Heat Wave by Karina Halle
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Released November 16, 2016
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They say when life closes one door, another one opens.
This door happens to lead to paradise.
And a man I can never, ever have.
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Still grieving the loss of her sister who died two years ago, the last thing Veronica “Ronnie” Locke needed was to lose her job at one of Chicago’s finest restaurants and have to move back in with her parents. So when a window of opportunity opens for her – running a kitchen at a small Hawaiian hotel – she’d be crazy not to take it.
The only problem is, the man running the hotel drives her crazy:
Logan Shephard.
It doesn’t matter that he’s got dark brown eyes, a tall, muscular build that’s sculpted from daily surfing sessions, and a deep Australian accent that makes your toes curl.
What does matter is that he’s a grump.
Kind of an asshole, too.
And gets under Ronnie’s skin like no one else.
But the more time Ronnie spends on the island of Kauai, falling in love with the lush land and its carefree lifestyle, the closer she gets to Logan. And the closer she gets to Logan, the more she realizes she may have pegged him all wrong. Maybe it’s the hot, steamy jungles or the invigorating ocean air, but soon their relationship becomes utterly intoxicating.
There’s just one major catch.
The two of them together would incite a scandal neither Ronnie, nor her family, would ever recover from.
Forbidden, Illicit, off-limits – sometimes the heat is worth surrendering to, even if you get burned.
Note: this is a standalone novel, unrelated to any previous books. It does NOT contain cheating of any kind.
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Heat Wave is one of those books that will stick with you through the night. I spent my evening dreaming of this book. If you love forbidden romance you need to read this one.
Hawaii, the scenery and the hotel were a character all of it’s own and I feel like I have been there myself with how vividly she wrote every detail.
Veronica, Ronnie, the heroine of Heat Wave is extremely relatable. She wants nothing more than for her family to believe in her and make them proud, but she has has always been in her ‘perfect’ sisters shadow. Even in death. She always tried to emulate her sister with no avail.
As the middle daughter I know exactly how she feels constantly being compared to her sisters and living in their shadows. It’s a difficult place to to get out of and it takes the right person to get you out.
Logan hasn’t been the same since the loss of his wife, he is the ‘habut’ aka Mr. Grump at the hotel he runs. He had a hard time with grieving her and everyone in his late wife’s family thinking the worst of him. Once we get to know him he will melt you.
There were hundreds of poignant lines from Heat Wave that will stay with me, but this one is probably one of the most powerful in my opinion.
“People fall in love, people fall out of love. But in the end, almost everyone gets to feel it, live it, taste it. Love is never too good to be true because it is the original truth. And everyone deserves it. Everyone.”
