Review: Your body temp will INCINERATE!  Knox ROCKS!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 17, 2014
bookshelves: best-cover, alpha-male, beautiful-heroine, best-bookbfs, complete-book-no-cliffy, must-read, page-turner, pleasant-porn, series-book, special-place-in-my-heart, speechless, sweet-love-story, tear-jerker, unforgetable, worth-your-money, worth-your-time, man-in-uniform, soldier-loveRecommended to Ashley by: Tessa TeevanRecommended for: Every romance readerRead from January 16 to 17, 2014, read count: 24.95 Flaming Hot Stars.I've noticed lately that some of my very favorite books have committed sequel suicide. I've HATED the second books. I was thrilled to discover that was not the case with Incinerate. (I'll clarify that the second books I've been so distraught over of late were continuations of the original characters stories. This was not the case with incinerate. This was a continuation into lives of an ancillary cast member from Ignite.)Oh, be still my swooning heart. Knox Nathaniel Wellington III.... You have stolen my heart! He is MR. RUGGED and I never want him to change. The demons he faces with his family and past are his ever present tormentors. He's let them control his life for over 10 years and it is not until he falls in love with Charlie (against his will) that he realize how much of a blessing his past pain and torment was for him. She shows him that his past is an anchor around his neck and rather than continue with his bitterness and victim mindset he needs to forgive those that wronged him and ultimately appreciate that deceit.Charlie is SUCH a sweet little BALL BUSTER and I adore her. She's a Daddy's girl tomboy with just enough feminine grace to balance the line perfectly. Though she is a Bama fan (Bleck!!!) I still love her. I love that she goes into this with eyes wide open. She knew the odds of falling in love with Knox & coming out intact are tougher than Katniss making it out of the reaping unscathed... And yet she says ...."I VOLUNTEER!!!"...Their sexual chemistry was off the charts. It started during his recovery and just heated up from there. My favorite element of the story is that it isn't an "insta-love" scenario with a door mat heroine that wraps up all their issues with a red bow. These are two people with major trust issues and IRON CLAD stubborn will. Communication is their biggest hurdle. Once they ebb and flow their way through that it's smooth sailing for their slowly mending hearts.We did get to follow some major milestones with Lexi & Jace's story. That was a total treat! Although I will say I was surprised to discover that Knox & Charlie are my favorite of the two couples thus far! That rarely happens for me. I'm always a purist and like the first couple best in series such as this. Nope! Knox & Charlie trump the first.I think it's a great sign of growth as an author when following up a successful & wonderfully received first novel the follow up that kicks its ass.And pardon my panties, but this cover it HHHHHHOOOOOTTTTTTT!!!!!! Yummy!I was kindly given an ARC of this novel, but nothing was asked for in return by the author.