudge because it's been 10 years since Macy O'James fled (read practically run out of town) with the ink barely dry on her high school dipolma.

Watch out Surgarville cuz Macy O'James is back in town and her new motto when she blows back into town is: "If you can't beat More...

First off - I really, really liked the character of Macy. Sometimes it's the hero who is more the standout of the two and sometimes it's the heroine and in Burning Up, I found it to be the heroine. The book can be a tougher sell if the heroine is the stand out and I have issues with her, but in the case of Burning Up it was all good since Macy was great.

Macy O'James had come back to the small town of Sugarville to help out her cousin who had suffered a broken leg (gee - what a coincidence) in a More...

This is a feel good book.

I liked Macy a lot. She was no-nonsense girl who didn't cry, who worked hard, who had few, but very good, friends. The only thing is that she's on the defensive from her whole home town. And what she does? Since they consider her a w*hore and a no-good, she gives them exactly that! With outrageous outfits, her colourful wigs, her sassy mouth. But with her family she's the opposite: loving, sweet talking, helping, self-sacrifying, girl-next-door nice!

Obviously, Gabe doesn More...

In Susan Andersen’s Burning Up we meet Macy O’James. Macy is a bad girl – at least that’s the reputation she’s had since her days in high school in Sugarland, Washington. She’s come back to the town that she eagerly fled to help take care of her family. Her cousin Janna was in a car accident that left her ailing and making it difficult to take care of her young son. But Macy isn’t going home hat in hand. She’s made a name for herself in Los Angeles for staring in some racy music videos for her f More...

Macy is a woman who's made her mark on Hollywood - yet when she returns to the small town she went to high school in to help her cousin she reverts to an over-the-top (hoochie mama) costume wearing wild girl. Except she is NOT a wild party girl, she seems to just keep that persona up in public - a logic I never could figure out or follow!

Enter Gabe - the fire chief and a man who likes things nice and quiet. He had a rocky childhood (raised by party girl mom who dumped him into state system when More...

I am torn between giving this book 3 or 4 starts. It started out super strong...loved Macy!! She was strong, sassy, loving and overall a lot of fun. The hero of our story, Gabe Donovan, was a fireman...need I say more!!! I just can't resist a man's man, tough, contolled and smart. I think Susan Andersen writes my ideal guy is almost all her stories...I thank her for that! The sparks and the attraction was mutual...but contentious, which I adore. I loved the story up until about half-way to two-t More...

This is a "Person with a past comes back to old home town" story. This time, it's the heroine. Like the girl in the "Easy A" movie, the heroine doesn't exactly deserve the rep she's got, a reputation she's never been able to shake. But she's come back now to help out her family--her cousin (who's more like a sister, since her aunt & uncle mostly raised her) has been in a car wreck and needs a chauffeur for her son, and some help for herself. Heroine brings her "bad girl" costumes, but she's More...

Oh, they've done her wrong. Town bad girl Macy O'James has returned to Sugarville and these people are so not sweet. Still paying for past transgressions, Macy comes to town to take care of some family business and give the people what they want: a Hollywood vamp.
Town fire chief, Gabe Donovan, is impressed and scared to death by this woman with 1000 costumes. As much as he hates his attraction, he can't seem to help it. Soon he decides to give in to the pleasure of the real Macy. But being the More...

It's a romance novel so obviously there will be romance. Choose from this list of characters who may get together: Macy O'James returns to Sugarville, Washington to help her Aunt, Uncle and nephew Ty after Ty's mother Janna is injured. Macy will do anything for her family especially these special people helped raise her when her mother chose not to. Macy's boss Jack comes to town because the town sounds like a restful place and he wants to get away from life on the road.
They become friends with More...

They say you can't go home again, but in Burning Up, the town's bad girl is back.

The minute she graduated high school Macy O'James set off to make a name for herself. Tired of being called tramp, loose, and drunk driver by the people of her hometown, Macy leaving eventually gains her fame as a video vixen. But after an accident injures a family member she goes home to play nursemaid. Deciding that fighting people's beliefs will never change their minds, she instead embraces her wild child side a More...

My summary of the book - Macy ends up going home to help her family but the town hasn't forgot her. She soon has to deal with all the snide remarks and judgements from everyone. She keeps her head held high and ignore all the comments. When she meets Gabriel (Gabe) they generate sparks to heat a room but he's too straight laced for her.

Thoughts on the characters - Macy is quite fun and outrageous as she likes to dress up to wind the town members up but its just a front for her to hide behind. T More...

Short Review:

I actually read Burning up a couple of weeks ago but have not had the chance to write my review.

This was my very first book by Susan Andersen and it definitely will not be my last.

