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Sinclair Sisters Trilogy #2
Desert Heat
On the run from her past, Ph.D. candidate Patience Sinclair joins the Triple C Rodeo to finish her dissertation, and, while journeying through the American West, finds herself drawn to champion rider Dallas Kingman, until a series of strange accidents threatens both of their lives. Original.
480 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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Kat Martin
189 books3,174 followersKathleen Kelly Martin (aka Kathy Lawrence, Kasey Mars)
Kathleen Kelly was born on 14 July 1947 in the Central Valley of California, USA. She obtained a degree in Anthropology and also studied History at the University of California in Santa Barbara. She was a real estate broker, when she met her future husband, Larry Jay Martin. A short time after the two became acquainted, Larry asked her to read an unpublished manuscript of an historical western he'd written. Kat fell in love with both the book and the author! Then, after doing some editing for him, she thought she'd try her own hand at writing. She moved on to become a full time writer.
Published since 1988, she signed her books with her married name, Kat Martin, but she also used two pseudonyms: Kathy Lawrence for a book in collaboration with her husband Larry Jay Martin, and Kasey Mars for her first contemporary romances. The New York Times bestselling writer, among her many awards, has won the prestigious RT Book Review Magazine Career Achievement Award. To date, Kat has over eleven million copies of her books in print. She has been published in seventeen foreign countries, including England, South Africa, Spain, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Greece, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Bulgaria, China, and Korea.
Currently residing with her husband, a Western-writer and photographer, in Missoula, Montana, USA. But when they are not writing, they also enjoy skiing and traveling, particularly to Europe.
"I've always loved books. I was an avid reader, with any number of my own stories rolling around in my head. Writing them down seemed a logical step."
"I love anything old," Kat says. "I love to travel and especially like to visit the places where my books are set. My husband and I often stay in out-of-the-way inns and houses built in times past. It's fun and it gives a wonderful sense of a by-gone era."
Kathleen Kelly was born on 14 July 1947 in the Central Valley of California, USA. She obtained a degree in Anthropology and also studied History at the University of California in Santa Barbara. She was a real estate broker, when she met her future husband, Larry Jay Martin. A short time after the two became acquainted, Larry asked her to read an unpublished manuscript of an historical western he'd written. Kat fell in love with both the book and the author! Then, after doing some editing for him, she thought she'd try her own hand at writing. She moved on to become a full time writer.
Published since 1988, she signed her books with her married name, Kat Martin, but she also used two pseudonyms: Kathy Lawrence for a book in collaboration with her husband Larry Jay Martin, and Kasey Mars for her first contemporary romances. The New York Times bestselling writer, among her many awards, has won the prestigious RT Book Review Magazine Career Achievement Award. To date, Kat has over eleven million copies of her books in print. She has been published in seventeen foreign countries, including England, South Africa, Spain, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Greece, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Bulgaria, China, and Korea.
Currently residing with her husband, a Western-writer and photographer, in Missoula, Montana, USA. But when they are not writing, they also enjoy skiing and traveling, particularly to Europe.
"I've always loved books. I was an avid reader, with any number of my own stories rolling around in my head. Writing them down seemed a logical step."
"I love anything old," Kat says. "I love to travel and especially like to visit the places where my books are set. My husband and I often stay in out-of-the-way inns and houses built in times past. It's fun and it gives a wonderful sense of a by-gone era."
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February 25, 2010
Working on her thesis, and also seeking an adventure, Patience arranges to spend the summer traveling with a rodeo. She wants to study women in the circuit. She doesn’t count on falling for the champion bronc rider, Dallas.
Dallas just wants to win this championship, then he will he have enough saved to buy his ranch and retire. He’d dropped out of med school, to pursue this dream. He’s not all he appears on the surface. He’s world famous, lives the fast lane, and is in no way looking to settle down.
They meet and are instantly attracted, but of course they both fight it. They are complete opposites. Dallas is a ladies man, with Buckle Bunnies hanging off him every where he goes. Patience is a bit uptight, and not used to the lifestyle, though she is familiar with horses.
At first I didn’t like Dallas because he was pretty much a prick to Patience. For a third of the book, they like each other but fight it. I was irritated having to read about him and not one, but two sessions with random women while he tries to forget her.
