Hot & Heavy by Tracy Wolff is a good fit for readers looking for a lighthearted and steamy romance between a rule-breaking football player and a dedicated yoga teacher.

There's a line in this book where the h says "I'm sorry for punishing you" to the H, and I'd also like an apology.

This book has no plot, a judgmental heroine, and a third act breakup that added nothing to the story.

I love Shawn, I could have taken or left sage. I hate when insecurities ruin how a woman sees herself and controls a book. I really want to like Tracy Wolff but she's just not my favorite. This book was nice but I think I'll avoid requesting her in the future.

This was an okay read. There were some raw emotions that always swung to the extremes. I think the ending was a tad rush and The internal conflicts were never quite resolved. It was like the two main characters were battling their own demons that broke them a part and they had internal dialogues, but the next thing I knew they were together, and all was well.

Overall it was an enjoyable read with potential to be more all on its own instead of a standalone story part of a series.

This is a very fast paced read with some wonderful characters that I would love to read more about. There isn’t a lot of drama here but there was enough to make this interesting.

HOT & HEAVY - Tracy Wolff

#2 in the Lightning romance series

HOT! - 4 stars

Plot - 4 stars - Shawn and Sage meet in a random bar situation, but their immediate explosive chemistry leads them both to act out their fantasies and not their normal actions. It's fun to watch them backtrack a bit and try to get to know each other in a more normal and steady fashion.

Writing - 4 stars - Wolff caught me right from the very first page with the crazy bar scene. She makes us laugh with her descriptions of the bachelorette party and builds a sexy image of the gorgeous guy involved. I especially laughed at his genuine confusion when she didn't respond as most other girls would to his advances. A cute turn of phrase here and there really added to the entertainment.

Characters - 4.5 stars - This is where the story shone for me. Shawn is a sexy hunky football player, but he's also a very nice guy. Although he has this adrenaline junkie attitude, it helps him deal with his demons, and that works for me. Sage is his total opposite. She's dealt with her flighty mother her whole life and wants safe and secure, despite her attraction to Shawn.

Title - 4 stars - It works. It sends the message that these two people are going to get in deep, whether they like it or not.

Cover - 4.5 stars - Gorgeous, ripped guy who looks like he's in the midst of action. An excellent choice.

Overall - 4 stars - I very much enjoyed this book and read it in a weekend. The characters are wonderful and appealing, and I was definitely rooting for their success. Although, it was touch and go there for a while because of their extreme differences. I wasn't sure their chemistry would be enough to help their personalities meet in the middle. And it was fun to see the camaraderie between them and characters from the first in this series. My only downside would be that while the sex scenes were hot, they almost went on a little too long. I would have liked a little more backstory, a little more interaction, rather than just jumping into a sexual situation, although their chemistry was, of course, obviously off the charts. A quick and fun read, and I look forward to continuing with this series sooner rather than later.

Sage is an accountant and an yoga instructor by default. Her mom never settled down in one place and when they finally settled down, she is off to India searching for new guru. She loves numbers and stability of being an accountant. So when she had an one night stand with gorgeous hot stuff, it was out of the ordinary.
San Diego's Lightining Shawn is adrenaline junkie who loves extreme sports. He twisted his shoulder some how and it is bothering him and training camp is starting soon and he would like to get it fixed. When Emerson (Hunter's fiancee from first book) recommends yoga, he was skeptical until he finds out who it was. Ever since their one night stand, he couldn't forget about her.
Now they have to work together and it is getting hot and heavy. However they both have issues that really cuts deep for both. They will have to find their way back to each other.

This was quick and fun. I really do like this series. I can't wait to read the next one. Thanks to Netgalley and Loveswept for ARC in exchange for honest review.

Fantastic book! I liked the storyline and the characters were well thought out. I'm so glad that I had the chance to read it. I will definitely be reading more from this author.

Sage is an accountant and a part time yoga instructor at her mom’s studio. At a bachelorette party she meets a hot stranger and they have sex in a hallway at the bar. She never thinks she will see him again until he shows up at the yoga studio for treatment for shoulder pain. Shawn is a football player and an adrenaline junky. He has injured himself cliff diving and needs help to rehab before the season begins. Sage doesn’t want to help him, but needs the money after her mother cleaned out the business account to pay her guru. They start private sessions, but soon they give in to their attraction. She shares her issues with her mom and they are getting along well until Shawn goes free diving and scares her. After a few days his friends and teammates make him realize the mistake he made and he goes to apologize. He also proposes.

