REVIEW: Reburn by Anne Marsh

Reburn

(The Hotshots #1)

by Anne Marsh

3.5 HEARTS

From Goodreads

Not every man knows how to put out a fire. Fewer know when to keep it burning. . .

He Battles The Flames. . .

Nobody messes with Sam Clayton--or his territory. The big bruising ranger is the last line of defense in forest infernos and he'll go up against anyone who gets in the way of putting them out. Even the FBI tracking a terrorist through the heart of a blaze. But when Sam discovers the agent is ex-lover Olivia Albert, saving himself will be more dangerous than any fire he's faced before. . .

She Lives For The Heat. . .

Olivia needs Sam's help to survive the heat, but when it comes to keeping her quarry from detonating a major strike, this Bureau agent is calling the shots. Except when Sam's hard body and expert hands are reigniting a second chance that could be hot enough to burn forever. .

Reburn is the first book in The Hotshots series by Anne Marsh. This book had a great premise and showed lots of promise it just never quite got there for me. I'm hoping it just suffered a bit from "first book in the series" syndrome and the next books will be more.

Olivia Albert will stop at nothing to get her man. She has earned her stellar reputation as an FBI agent. She always apprehends the guy she's after. That's how she has found herself deep in the forest searching for a terrorist right in the middle of a forest fire. She would never want to put her men in danger, but she just keeps pushing knowing the "bad guy" is just around the corner. Falling down an embankment she's in deep trouble and not sure that she's pushed too far and put herself in danger.

Sam Clayton fights fire and he's damned good at what he does. That's why when he gets the word that he has an FBI agent right in the middle of the drama he can't help, but get mad. Not only is he putting himself in danger, but now Sam, too. Imagine his surprise when he not only finds out the FBI agent isn't a man as he originally thought, but it's none other than Olivia Albert; the girl he had a summer romance with and has never been able to forget. Now, he not only has to get her out of the fire safely, but deal with a terrorist hell bent on destroying them, all the while fighting the attraction that has never cooled.

She'd been his first, and now she'd be his last and best.

I really liked both characters and the story was a solid one. I just never got to the point where the couple seemed "made for each other". The words were there about the attraction, but I never felt it. That being said the book is a good read and I wouldn't be opposed to reading the next in the series.

Thank you to NetGalley.com for the loan of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Heat Rating
3 out of 5