Caleb Knight’s ex accused him of being married to his firefighter job, and maybe she was right. He’s given up looking for happy ever after and finds what he needs between Ava’s scorching sheets. But lately, he’s wondering whether this thing with Ava might become more permanent…
Artist Ava Mattiske’s ability to trust was shattered long ago. Her steamy fling with Caleb is perfect until he starts talking long-term. She puts on the brakes, but when a bush fire threatens her studio and Caleb is on the scene, Ava realizes that there is one man she can count on… But will it be too late?
Titles in the Hot Aussie Knights series include: Hot Mess by Amy Andrews – Burning Both Ends by Sinclair Jayne – Long Hot Summer by Victoria Purman – Burning Love by Trish Morey
Title: Burning Love
Series: Hot Aussie Knights #4
Author: Trish Morey
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: June 12, 2017
Publisher: Tule Publishing
My Rating: 3.5 stars
Burning Love brings the Hot Aussie Knights to a close, at least for now as I’ve learned to never say it’s truly over. Caleb and Ava’s story is… a bit different than the earlier stories. Their’s is a well, it’s a benefits without the friends more like close acquaintances kinda thing. They’re friendly, but there is no true relationship just a friendly arrangement when the need arises for some sexual release. That sounds horrible typed out, but it was a mutually beneficial agreement. Neither wanted anything long term or even short therm, yet they’d been together in this arrangement for about a year. Then it begins to get a bit complicated as Caleb begins to allow his feelings for Ava to show. He wants a true relationship. Ava does not. And that’s where it gets complicated.
Ava has never opened up to Caleb about her past. The present, the attraction, that’s all they share. Until Caleb had to go get emotional on her and now she’s faced with something she’s afraid she cannot handle. There are some very dark secrets in Ava’s life. They will be slowly revealed over the length of this story. But to go any further would risk giving away spoilers. So I’ll simply say that Burning Love was an intense story. One that was a good story, but one where I had difficulty connecting with the characters. I was glad to see a resolution to the investigation of the family patriarch. And since there is an American side of the family’s series going on now in Rocky Mountain Knights, we may hear from some of these couples again. Never say never.
*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*
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