Firecracker
A contemporary romance
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3.5 • 8 Ratings
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Arden Lennox’s charmed life may be in pieces, but she’d sooner get her hoohaw bleached than move back in with her parents. She’s no longer the prom-queen princess married to the football star. She’s a broke, penniless widow, and it’s time she stood on her own two feet.
An under-construction unit in a quaint Chicago brownstone is cheap (free), but it comes with an unexpected surprise. Tyler Ramirez, her brother’s gawky high school best friend, is now a smoking hot firefighter who spends most of his spare time in her unit hammering, drilling, and screwing. Usually with his shirt off—a temptation she has no intention of indulging.
Tyler can’t believe his high school crush is living right across the hall, or how fast his fierce lust for her comes blazing back. She’s still gorgeous—a little sadder, a little quieter, but still with the amazing smile and sweet body that fueled his awkward teenage fantasies.
Despite her best intentions, Arden can’t resist grown up Tyler but the sparks between them send her into full retreat. And by the time she realizes the heat between them could last a lifetime, it could be too late to tell him…
Customer Reviews
Off to a good start
This is an entertaining story that had me riveted from the first to the last chapter. Arden Lennox is struggling emotionally and financially after her husband commits suicide, her feelings of failure and guilt torment her. In an effort to start a new life, she moves across the country to live in her brother’s building.
I enjoy Kelly Jamieson’s style of writing, her characters are strong and yet she shows that they can be human and not the “perfect” hero or heroine and this makes for a realistic and enjoyable read.
Tyler Ramirez, her brother’s best friend, has had a crush on Arden since they were in high school and is now her neighbour. Now a firefighter, Tyler has morphed from the geeky guy she new into a hot as sin man, who she has a hard time resisting.
Tyler’s feelings for Arden still smoulder and he is determined to bring a sparkle back into her life, if only he can convince Arden. Will the walls that Arden has erected prove too much for Tyler, or will Arden realise too late that in Tyler she could have the life she so desperately wants?
I liked Arden and Tyler and the secondary characters were also entertaining. I am looking forward to reading more about this group of friends.
Nope
Sorry but this has to be the blandest, poorly written book that I have read in a while!
Could not finish it!
Great Read
4.5 Stars for Firecracker by Kelly Jamieson. This story captivated me from the first chapter and there was no putting down until I had read the final line, I needed to know if Tyler and Arden got the HEA they both deserved, I needed to know more about this couple and I wanted more. Arden Lennox moves across the country to live in her brothers building after her husband committed suicide, she is an emotional reck and is finding it hard to make ends meet so this move seems like the logical thing to do. Tyler Ramirez has been her brothers best friend since childhood and he has secretly crushed on Arden since high school but the timing has never been right could this now be his time.....first he needs to convince her she is allowed to move on and she is allowed to have feelings for another man. Tyler is a very different Tyler to the one Arden knew in high school, no longer a nerdy geek now a hot and hard to resist fireman will she be able keep her feelings under control.... This book has a lot going for it, it has all the feels you want in a great read, it’s emotional, realistic and enjoyable, it has characters who share an intense chemistry as well as deep feelings for each other and it’s well written with a great plot. I loved all the characters in this book so I hope we more stories featuring the secondary characters.