Review: Hot, fast read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 11, 2013
I am pretty game to read anything with the Entangled name printed on the cover.  I have discovered a lot of great new to me authors among their various series romances, so when I won a copy of Wicked Heat, I was all geeked to read it. I've read Nicola Marsh previously, and I enjoyed her other books, so when I had a break in my schedule, this book got cued up on the Kindle.This is a hot, fast read.  Allegra is not having the best luck lately; she's been dumped right before her wedding, and her advertising agency is on the skids.  She's lost a big client, and some prospective new business signed elsewhere.  Desperate, she decides to risk everything on the pitch of a lifetime to score a luxury resort empire's advertising dollars.  If she can get this done, her agency will be set for life.  It's only after she meets Jett, a flirty, sexy Australian who is also traveling to the resort island, that she finally begins to understand that there's more to life than working and being in control all the time.  She had been willing to marry a friend of her parents for his business connections, and now she's thankful that didn't work out.Jett is at a low point in his life, too.  His best friend since childhood has been fleecing their ad agency for years, and now it's tumbling into bankruptcy.  His partner has fled for greener pastures, leaving Jett to wallow in the mess.  Desperate to get his career back on track, he is determined to win the same account that Allegra is after.  With his pride in tatters, he finally sees something to shake him out of the doldrums.  Allegra is striding very determinedly though LAX, leaving a trail of lingerie scattered behind her.From the moment they meet, the attraction between Jett and Allegra combusts.  They can't keep their hands off each other.  Allegra sees Jett as an opportunity to put her dull, restrained love life in the past, and a chance to really let go and have the time of her life.  She lives for her agency, so she isn't expecting anything long lasting from the cocky Jett, so she's surprised when she begins to develop feelings for him.  She knows that their relationship can't go anywhere; they don't even live on the same continent!  When she discovers that Jett's on the island to pitch the resort business, too, she's dismayed.  She can't just tell him that she's there to do the same thing, with an almost identical pitch!The major conflict is Allegra's inability to level with Jett about why she's at the resort.  It keeps her worried and distracted, giving Jett the impression that she's cool and detached and not really that into him.  I think this would have worked better as a shorter book, and I found my attention wandering from time to time.  I loved the setting, and both the beginning and the ending.  There were a few times during the middle that I thought both Allegra and Jett needed to grow up.  Jett in particular acted like a petulant little boy when he found out that Allegra hadn't been completely honest with him.  Now, seeing that he's still stinging from her friend's betrayal, some of his behavior made sense, but I was still disappointed that he was willing to jeopardize what's left of his career when he decides to get back at Allegra by getting very, very drunk at the very resort he is trying to score business from.Because this is such a fast read, it's perfect for little bursts of free time.  Load it up on your phone and you won't even notice those annoying waits at the store or gas station, because you'll be too busy wondering how Allegra's going to come clean and not mess up her hot new relationship with Jett.Grade:  B/B-