There is a decent suspense plot that had me guessing. When Dallas and Patience finally do get together, I liked them together. They both begin to have strong feelings for each other, but both are convinced that their lifestyles could never work. But this is a romance novel--we know they end up together in the end! There is a sweet secondary romance between their friends that I cared about as much as the main couple, also. I recommend this one for fans of rodeo, cowboys, and romance.
Dallas just wants to win this championship, then he will he have enough saved to buy his ranch and retire. He’d dropped out of med school, to pursue this dream. He’s not all he appears on the surface. He’s world famous, lives the fast lane, and is in no way looking to settle down.
They meet and are instantly attracted, but of course they both fight it. They are complete opposites. Dallas is a ladies man, with Buckle Bunnies hanging off him every where he goes. Patience is a bit uptight, and not used to the lifestyle, though she is familiar with horses.
At first I didn’t like Dallas because he was pretty much a prick to Patience. For a third of the book, they like each other but fight it. I was irritated having to read about him and not one, but two sessions with random women while he tries to forget her.
There is a decent suspense plot that had me guessing. When Dallas and Patience finally do get together, I liked them together. They both begin to have strong feelings for each other, but both are convinced that their lifestyles could never work. But this is a romance novel--we know they end up together in the end! There is a sweet secondary romance between their friends that I cared about as much as the main couple, also. I recommend this one for fans of rodeo, cowboys, and romance.
April 16, 2012
I liked the premise of this story, and even the relationship with Dallas and Patience. I loved watching the friendship of Patience and Shari, her travel companion. The life on the road was an interesting on to read about, the ups and downs and from town to town. The hang out and friendships that are made over the years. I was a bit put off by Dallas' sleeping with other women but still having his mind on Patience. If he couldn't get her out of his mind, why the heck was he sleeping with anything that offered? And I didn't really understand why he was so annoyed that she was getting her Ph.D. That was a big point of contention with them, and I don't see the issue. All in all, I thought it was an ok book, I am on the other hand, looking forward to reading her sister's book.
June 12, 2018
DNF
I knew better than to read Kat Martin. I know her kind of books but this was a recommendation and I thought the rodeo aspect would be worth it.
I was leery about reading this because it's romantic suspense and they're just too lacking on the romance and there's a crazy, unrealistic attempt on the woman's life. I can't say how fed up I am of women having an abusive ex who chases them around the country, threatening their life. It's so overdone at the least and not enjoyable in the slightest. And for some reason, nearly all western books contain this plot. Like you can't be in the west unless you're damaged and recovering from something. The only reason I read this was because of the rodeo aspect.
It was interesting that she's doing her thesis on western women in rodeos then and now.
It wasn't very exciting that he was a bronc rider and a calf roper. I'd prefer a bull rider, because I don't like those two activities.
Info: It started in the 1800s out of the cattle industry. Bronc riders wrap their necks to prevent whiplash.
I was irritated that Jade, the mean girl, used to date Dallas.
It was creative the way she had Shari, the woman she was shadowing, house her horse in Dallas' trailer. She had asked his friend Stormy, if he could haul her horse since her trailer is falling apart. Dallas had a 3-horse trailer and agreed to take on her horse. That's why they'd be going to all of the same events as Dallas. It was interesting that the guys went to all the highest-paying events.
Of course Patience had to almost break down on the side of the road. Of course Dallas rode by after her. Of course he stopped. It's too much of a coincidence and I've started to hate all the little, too-unrealistic ways that authors throw the characters together. Some time alone is appreciated for me nowadays.
He offered to teach her how to back up her trailer but he did it for her this time. When Patience met up with Shari at the next rodeo, Patience told her she needed lessons. Guess who walked up right at that moment, overheard, and cut into her sentence? Dallas. Of course. I hate things like that.
Patience did get one good comment to Jade, who had taken a hit at Patience's name. Patience said Jade's had something to do with a rock.
I was majorly turned off by the story Wes told when they were all in Dallas' truck. Why this man would bring up a dirty story, out of the blue, in front of strangers, I couldn't understand. Dallas had hit on a woman in a "raunchy strip club." Ew. He started to bring up another story but Dallas cut him off. Authors just have to shove it in your face that this is a man. This is what men do, and you have to hear about it, and accept it. Because you are a lowly woman who should feel lucky that you are with such a manly man who could have anyone--and has--and he wants your butt. So shut up and take it.
