Review: Light 'em Up baby! Must read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2014
Review for Tempt My Heart by Danielle JamieTempt My Heart is a stand-alone novel by Danielle Jamie who is known for sweet heroines and alpha man heroes. This book is quite different in that the heroine is far from sweet and while the book has a HEA it takes a whole lot of heartache and strife to get there. You spend much of the story wondering how in the world Brittan will ever get there.The book starts out with Brittan meeting Cane, quickly they fall into a comfortable relationship and both are sure that they are soul mates and will love each other forever. I adore Cane, I love how sweet and innocent their love is and every single word written just makes you FEEL. Then 9/11 happened. We all know how tragic that was and how many men and women stood up for what they believed in and went out to fight the war on terror. Cane may be a fictional character, but he could have been one of thousands that sacrificed their lives for the cause.Danielle Jamie did an amazing freakin’ job of expressing just how REAL that time was for us. I felt the pain of seeing the planes crash. I felt the terror in not knowing what was happening. The fear of hearing the words war. Seeing the thousands of soldiers being sent off to protect… she perfectly encompassed all of it. We follow Brittan through how it felt to be the family left behind. To see him for short times and then he is sent back. It was heartbreaking. Then when the uniforms came knocking with the dreaded news that no one wants to hear.Tears. For sure tears. Now, don’t think I’ve spoiled anything here, we all know from the synopsis that Cane is lost early on. We also know that Brittan has a rough road of surviving the loss of the love of her life. She fights addiction and keeps herself completely closed off to moving on from Cane. Again, the emotions that were wrought from Brittan’s loss were so real I swear I lived them right along with her. She made some bad choices, but when the entire world as you know it has crumbled down into a million pieces around you would you begrudge yourself an escape from the pain? When you have nothing left to live for and are literally a shell of who you once were and an empty husk of the woman you could have become?After rehab, Brittan is given a chance to start fresh with her career and is going on tour with her band. Her bandmates are happy she is back. The band that is touring with them is excited to be the opening act for Beyond Redemption, the hottest thing since sliced bread. This is how she meets Jordan… well, that meeting is a little *ahem* more, but I’ll let you read about that one.Jordan is sexiness personified. I have read a TON of rocker books. I adore them, I love the bad boys that get what they want when they want it. (Mainly girls of course) But Jordan is so not the typical rocker guy. He is such a sweet, caring person. Yeah, he can be a little rough around the edges and uses the fact that he is a rock god to his advantage when it comes to the ladies, but never purposefully treats them poorly. When Brittan is on the scene… she is everything.The way he is with her will melt your panties and make you wish for a Jordan of your very own. I swear it. I have thought dang this boy is HAWT before while reading a book, but in reality the guy wouldn’t ever get the time of day from me. Jordan, well, he is the kind of guy women everywhere would actually want. He’s alpha enough to get what he wants, but gentle enough to know women should be treated well and worshiped often. He can play me a song any day. (Inside joke, you’ll get it as soon as you read the book… let’s just say I have a whole knew appreciation for the song Light ‘em Up.)Tempt My Heart gets FIVE tear-jerking, heart-breaking, panty-melting, soul-soaring, life-altering STARS with FOUR pairs of drenched panties… Light ‘em Up baby!Mommy’s a Book Whore’s Head Whore certifies this a MUST read!