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Bring on the Heat by Katie Rose
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
There are some times when a girl has to read a little romance, and this is one of those times. What could be better than a case of mistaken identity and a sexy baseball player? BRING ON THE HEAT is a sweet, quick, fluffy romance. Of course, with all mistaken identity stories, there has to be a reversal, and this one was pretty brutal. But I was looking for a romance with a happy ending, and that’s what I got–with a beefcake pitcher hero to boot.
Housesitter to rich Lydia Logan, Darcy Hamilton takes her employer’s offer to go to a charity event in her place. Initially hesitant to take up Lydia’s party-girl ways, Darcy dives in anyway because she will have the chance to meet her favorite baseball team, and possibly her favorite player: Chase Westbrook. Everyone believes Darcy is Lydia (which I found just a little unbelievable–in this age of social media, someone that famous would be hard to imitate), even Chase, and they begin a relationship, complete with sexy pillow talk and baseball stats. Chase plays for a made-up team, the New Jersey Sonics, but that doesn’t stop a few real team names to be dropped, like the Red Sox and the Yankees (and a nice shoutout to my hometown, St. Louis). The romance is hot, and Darcy gets to live a fairy tale–until it all comes crashing down around her.
It’s nice to dream about what might happen if you were given the chance to meet your celebrity crush. BRING ON THE HEAT isn’t quite as syrupy as the typical ordinary-girl-meets-actor, but it’s still major wish fulfillment. However, if that’s what you want, this romance will deliver. Both Darcy and Chase are good-hearted people, and it’s nice to see two characters who care about each other instead of one trying to dominate the other (unless it’s in bed, ha). This is an easy, sexy read for the dog days of summer, as the baseball season winds down.
Received as a free digital ARC via Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.