Dirty Games

Burning Secrets #3

by Tamara Lush

A tech celebrity. A good girl with a streak of bad luck. Can they overcome their problems online and find something real -- together?

DIEGO: Girls called me an adorable geek in high school, but now? Screw that. I'm all grown up. Women think I'm hot and I'm a rich e-sports player -- and will be even more notorious when I sell my live streaming game business to the world's biggest website. But when my ex-girlfriend Catalina walks into my beachfront mansion while delivering a pizza, I'm willing to risk it all for a second chance with the only person who captured my heart and soul.

CATALINA: I've lost my job in New York City, my father and my dignity. Now I'm back home on Palmira Island. Just my luck that I've run into the one person I've tried to forget, and he's giving me all those incredible butterflies in my stomach again.

But someone tries to thwart Diego's success and our fragile relationship by sharing my secrets. Will I trust Diego to make everything right, or keep running away from the man I've always loved?

210 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 24, 2017

About the author

Tamara Lush writes steamy and emotional contemporary romance stories set in tropical locations. Her book Constant Craving was a 2018 RWA RITA® finalist in erotic romance.

She's married and lives near a beach in Florida. For many years, she was an award-winning newspaper journalist. In 2017, she was one of 24 writers chosen by Amtrak to ride around the United States on a train and write fiction. She also writes cozy mysteries under the name Tara Lush.

Tamara's a fan of vintage pulp fiction book covers, Sinatra-era jazz, 1980s fashion, tropical chill, kombucha, gin, tonic, seashells, iPhones, Art Deco, telenovelas, coloring books, street art, coconut anything, strong coffee and journalism.

Reviews

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another steamy romance from Tamara Lush, set on a Florida island where the rich vacation and the down on their luck deliver pizza. The story line involves high school sweethearts who broke up over a sexting scandal five years earlier. Now circumstances have brought them back together. He's making money hand over fist streaming video game playing and she's bringing the pizzas after being fired from her first post-college job. Lush writes erotic love scenes that will leave you fanning yourself.

[J. A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved that the alpha male, Diego, is a gamer and not your typical business man. In addition, the storyline surrounding the main characters is great and the character development is good. Diego and Cat have a second chance, but will a "ghost" from their past ruin their one chance at forever. This is a new author for me, but I am looking forward to reading more. She drew me in from the beginning and kept me interested until the very end. I definitely think you should give this one a try.

[Mary Otremba · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic book! This book is a second chances book that is filled with feeling, love, trust and heat! The main Characters Catalina and Diego really drew me in and I felt like I was with them on their journey. I like that Diego wasn't your typical business man but a gamer! I loved that this book had a nerdy side to the characters.This author is pure talent!

[Terri · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read story about second chances. A sexy hot gamer and his first and only love. Diego and Catalina have amazing chemistry. A steamy romance with a lot of spice. An amazing book by an amazing author. Love, love, loved!

[Cinthia · Rating 3 out of 5]

As my first book of the Burning Secrets series, Hot Fix was a face paced and heartwarming second chance romance. So if you're looking for a quick and sexy read than this is the book for you. This author's remarkable storytelling had me hooked to Diego and Catalina's love story from beginning to end. One of the things that I love about this author's stories is that they relatable and don't have the typical formula that I've seen repeatedly in contemporary romances. I also found the storyline and characters very refreshing. The dynamic and chemistry between Diego and Catalina was heartwarming and highly entertaining. I just couldn't get enough of these two. Their journey towards forgiveness and redemption made this story even more compelling and difficult to put down. After reading this story, I am very excited to dive into the other standalone books in this series. Hot Fix is one second chance romance that shouldn't be missed!

[Rose Boniello · Rating 1 out of 5]

Good thing it was a cheap purchase

Can’t believe this is the same author as the first book in the series— that one was creative, well written and a good story. This one was written in first person which I can’t stand. It sounded like 2 whiny teens going on and on about whether the other loved them. Amateurish. “I also haven’t slept hardly at all since Cata left.” What?! That’s the kind of writing you suffer through reading this.

[Bookish_Sally · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is book 3 in the Burning Secrets series. Cata and Diego's story. I enjoyed officially meeting these characters and reading what happen between them and with them. I loved that the leading man was a geeky hot gamer guy. All books in this series can be read as a standalone. The covers in this series are pretty cool too.

[Andi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read. Unique storyline. Great bunch of characters!