Review: Love this series!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 10, 2014
All Fired Up is the second book in Kate Meader’s Hot In The Kitchen series and I read it without reading the first one which was really, really hard for me but now that I’ve read it I will absolutely go back and read the first book Feel the Heat and look forward to the third book. Kate is a new to me author and I enjoyed her easy style, her fantastic character develop, her attention to detail, and a complex but sexy story. A control freak heroine (Cara) with a secret she’s been keeping from her family marries the pastry chef (Shane) who works with her and her soon to be brother in law (Jack) in a secret wedding in Las Vegas. Shane is harboring some secrets of his own as well and with all of these secrets running around things get complicated and interesting very quickly.A charming Irishman with an accent, easy smile, rides a motorcycle, and can create desserts that have women dropping their panties…that describes Shane Doyle. Shane is more than that though, he craves something he’s never really had and when he lands the job at ex-celebrity chef Jack Kilroy’s Chicago restaurant, Sarriette, he hopes to find it. However, he finds way more than he ever expected and finds himself hoping for a whole lot more.Never fitting in with her large Italian family, Cara DeLuca, spent years away from them trying to fit in somewhere, only to find herself on the path to self destruction. Back home around her family she’s doing better, accepting that she’s different by okay, and figuring out that the man she married on a whim is pretty damn wonderful but doesn’t think he’ll ever be able to put up with her kind of crazy.I flat out loved the cat and mouse these two played for a good part of the book. The heat between these two could have melted the polar ice caps yet Cara just couldn’t give up the control and act on it. Shane however proved that he was observant and patient breaking down her walls slowly and worming his way into her heart even more. Cara was difficult and brash but around Shane you could just see the woman she wanted to be. It was wonderful watching them fall in love and learn each other’s secrets.Even without reading the first book in this series before this one, I don’t think I could have enjoyed it more. Full of twists and turns, with an incredible cast of characters, some hot sexy moments, and smart dialog, All Fired Up by Kate Meader is a book worthy of your time and while you’re at it pick up the first one in the series.Review copy provided for an honest review.