It was cool to learn that the women roped calves, rode broncs and bulls, and ran the relay races just like the men.
I was pissed as hell as this f***** had sex with someone and the author went way too f****ing far with the details. You don't f****ing have the hero have sex with someone after he meets the heroine, whether they're together or not. Wtf is the matter with people? This is why I have so much trouble finding books I like. It's become standard. Oh, he's met the heroine, well let's have him f***ing sleep with some
That's your lot in life, women. You have to meet women a man has slept with. The man will have random hookups with total strangers and that's just how it is. F***. I am so pissed.
And the whole time I'm thinking there the heroine is, unknowing, unbeknownst to her she's going to hook up with this sleazy manwhore who just HAD SEX WITH A STRANGER.
Omg. What the hell? Why is sex so f****ing casual? Who has sex with someone like that? Do you think it made him attractive? Do ppl get off on describing how he has sex with other women? And then it's not enough that they just say it, no. They have to go into detail and send my freaking blood boiling and my blood pressure skyrocketing. I get more pissed off the more I can think about. And to think I thought having his ex there was bad enough. What a joke. Now I see I should have been thankful that Patience had to interact with his ex!
And the worst part about it is that he said he didn't want to, and the only reason I continued reading was in the hope that he would say no. Show some strength. Be ruled by your brain. No, this loser went along with sex when he didn't even want to.
I skipped sections, looking to see if he slept with someone else and ran up on a truly lovely scene of a woman having him sign her shirt right above her breasts. Keep it coming with the sleaziness. He did turn that one down, and I wondered why. Why the other one and not her? Why only sleep with one other woman? Why stop there? Have him keep hooking up with people right up until the very moment that he starts seeing Patience. That's what a real man would do.
I read in someone's review that he slept with other women and I'm like surely this doesn't happen again. I only read his sections to see if she actually had the gall to do it twice. I found a scene where he drunkenly came on to Patience--they were dancing. I had actually looked forward to them dancing together. It's a damn shame--said something mean because he's an asshole and she left.
After he was seen with Jade, Patience thought he had slept with Jade after admitting to Patience that he wanted to sleep with her, so she left the hotel. Dallas picked her up and carried her to his car. Hell no. You don't f****ing pick somebody up and tote them to where you want them just because they're not listening to you. That kind of macho, domineering behavior is not ok. Would you like to be picked up and carted off to where the man wants you?
I think your hero is a piece of crap.
I knew better than to read Kat Martin. I know her kind of books but this was a recommendation and I thought the rodeo aspect would be worth it.
I was leery about reading this because it's romantic suspense and they're just too lacking on the romance and there's a crazy, unrealistic attempt on the woman's life. I can't say how fed up I am of women having an abusive ex who chases them around the country, threatening their life. It's so overdone at the least and not enjoyable in the slightest. And for some reason, nearly all western books contain this plot. Like you can't be in the west unless you're damaged and recovering from something. The only reason I read this was because of the rodeo aspect.
It was interesting that she's doing her thesis on western women in rodeos then and now.
It wasn't very exciting that he was a bronc rider and a calf roper. I'd prefer a bull rider, because I don't like those two activities.
Info: It started in the 1800s out of the cattle industry. Bronc riders wrap their necks to prevent whiplash.
I was irritated that Jade, the mean girl, used to date Dallas.
It was creative the way she had Shari, the woman she was shadowing, house her horse in Dallas' trailer. She had asked his friend Stormy, if he could haul her horse since her trailer is falling apart. Dallas had a 3-horse trailer and agreed to take on her horse. That's why they'd be going to all of the same events as Dallas. It was interesting that the guys went to all the highest-paying events.
Of course Patience had to almost break down on the side of the road. Of course Dallas rode by after her. Of course he stopped. It's too much of a coincidence and I've started to hate all the little, too-unrealistic ways that authors throw the characters together. Some time alone is appreciated for me nowadays.
He offered to teach her how to back up her trailer but he did it for her this time. When Patience met up with Shari at the next rodeo, Patience told her she needed lessons. Guess who walked up right at that moment, overheard, and cut into her sentence? Dallas. Of course. I hate things like that.
Patience did get one good comment to Jade, who had taken a hit at Patience's name. Patience said Jade's had something to do with a rock.
