Review: Another wonderful story from Rachel Harris
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 20, 2013
I need to put Rachel Harris in my pocket. Something about the words she writes and the characters she creates just grabs my heart and leaves me breathless. She’s done it before with the second book in her Love and Games series, Seven Day Fiance, and she just did it again with Taste the Heat. (And yes, I read them out of order.)Let’s start this conversation off with Colby. Back in her hometown after spending years avoiding it, she’s emotionally broken. The infidelity of her ex-boyfriend and her father have left her closed off from even the option of ever falling in love. I could understand her – that anger, that bitterness and fear that refuse to let you move forward in your own life. I got her…and I adored her.And of course Rachel dreamed up another ridiculously swoony man to help Colby see that love is not something to be feared. Jason is everything you could want – sweet, charming, good-lord-sexy…but he comes with the baggage of being a widower and single father. I love love love books with sweet daddy moments. There is nothing in this world hotter than a man who lets himself be completely enthralled by his children, and Jason’s relationship with his daughter Emma is such a wonderful example of that. I loved their interactions, their teasing and affection. I could have read an entire book about nothing but their daily life and been happy.But of course Taste the Heat is so much more than just those daddy-daughter moments.The romance between Jason and Colby is a beautiful slow burn. This is a story of rebirth and renewal, a birch rune in words and scenes. There are moments of awkwardness and stuttering starts, but once one of them decides their chemistry needs to be supported and built upon, the love growing between them shines pure and true.Five stars for the beautiful words by Rachel Harris. Once again she has rocked my romance-loving heart and given me a story I will read over and over. I want more from this series…period.