Review: A Contemporary Romance with an element of Supsense and Adventure
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 6, 2014
Dakota Heat by Lisa Mondello is a 2014 publication. I as provided a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.Sam McKinnon is a fire chaser.  He's always on the move helping to put out large wildfires. When his hometown of Rudolph becomes a fire hazard he parks himself on his home terf for a while.  The last thing he expected was Summer, a dispatcher from Providence to show up. Her reasoning for wanting to work in South Dakota is a little thin for Sam's liking.  Something is going on with the beautiful Summer, but he never would have guessed she had caught the eye of a serial killer and was laying low for awhile.Summer and Sam are falling in love but Summer is trying to keep things from becoming too serious. When the danger to Rudolph has passed Sam will be off to put out more fires somewhere else and she will eventually return to Providence and her old job. Why start something they wouldn't be able to finish?When the truth comes out as to why Summer took the job in South Dakota Sam understands an entirely new kind of fear.  What if someone got to Summer when he wasn't there to protect her?  But, Summer may not be the only one in danger as a deadly fire breaks out and Sam must put his life on the line to save the town of Rudolph.This latest book in the series once more shows the author's versitality. Not only has she written a contemporary romance, but this one has a suspense element as well.  While Summer deals with dangerous situations all the time, she has never been the target herself and she doens't like being sent off away from home because of it.  Her professional life might be adventurous, but in her personal life she is more cautious.  Sam is a ladies man and Summer would rather he flirt with an old girlfriend while he is back home and they are forced to work together, but Sam has eyes only for Summer.  Will they survive the fire season and the danger Summer is in? Will they be able  to pave a path for thier own HEA?While for me personally, the first book in the series is still my favorite, I really enjoyed this one  al lot  too.  I love firefighters , so I was already excited about reading this one.  Sam and Summer are a more mature acting couple and I really related to that.  I think these two will have no problems at all working out the logistics of their relationship.  Overall I give this one an A.