I was majorly turned off by the story Wes told when they were all in Dallas' truck. Why this man would bring up a dirty story, out of the blue, in front of strangers, I couldn't understand. Dallas had hit on a woman in a "raunchy strip club." Ew. He started to bring up another story but Dallas cut him off. Authors just have to shove it in your face that this is a man. This is what men do, and you have to hear about it, and accept it. Because you are a lowly woman who should feel lucky that you are with such a manly man who could have anyone--and has--and he wants your butt. So shut up and take it.
It was cool to learn that the women roped calves, rode broncs and bulls, and ran the relay races just like the men.
I was pissed as hell as this f***** had sex with someone and the author went way too f****ing far with the details. You don't f****ing have the hero have sex with someone after he meets the heroine, whether they're together or not. Wtf is the matter with people? This is why I have so much trouble finding books I like. It's become standard. Oh, he's met the heroine, well let's have him f***ing sleep with some
That's your lot in life, women. You have to meet women a man has slept with. The man will have random hookups with total strangers and that's just how it is. F***. I am so pissed.
And the whole time I'm thinking there the heroine is, unknowing, unbeknownst to her she's going to hook up with this sleazy manwhore who just HAD SEX WITH A STRANGER.
Omg. What the hell? Why is sex so f****ing casual? Who has sex with someone like that? Do you think it made him attractive? Do ppl get off on describing how he has sex with other women? And then it's not enough that they just say it, no. They have to go into detail and send my freaking blood boiling and my blood pressure skyrocketing. I get more pissed off the more I can think about. And to think I thought having his ex there was bad enough. What a joke. Now I see I should have been thankful that Patience had to interact with his ex!
And the worst part about it is that he said he didn't want to, and the only reason I continued reading was in the hope that he would say no. Show some strength. Be ruled by your brain. No, this loser went along with sex when he didn't even want to.
I skipped sections, looking to see if he slept with someone else and ran up on a truly lovely scene of a woman having him sign her shirt right above her breasts. Keep it coming with the sleaziness. He did turn that one down, and I wondered why. Why the other one and not her? Why only sleep with one other woman? Why stop there? Have him keep hooking up with people right up until the very moment that he starts seeing Patience. That's what a real man would do.
I read in someone's review that he slept with other women and I'm like surely this doesn't happen again. I only read his sections to see if she actually had the gall to do it twice. I found a scene where he drunkenly came on to Patience--they were dancing. I had actually looked forward to them dancing together. It's a damn shame--said something mean because he's an asshole and she left.
After he was seen with Jade, Patience thought he had slept with Jade after admitting to Patience that he wanted to sleep with her, so she left the hotel. Dallas picked her up and carried her to his car. Hell no. You don't f****ing pick somebody up and tote them to where you want them just because they're not listening to you. That kind of macho, domineering behavior is not ok. Would you like to be picked up and carted off to where the man wants you?
I think your hero is a piece of crap.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 19, 2020
This was a pretty good book. It was an entertaining quick read, but I felt like the surplus of love scenes were fillers to make the book longer. I'm not a prude, but I think love scenes should be strategically placed to move the story or relationship along. However, these seemed like "oh, I need another 30 pages to meet my goal."
I also think the "villain" in the story would've been better if it was someone the reader had been familiar with all along.
I also think the "villain" in the story would've been better if it was someone the reader had been familiar with all along.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 21, 2018
Enjoyable cowboy romance. A PhD candidate follows the rodeo for one eventful summer. A little mystery. Lots of explicit sex. Hero does sleep with other women early in the book, after meeting Patience but before they get together. It’s okay - he doesn’t enjoy himself *grimace*.
July 3, 2017
It has been a long time since I read a book by Kat Martin. I don't usually read suspense romances, but I enjoyed the mystery as well as the romance.
This was a good dish of chocolate ice cream with a little whipped cream.
This was a good dish of chocolate ice cream with a little whipped cream.
May 8, 2012
Speaking for this series as a whole, because honestly, the three books were kind of formulaic, even for romance. The same story and essentially the same characters, told in different settings and with different names.
The three sinclair sisters were essentially the same, there was very little that differentiated their personalities. Charity and Patience especially, both felt drawn to do things because of some "hereditary memory" thing. If you want this concept done well, read "The Winter Sea" by Susanna Kearsley. I found myself skipping the flashbacks and journal entries. Hope was slightly different in that she was forced to go on her "adventure" and there was no "hereditary memory"
And the three heroes...interchangeable.
