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HOT SHOT by Karina Halle
Release Date: January 2nd, 2017
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Cover Design: Hang Le
Delilah Gordon has a secret.
She’s been in love with her best friend and the boy next door, Fox Nelson, since she was six years old.
And while most of her friends and family know about her unrequited crush, the one person who remains oblivious is Fox himself. To Delilah, it’s better this way. She’d rather pretend that they’re just friends, even though her feelings for the moody rugged mountain man are anything but tame.
Fox Nelson has a secret too.
As a wildland firefighter or “hot shot,” Fox parachutes into danger every day he’s on the job, risking all to fight wildfires that threaten ranches, forests and thousands of lives. But while Fox’s job is only for the brave, inside he feels anything but. The more he grapples with his raging demons, the more he realizes Delilah is the only one who can put out the flames.
As the two friends grow closer – and more intimate – than ever before, the more complicated their relationship becomes.
And Delilah has one more secret to reveal.
A secret that will change both their lives…forever.
★4.5 STARS★
Fox and Delilah’s story has been a longtime coming and one I’ve been highly anticipating. From the very first novel in the series it was obvious even as supporting characters that there was much more to their friendship then just, well, friendship.
Fox has never recovered from the death of his mother. The circumstances surrounding it had not only affected his childhood, but have carried on through to his adulthood also. He’s the most tormented of his brothers but finds much sought relief in his friendship with Del.
The death of the boys’ mother saw Del’s step in as a friend of the family to help in raising them. Delilah has always looked to Shane and Maverick as brothers, but with Fox there has been an undercurrent of affection that ran too deep to be considered familial. Gone unnoticed by everyone but him, it’s a struggle for Del to keep her emotions under control.
As well as the relationship between Fox and Del, I was enraptured by the one between Fox and Shane. It’s a secondary arc to the story but it’s no less important when it comes to understanding Fox and some of his actions. The resolution was one that warmed me and highlighted just how much I adore these men.
Hot Shot was everything my angst loving heart desired. It’s a glorious combination of unrequired love and passion too explosive to be contained. I reveled in the pain and torment of their conflicted relationship, and found myself wholly satisfied by the power of its reach.
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Meet Karina:
Karina Halle is a former travel writer and music journalist and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of The Pact, Love, in English, The Artists Trilogy, Dirty Angels and over 20 other wild and romantic reads. She lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and her rescue pup, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails and devours a lot of books.
Halle is represented by the Root Literary and is both self-published and published by Simon & Schuster and Hachette in North America and in the UK.
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