Steamy, sexy and oh-so-hot! Hot & Heavy is a quick and highly enjoyable read with interestingly developed characters and a plot that keeps you turning the pages. Definitely recommended!

Shawn saw her across a crowded bar and their eyes met. Just one moment that would be repeated throughout the night. It would be so easy to take their mutual attraction to the next level since every women fell for him. Sage was different from all the others. She would take that one moment and wonder what happened. A chance meeting changes to improve the pain from a recent cliff diving. She will help him recover and silence the demons of their pasts. Great series on how families can form from shared experiences.

I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Since I loved and devoured the first book, Down & Dirty, I just had to ask for Hot & Heavy once I saw it on NetGalley. In it, you will meet Sage and Shawn. Now of course I had my ups and downs with these characters, or even with what they were dealing with throughout the book, but in the end I fell in love with these two. Their chemistry was amazing and the smutty scenes that I got sort of rocked my world.

Sage and Shawn have one thing in common: baggage. Boy, do they. Sage has to deal with her mom, who is crazy, wacky, and loves to spend money on ways to find herself. It just sucks for Sage because they both run the same company, sort of. They work together in their family's yoga studio. Let's just say.. she causes Sage a lot of unnecessary stress in her life.

Then there's Shawn, who is off his game when it comes to Sage. When he's not dealing with that little fact, he's a thrill seeker. Whether it's snowboarding, parachuting, cliff diving - you name it, he will do it.

When these two come together and realize how broken they were before they found each other - it was just amazing. I loved their love story and ate it all up. I seriously hope there's a chance to get the third book on NetGalley because I can't wait to read it!

Passionate, strong willed couple with great chemistry.

I throughly enjoyed this book.

I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I received this book from Net Galley for my honest opinion.

This book is nothing like I expected from the title. Who knew that Yoga and Football go together. It is well written and moves along at an excellent pace. I am very interested in reading the other books in this series.

One football player with a secret that keeps him doing deadly stunts meets his opposite in a yoga teacher that he needs to help him heal his back and his heart. Can he heal hers?

A fun, quick, sexy read. Shawn and Sage were on fire from the start. Their story burned from start to finish.

Though I found Hot & Heavy entertaining, I wanted more. The story takes place in a short amount of time, and that might be why I didnt get the sense of romance I would prefer. The hero and heroine obviously had physical chemistry, but true to the title, hot & heavy. The book could have been longer for my taste and explored more of the journey to happily ever after. 3.5

I read several other reviews of this books and was interested to see a couple of comments about the character development being a bit lacking. I quite disagree! Loved both Sage and Shawn, loved the immediate attraction each felt for the other, and I thought the author did a great job explaining why each was the way they were. She then left it up to us to experience why they found each other to be exactly right, even though one might think they would be exactly wrong for each other. I sort of wish, though, there was a bit more yoga in the story... that was a unique setting that could have been developed a bit more.
While this is definitely an erotic tale, it didn't take away from the storyline and I didn't find it distracting or over the top.

I was intrigued by Hot & Heavy because of the yoga teacher heroine. A veteran of many a meat-market yoga class, I thought perhaps these were my people - falling in love (or something else) in downward dog. The description is somewhat misleading, though. The book really isn't about yoga, and the heroine is not your typical yoga teacher. That’s not bad; I quite liked the book anyway. The title, on the other hand, just as advertised. Hot & Heavy. Which it is.

To say Sage grew up with a free-spirited mom is an understatement. She wandered from place to place and man to man, sometimes leaving in the middle of the night. Sage has compensated by being the exact opposite. She’s an accountant who happens to teach yoga - because she manages her mom’s yoga studio. Nonetheless, it is more than a little out of character for her when she hooks up with an extremely hot guy at a bachelorette party, having explosive sex in a shadowy hallway.  Unaware that she is a heroine in a romance novel, she dismisses the man and the experience, and is sure she’ll never see him again.

Shawn Wilson is much less dismissive of the bachelorette party encounter. Something about the woman really got to him. He has his own issues, of course. He's a highly-paid wide receiver for the San Diego ‘Lightning’, and his risk-taking behaviors are in danger of getting him in trouble. Not risky like bar hook-up risky; risky like cliff diving. He’s been warned about stuff like this before, and when his teammate’s wife notices him nursing a sore shoulder, she recommends yoga as a way to help heal the injury. She happens to be Sage’s best friend, so she sends Shawn in Sage’s direction.