They were still relatively enjoyable but honestly nothing special.
The three sinclair sisters were essentially the same, there was very little that differentiated their personalities. Charity and Patience especially, both felt drawn to do things because of some "hereditary memory" thing. If you want this concept done well, read "The Winter Sea" by Susanna Kearsley. I found myself skipping the flashbacks and journal entries. Hope was slightly different in that she was forced to go on her "adventure" and there was no "hereditary memory"
And the three heroes...interchangeable.
They were still relatively enjoyable but honestly nothing special.
March 19, 2014
Martin is not a guaranteed good read. This particular book was fairly good.
I, of course, identified with the history major heroine working on her thesis concerning early 20th century cowgirls.
The hero was a fairly stock character, the rodeo star. Martin did provide him with an education to make Patience's attraction to him more compelling.
Her details concerning the rodeo circuit felt realistic. The attacks--against both the hero and heroine--and their escalating violence seemed like overkill or padding at times. Some were downright clutsy.
Warning--ending discussed.
The ending didn't seem to justify the violent attacks. It was especially unsatisfying as both villains rolled over and played dead at the end.
I, of course, identified with the history major heroine working on her thesis concerning early 20th century cowgirls.
The hero was a fairly stock character, the rodeo star. Martin did provide him with an education to make Patience's attraction to him more compelling.
Her details concerning the rodeo circuit felt realistic. The attacks--against both the hero and heroine--and their escalating violence seemed like overkill or padding at times. Some were downright clutsy.
Warning--ending discussed.
The ending didn't seem to justify the violent attacks. It was especially unsatisfying as both villains rolled over and played dead at the end.
July 19, 2014
Boston PhD candidate Patience Sinclair travels west to follow the rodeo as part of her dissertation on cowgirls of the Wild West.
Of course, she rubs up against Dallas, the current circuit champion who is bent on winning enough to buy his own ranch. Only she rubs him the wrong at first.
You know where this is going -- lots more steam than suspense. Good but not Martin's best, pretty rote romance. Bonus points for rodeo and horses, though.
Of course, she rubs up against Dallas, the current circuit champion who is bent on winning enough to buy his own ranch. Only she rubs him the wrong at first.
You know where this is going -- lots more steam than suspense. Good but not Martin's best, pretty rote romance. Bonus points for rodeo and horses, though.
May 24, 2014
I always love a good rodeo story, mainly because I love rodeos and cowboys, in general. I love Patience..absolutely someone I would love to know. Dallas...whew...absolutely love the rangy, tough, yummy cowboy. Reading them dance around each other. Absolutely loved this story.
August 3, 2014
I got this book from someone who passed it along when she was done with it, and I picked it up on a rainy, Saturday afternoon. That was the perfect time to read it. Not my favourite book, but it was a fun way to spend a rainy few hours.
May 22, 2016
Love this series
Continuing the saga of another sister is a very entertaining read. Cowboys, cowgirls and old west mystery. You can't any better than that.
Continuing the saga of another sister is a very entertaining read. Cowboys, cowgirls and old west mystery. You can't any better than that.
July 14, 2021
Boston born and bred Patience Sinclair wants to experience a grand western adventure before settling down as an Assistant Professor. It's also the perfect backdrop for finishing her PhD dissertation on the history of rodeo cowgirls. To that end she finds an affordable used pickup truck and travel trailer and arranges to travel incognito with a barrel racer companion on the western rodeo circuit. Patience assumes the rodeo participants will be more likely to speak freely if they don't know why she's asking.
Before she can get to her first live rodeo performance an overheated radiator facilitates her inauspicious introduction to the handsome and egotistical World Champion Rodeo Rider, Dallas Kingman. Their shared animosity is soon replaced by a mutual and powerful physical attraction. But strange 'accidents' begin to occur, seemingly unconnected. all of which are costly and detrimental to Dallas' uncle who is the rodeo promoter. The question is; who is behind these mysterious so-called accidents and what is the purpose of them?
"Desert Heat" is Kat Martin's second book in the Sinclair Sisters Trilogy. The well-crafted plot kept me reading deep into the wee hours (4 a.m.). The dual protagonists are likable and believable and the secondary characters do some of the heavy lifting to flesh out the storyline. I admire Kat Martin's storytelling talent and her writing style. However her repeated use of this sophomoric phrase had me grinding my teeth:
"He was kissing her and kissing her and kissing her."
