Review: Scorched
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 2, 2012
Book one in the Turn Up the Heat series.By day, Kasey Jacobs does the books for a furniture store. By night, she's an erotic romance author. One night, in a fit of sexual tension, she pleasures herself in her home office, secretly intrigued by the thought of being an exhibitionist as she stares out her open windows. After all, even though the next door neighbor's lights are off, his windows are open as well.Skyler Brody can't believe his good luck. The homicide cop on the mend from a gunshot wound enjoys watching his beautiful neighbor through his open, darkened windows. They may not have met before now but he'll make sure to rectify that situation pronto and turn all her fantasies into hot, sexy reality.Scorched is one hot, quick read. Sexy-as-sin detective Sky is a hero that comes across as refined, but dominant. Someone who knows what he wants and goes after it full tilt. I understand his desire to keep his profession a secret, but the amount of angst and turmoil that went through him before finally confessing teetered the edge for me. I really didn't think one bad breakup constituted the difficulties he had.Sexually deprived Kasey made me laugh. Often. She lived vicariously through her book characters to the point that she almost couldn't believe her luck when Sky showed up at her door. The chemistry was pretty hot between this duo, but it seemed unrealistic that Kasey would welcome in a stranger she hardly knew, simply because he showed her his ID. Then they quickly move to sex as if his ID somehow gave permission for her to fall into bed with him, simply because she was horny.It was a decent story, but it could have been expanded a little bit, giving these characters some more in depth background and a chance for Sky and Kasey to get to know one another.Courtesy of Fallen Angel Reviews.