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If You Can't Take the Heat

By: Melissa Brown
Narrated by: Kristin Watson Heintz
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Whitney Bartolina gets what she wants. At just thirty-four, she's worked her way up from mailroom coordinator to casting director at a major Los Angeles television network and had a string of steamy flings, most recently with movie star Nolan Rivera. But when two of the contestants she casts on a new reality cooking show turn out to be as talented in the bedroom as they are in the kitchen, Whitney may have finally bitten off more than she can chew.

Conducting auditions across the country and looking for a bit of fun after Nolan, Whitney finds it in Chicago with Charlie Hutchins, a deliciously handsome British rugby-player-turned-chef whose spicy Szechuan beef is only the start of his sizzle. Then, in Montana, close encounters with sexy but mild-mannered cowboy and restaurateur Wes Rancourt leave her mouth watering for more.

Back in LA for filming, Whitney soon finds herself caught in a love square with Charlie, Wes, and Nolan, who's stopping at nothing to win her back. Will she jeopardize her career by mixing business with pleasure, or can she turn up the heat without getting burned?

©2016 Melissa Brown (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.
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Ugh! Ugh!

2 Stars for me! *** DNF @ 40% ***

My rating range of this story... 1 - 2 Stars
If significant, why? The worst h

Main Character Ratings...
H = 1-1/10 - 2 - 4/10 - 3 - 7/10
h = 1/10

Was cheating involved? I guess on both sides
Any major triggers to be aware of?

Scenes with heat... Yes
What point does it start? 1%
How much of the story? 10%
Anything beyond M/F? Don't know
If yes, explained

Heat Rating... 6/10
Clean or Fade to Black - 1 or 2
Normal to Descriptive 3-5
Detailed Descriptive Sex - 6-7
Um, Wow, Beyond Descriptive Sex - 8 or above

Was there so much sex or unrealistic sex that you rolled your eyes and/or skipped forward? No

The back story... The h gets offered a casting job for a new show which upsets her current movie star, cheater of a boyfriend. She takes it and then sleeps with a contestant and tries to sleep with another potential contestant.

The Romance... Huh?

The drama explosion... Didn't get that far.
Did it feel real or contrived?
Was it OTT?
Separation involved?
Was it resolved properly or rushed?

Final Notes... This has got to be the worst h ever written. She is solely driven by her libido, continually takes her cheating ex-boyfriend back, sleeps with contestants on a show she is casting for, gets drunk and makes a public spectacle out of herself and that is all done in the first 40% of the story.


HEA or HFN? Who knows.

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