Really? That little gem or some variation of it appears no fewer than eight times throughout this book. It sounds like something a ten year old would write. Unbelievably inane. That inclusion makes "Desert Heat" four stars.
Before she can get to her first live rodeo performance an overheated radiator facilitates her inauspicious introduction to the handsome and egotistical World Champion Rodeo Rider, Dallas Kingman. Their shared animosity is soon replaced by a mutual and powerful physical attraction. But strange 'accidents' begin to occur, seemingly unconnected. all of which are costly and detrimental to Dallas' uncle who is the rodeo promoter. The question is; who is behind these mysterious so-called accidents and what is the purpose of them?
"Desert Heat" is Kat Martin's second book in the Sinclair Sisters Trilogy. The well-crafted plot kept me reading deep into the wee hours (4 a.m.). The dual protagonists are likable and believable and the secondary characters do some of the heavy lifting to flesh out the storyline. I admire Kat Martin's storytelling talent and her writing style. However her repeated use of this sophomoric phrase had me grinding my teeth:
"He was kissing her and kissing her and kissing her."
Really? That little gem or some variation of it appears no fewer than eight times throughout this book. It sounds like something a ten year old would write. Unbelievably inane. That inclusion makes "Desert Heat" four stars.
October 16, 2025
While Desert Heat was better than Midnight Sun, it was not by much. The author loves creating enemies-to-lovers romances. So how does she make Patience and Dallas have an ill-fated first encounter? Patience almost hits a kid with her car because she is speeding, and Dallas gets rightfully upset with her. Patience then gets annoyed that Dallas is upset with her. I’m sorry, but I believe Patience was totally in the wrong in this encounter, and I found her righteous indignation annoying, inappropriate, and off-putting. To put it mildly, this was not a great way to start Patience and Dallas’s romance.
Unfortunately, things continued to go downhill from there. The first mildly steamy interaction between Patience and Dallas involves Dallas getting roaring drunk and hitting on Patience to the point of basically harassment. When she turns him down, he then says all she needs is “a good fucking.” It was honestly a disgusting display and did not warm my heart towards Dallas in any way.
The book then had sexism and heteronormative values scattered throughout. Finally, at the end, Patience gives up a professor position at a college the week classes start for Dallas with no backup plans or anything. I am sorry, but that was completely immature, impractical, and unprofessional. You cannot just suddenly quit a job that others are relying on you for for a man. Also, don’t quit your job if you haven’t even talked to that man and have no plans or backup plans. If Dallas and Patience’s love was truly that great and strong, I believe it could have lasted long distance while she at least taught until they could find a replacement.
Unfortunately, things continued to go downhill from there. The first mildly steamy interaction between Patience and Dallas involves Dallas getting roaring drunk and hitting on Patience to the point of basically harassment. When she turns him down, he then says all she needs is “a good fucking.” It was honestly a disgusting display and did not warm my heart towards Dallas in any way.
The book then had sexism and heteronormative values scattered throughout. Finally, at the end, Patience gives up a professor position at a college the week classes start for Dallas with no backup plans or anything. I am sorry, but that was completely immature, impractical, and unprofessional. You cannot just suddenly quit a job that others are relying on you for for a man. Also, don’t quit your job if you haven’t even talked to that man and have no plans or backup plans. If Dallas and Patience’s love was truly that great and strong, I believe it could have lasted long distance while she at least taught until they could find a replacement.
September 10, 2019
Ph.D. candidate Patience Sinclair just needs some on-the-spot research into rodeo cowgirls to finish her dissertation. She's going to follow the rodeo for the summer to get it. She also needs to leave her Boston stalker, Tyler Stanfield, behind. She pairs up with Shari Wills, a barrel racer, for the summer, courtesy of Charlie Carson, a rodeo supplier and uncle to reigning rodeo champ, Dallas Kingman. Dallas and Patience strike sparks, but both feel there's no future in a relationship. Then there starts to be all kinds of "accidents" that draw them together. They become lovers and fall in love but still have hangups. She's a college professor, he's a cowboy (with 2 years of medical school completed). The problems with Charlie's rodeo draw them closer and they finally resolve the sabotage. It still takes them a while to work out their relationship. Story line of Ty's stalking is a total waste, as is the line about 3 murdered girl rodeo riders in the 1910-20 time period that Patience solves in theory (no real evidence). Info about the rodeo was good and the problems - but the resolution of the problems was mediocre. Several bedroom scenes.
