Too Hot to Handle
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4.3 • 8 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
When rescue looks like a whole lot of trouble . . .
The road trip was definitely a bad idea. Having already flambéed her culinary career beyond recognition, Rita Clarkson is now stranded in God-Knows-Where, New Mexico, with a busted-ass car and her three temperamental siblings, who she hasn't seen in years. When rescue shows up---six-feet-plus of hot, charming sex on a motorcycle---Rita's pretty certain she's gone from the frying pan right into the fire . . .
Jasper Ellis has a bad boy reputation in this town, and he loathes it. The moment he sees Rita, though, Jasper knows he's about to be sorely tempted. There's something real between them. Something raw. And Jasper has only a few days to show Rita that he isn't just for tonight---he's forever.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A family road trip becomes a springboard for love in the fun first Romancing the Clarksons contemporary romantic comedy, in which four estranged siblings road-trip across the U.S. to honor their mother's last wishes. When car trouble strands the quartet in Hurley, N.Mex., chef Rita Clarkson discovers an unexpected attraction to sexy, infuriating bar owner Jasper Ellis. The combination of personality clashes and mutual desire leaves them floundering; Rita's ready for a wild fling, but Jasper is trying to leave his raunchy days far behind. She can't wait to move on from Hurley, while he wants to settle down and open his new restaurant. Luckily, their mutual love of cooking helps them overcome their misunderstandings and whip up three courses and a happy ending. Bailey (Wound Tight) crafts an entertainingly spicy tale, with humor and palpable sexual tension fueling an otherwise conventional romance. This is quality comfort food: unsophisticated, unpretentious, and satisfying for its familiarity.
Customer Reviews
Too hot to handle
I’m a big Tessa Bailey fan so seeing that she had some older books I hadn’t read yet was pretty exciting. I liked the premise of her mum leaving the ‘essentially’ estranged siblings a bonding road trip from the grave. There is obviously a lot going on there that I’m assuming we will get to as the series goes on.
As for this book with Rita and Jasper, I enjoyed it. It was hot (thank you Tessa) and both characters had their own tortured sole thing going. One was trying to live up to a famous chef mum and the other was trying to prove he wasn’t the failure everyone assumed he was.
The one thing I found a bit too unbelievable was the fact that he was opening this restaurant (where he was going to prove the whole town wrong) and he wasn’t stressed about it at all. Like at all. The few days leading up to it he was just hanging out, not receiving all the food, training staff, organising menus… nothing.
Anyway, I’ll be reading the next one.
Dual POV, med-high spice, 18+