Shawn is naturally famous and very recognizable - and he'd also much rather keep his injuries quiet, so he requests private lessons. The fact that he is very attracted to Sage and eager to repeat the bachelorette party sex definitely factors into his request as well. Ordinarily Sage would be inclined to refuse, but the yoga studio has recently been drained of a large amount of cash by Sage’s flaky mom, so she names a ridiculous price that she’s sure no one would pay. Shawn, being a rich NFL player, writes her a check.

That's kind of where the yoga starts and ends, which is okay. On the surface this is a story about a yoga teacher and a football player, but underneath that it’s about two people who are very attracted to each other but possibly have incompatible neuroses. After her nomadic and chaotic youth, Sage craves structure and security. Her choice to become an accountant was very deliberate, and putting numbers in order suits her. The need to run interference and pick up after her mother is on-going. Shawn, on the other hand, has reasons for his dangerous risk-taking. His mother and sister died in a car accident when he was young - on the way to drop him off at football practice. And while he doesn’t exactly blame himself for their deaths anymore, he feels closest to his mom when he’s on the edge of danger. Like him, she was a bit of an adrenaline junkie; cliff diving, mountain climbing, free diving in the ocean - all these things make him feel her presence.

When things progress from secret yoga to girlfriend/boyfriend territory, their competing childhood needs (that have followed them into adulthood) start to collide, and one dangerous incident pushes Sage over the edge. Can their love survive these differences?

You can probably guess the answer to that one. What is love if not accepting that a person - and his or her baggage - is worth it? The question as I reader ask, is whether it’s worth it to you. On the balance, I’d weigh in on the pro side with this one. This isn’t a brilliant or ground-breaking book, and it might not be the yoga studio romance I thought I signed up for. However, I enjoyed the very steamy (if at times a little over the top) sex scenes and I liked the characters. I think a really good opening can count for a lot, and Hot & Heavy has a steamy and fun start. It got me interested, it was sexy and funny, and it set up the characters and their personalities perfectly.

I liked both Sage and Shawn. The reasons for their various hang-ups made sense, but they didn’t weigh the book down. The story is told in the first person, alternating points of view, which. I liked and which worked well. I also liked Sage and Shawn’s friends, some of whom have been in earlier books and some of whom will likely be in later books. I have to tip my hat to Tracy Wolff, who - unlike many authors in this day and age - knows how to include past and future characters without being so heavy-handed as to be irritating. I’m fresh off two books where the characters practically walked in shouting “Hi! My name is HEROINE FROM BOOK THREE! Are you interested in me yet? Did you already meet HERO FROM BOOK ONE? You haven't?!? We’re here so you will buy all these books!” I’m over it.

The only real issue that I had was that while there is a real, genuine, believable conflict between the hero and heroine, there isn’t enough time and space to truly resolve it in a believable way. It’s wrapped up with a neat little bow, but I didn’t really buy it. It's not like I feel like I need to wallow in the angst of their problems, but I don't really want to see them brushed aside as easily solved and essentially unimportant. Saying something won't be a problem any more doesn’t make that a reality. My honest assessment is the these two probably need a good seventy-five more pages to really hash this stuff out, and the rush made what good have been a really good book a mostly good book.

That complaint aside, I found Hot & Heavy to be sexy, fun, and entertaining. I’d actually read the other books in the series given the chance, and that’s saying something.

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Shawn is a pro football player who loves seeking a thrill. Whether it be free climbing, cliff diving or free diving, Shawn can't wait to seek his next adventure. What Shawn didn't expect is that a one night stand in a bar would lead to the thrill of a lifetime. I loved the connection Shawn and Sage had. He was always looking for an adventure and she was very down to earth. The two had great chemistry.
I have read many books by Tracy Wolff and this one definitely did not disappoint me.

Shawn and Sage
She's an accountant also running her Moms yoga studio. He's an athlete with a injured shoulder no one is supposed to know about. They meet at a bar. They eye each other back and forth. He doesn't understand why she won't pursue him. All the ladies fall for his moves. She's about to give in, when he sends over drinks for the ladies. She takes the drinks wrong, as an insult. She runs to the restroom. He follows her. The have a heated discussion that turns into a heated encounter. She won't give him her number or let him input his number. She's different, he can feel it, but she won't give in.
Days later he's being set up for therapy for his shoulder, who is Sage. She has no idea, he suspects it might be her, but not sure.
He's a risk taker and she's not. Will they make it work?.....