August 14, 2021
What a great story! After reading Book One, I was eager to get into this book and see what the Patience Sinclair adventure would be. She is the PHD student writing her dissertation and plans to teach -- all this happening in Boston. Part of her research takes her West to learn about Cowgirls and women of the old west. First day of her trip has her driving hell-bent on a gravel road to a rodeo where she plans to take up residence in a tiny RV. There’s a lot going on in this story; there is mystery and excitement; and, the cowboy romance situation is amazing. She meets champion rodeo rider Dallas Kingman and many other western characters. I loved the story-line right up until The End.
January 2, 2020
I love kat martins books. But this one just was not my jam. Maybe it’s the rodeo aspect that made it feel so boring (rodeo is also not my thing). I skimmed quite a bit and only bothered finishing because I wanted to see what happened between patience and Dallas. But I basically skimmed the rest of the plot.
This just wasn’t my thing.
This just wasn’t my thing.
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December 16, 2021I really liked this book. I mean, who doesn't love a cowboy? You got a gal working on her PHD thesis, who meets the Champion Rider while traveling with The Triple C Rodeo in order to complete said thesis. They are drawn to each other, even though they're not sure they even like each other. It was great fun.
March 9, 2022
Well, Kat Martin does not disappoint in this awesome read. I thought the first book in the series was bad to the bone but the second is even better. I loved all of the rodeo and the Cowboys and the stories. I highly recommend this book. Great job Kat Martin. Can’t wait to read the next book in this series. Thank you Kat Martin
September 6, 2022
This book would have been so much better if Dallas did not continue sleeping with other women after he met Patience. This was a real turn off for me and it appears to be the same for other reviewers as well. He comes off as an entitled prick who just wants hook ups yet claims he feels used. Dallas had many undesirable qualities for a Hero. Patience is too needy and naive.
December 2, 2019
I read it as a stand alone and it was an easy read with 3 little mysteries inside one romance, despite the overuse of the words "tighten". Everything apparently tightens all over in the book: groins, chests, groins, jaw, groins, etc.
April 26, 2021
Astounding book
Never wanted to stop reading. Great characters. She has a way of pulling you into the story. Love blossoms from the get go but life mis it!steps in. What read don't miss reading it!!
Never wanted to stop reading. Great characters. She has a way of pulling you into the story. Love blossoms from the get go but life mis it!steps in. What read don't miss reading it!!
August 3, 2021
Desert Heat
I thought Mrs. Kat Martin out did herself with this novel. At first I didn't really think the book was not working out. But by the end I got hooked. Thanks for the good book. Kit Ryan
I thought Mrs. Kat Martin out did herself with this novel. At first I didn't really think the book was not working out. But by the end I got hooked. Thanks for the good book. Kit Ryan
December 25, 2022
Great book.
I really enjoyed this book. Loved how much Patience and Dallas ended up loving each other. But they have different goals in life, can they really walk away from each other? I really loved their happy ever after and had some happy tears.
I really enjoyed this book. Loved how much Patience and Dallas ended up loving each other. But they have different goals in life, can they really walk away from each other? I really loved their happy ever after and had some happy tears.
December 1, 2025
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June 6, 2017
Patience joined the rodeo for a college thesis,Learning the lives of rodeo women.Then she met Dallas.Dallas live s the rodeo and the women.Its a way of life.But then he meets Patience!!
May 7, 2018
Needed a light fluffy mental break. This did the trick!
December 28, 2018
Desert Heat review
Desert Heat is the second exciting fast-paced romantic suspense book in the Sinclair Sisters series written by author Kat Martin.
Desert Heat is the second exciting fast-paced romantic suspense book in the Sinclair Sisters series written by author Kat Martin.
April 3, 2019
Slow story but enjoyed tale. Seemed like 3 stories in one.
August 26, 2020
I'm writing my thesis so I'm a terrible fit for a rodeo rider. How on earth will that ever work. UGH. I liked #1 much much better and miss the adventure of that one.
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