I quickly fell in love with Gabriel and Macy. Macy reminds me a lot of myself. She doesn't care what people think about her and when she wants something she gets it. She loves to speak her mind and is not afraid to tell it like it is. Gabriel was such a sweet guy and hard working. He doesn't like to play More...

Macy graduated from high school and never looked back at the small town that judged her so harshly. Now, she’s famous and back to take care of her cousin. Since the town is bound to gossip about her, Macy’s prepared to give the town something to talk about. I like this about Macy and I definitely understood her motivation. Gabriel is a reformed wild child turned firefighter. He wants nothing to do with Macy and her outlandish behavior. Other than, apparently, being irresistible, fickle Gabriel d More...

This book has one huge problem: There's a totally hot, adorable Irish rock star and he's thrown away on a short, secondary romance. We don't even get to look forward to him having his own book! It's a tragic waste, I tell ya.

Okay, with that out of my system, I enjoyed this. The plot and character aren't very original (there's quite a few Susan Elizabeth Phillips plot echoes) but Andersen puts her own spin on things, so I didn't mind. I'm grading this up a bit just because it worked so much bette More...

I liked both characters - I enjoyed it - epecially after reading several mediocre books lately.

She's So Good at Being Bad

Though it’s been years since the infamous Macy O’James stepped foot in Sugarville, Washington, everyone remembers what she supposedly did. The tiny town is still buzzing about her crime and lack of punishment.

Now back to lend her family a hand, Macy vows to hold her head high—especially at her high school reunion. But forget about the hottest man in Sugarville escorting her. More...

Ahh, it's a cliche but what red blooded woman doesn't feel a twinge of heat when they imagine a fire fighter putting out their flame? Or is that just me? ;)
For me, romance novels have to have strong characters and Macy O'James is immediately engaging. Almost a pariah in her hometown, she nevertheless returns to help her cousin who is recovering from an injury. Macy is not willing to be cowed by the small minded people she went to school with and plays up to their expectations with her exaggerate More...

well you know when the book obviously says people can see the sexual tension between two people but you don't really feel it, trust me in this you do!
I found the plot a little boring so i often found myself skimming and scanning the plot just to get to their next run in.
i liked the tension between the characters but i guess for me it was a tad uneventful and ordinary... annnndddd i really didn't like Graces in between bits, it was just too 'i don't care'for me because i didn't really connect w More...

I had several books to choose from on my Nook, while sitting at the airport, and decided to give this one a shot. To be honest, I was a little put off by the first chapter because I thought, "Oh, I've read something like this before." But, I decided to stick it out. I was very pleasantly surprised! I usually find that when I am on a plane, I will read for a while then do something else, but this book really pulled me in! I liked the dynamics between Gabe & Macy. It was such a fun cat & m More...

Ahh! Very very cute, fun read! Of course, it followed the traditional romance novel plot of hooking two complete strangers up who don't particularly like each other at first. The part I really liked about this one is there was no anxious in between about each character wondering about their own feelings and wondering about the other persons feelings. And there was no big secret, or one character being adamantly against the hook up while the second one antagonizes the first for the entire novel.

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I actually believe when you first meet someone is when you know right away if there's chemistry or not. Normally, I love the way a couple making lots of sparks from the first meeting but rubbing each other the wrong way and arguing alot. But the hero in this book just rubbed me the wrong way. For 230 pages of the book, the hero is condemning the heroine based on rumors about her. He actually had witness situations where the heroine acts contrary to the rumors, but does he give her the benefit of More...

Burning Up by Susan Andersen
Macey O'James, big MTV star is helping her family working at the boarding house.
Gabriel Donovon, the fire chief is a man from her high school days and they heat up the town.
He eats his meals at the boarding house while his house is being built.
For a charity event they talk her into giving some time to the community at the fair event.
It's to raise money so the fire dept can be funded. She runs into others that were in the same high school and they have conflicts.
Like h More...

Firemen are so sexy! But then...so are gorgeous Irish rock stars! How could you do this to me, Susan Andersen? Put two completely sexy guys in one book? Hell, make it three! Our resident cop wasn't half bad either!

I loved this book. I've loved Susan Andersen's writing ever since I read Bending the Rules. Everything she writes is just so funny that it pulls me in from the get-go.

I loved Gabe and Macy--they were so smokingly electric, cute, funny, and sexy together! I thought that the character de More...

Believe it or not, this book is the very first book by Susan Andersen that I've ever read. I've heard it all from Holly about how I need to hurry up and read her, especially since I'm such a huge contemporary romance fan and yet I've never read her...until now.

This book follows Macy O'James as she returns to the small town that she called home when she was in high school. The small town was never friendly to her because of those small town rumors that spread like wildfire about her (all of which More...