This definitely is a book that you need to read. Parts of this story just took my breathe away. I loved the connection that was between Sage and Shawn, which started with the way they met, it set the tone of the whole book. I could not put this book down, it was that good. The story just flowed so perfectly and went in all the right directions. Highly recommend this Sweet story.

The chemistry between Sage and Shawn certainly made for some hot and heavy scenes in the second installment of the Lightening series by Tracy Wolff. After both experienced childhood drama, Sage and Shawn took very different paths in their adult lives. Sage is a serious yogi accountant that has a plan for everything, and Shawn is constantly searching for his next death defying stunt. The two find each other and the sparks fly changing both their outlooks on life.

So, lets start with the things I really liked about this book. I liked the characters and their backstory. I liked Sage, the by-the-book, rule following, stay in her comfort zone, accountant/yoga instructor. Her reasons for being the way she was were very sound and I really found myself irritated by her flaky, irresponsible mother. I also liked Shawn, his wild, risk taking personality was a perfect foil for Sage and HIS backstory also proved to be quite poignant, when we finally got to it.

However, this book, like the first one in the series, felt very instalove to me which isn't a favorite of mine. Secondly, I'm not sure when exactly Sage and Shawn had time to fall in love. It seemed like it was all about the sexual attraction for them. I didn't get any sense of a deeper connection that led me to believe that these two people are more going for them than just really hot sex.

*Received an ARC of Hot & Heavy from the publisher via Netgalley. This is my honest review, no compensation was given.*
Hot & Heavy is the second book in the Lightning Series, although I didn't read the first book, Down & Dirty, I did really enjoyed this book, which I feel can be read as a standalone. But now I will definitely go back and read the first book.
The title of this book is pure perfection, Hot & Heavy is a smokin hot read. This is Sage and Shawn's story, and ohh my what an explosive one it is. These two are both broken souls. They meet in a bar and have a frenzied sexual encounter....In the back of the bar, in an alcove, against the wall. After this encounter Sage, always the good girl, that doesn't do even one week stands not alone a one night stand, literally runs out of the bar, leaving a very stunned Shawn. Shawn who is one of the best wide receivers in the NFL can't believe that this girl just ran out on him. Girls just don't do that, they chase him.
As chance would have it, or actually more like mutual friends would have it, these two are thrown together again. These two characters have very different personalities, Sage is spunky, but also a bit of a fuddy-duddy who likes to have everything in her life under control and leave nothing to chance. Shawn is a risk taker and an adrenaline junkie always looking for his next high. I did enjoy the ups and downs of their courtship, and did love the way Shawn had to do some serious chasing, but it did seemed a little rushed at times. I guess I just wanted more. I loved the intense chemistry between Sage and Shawn, and Ms Wolff has definitely perfected the wickedly naughty scenes. This is a very hot read and I totally recommend it.

Sage is the Manager of a Yoga studio owned by her scatterbrained Mom who often leaves her to deal with the business while she is off finding herself. Shawn is a pro ball player. They meet in a bar and get hot and heavy in a back hallway. Sage is totally shocked by her behaviour as she is not a one night stand girl and certainly not a sex in the back hallway of a bar girl. She refuses to give Shawn her number and in a panic rushes out of the bar. The next thing she knows Shawn shows up at her Yoga Studio.
Not only is Shawn a well known football player but he is also an extreme sports junkie and he needs the yoga to help to heal a back injury from cliff jumping before the new season starts. Sage agrees to help him for an outrageous amount of money - enough to get the yoga studio out of debt.

Despite Sage trying to keep things professional they soon become personal and they quickly fall in love. Unfortunately they both have demons from their past which threaten their future together.
This is an amazing story of two outwardly confident but inwardly broken people who work to overcome their pain and find their happy ending.

I loved this book it was funny in parts and heart rending in others. Beautifully written with very sexy but tasteful love scenes. This is the second book I have read from this author and she is definitely one to watch.

This book is definitely HOT! Sage and Shawn have incredible chemistry from the very beginning and their love story develops very organically as they learn from each other. This is a great beach read as it is fast paced and sexy with a sweet ending. This gets five chilli
peppers of hotness! Thank you Loveswept and NetGalley for the ARC.
#Hot&heavy #NetGalley

Steamy romance novel with the straight-laced conservative girl meets womanizing football player!! While the story line seemed a little rushed, I enjoyed the characters and the way they were brought together after their initial meeting! It was a good quick read with some hot love scenes if you’re into those!

I enjoyed reading this captivating story. It is the second book in the Lightning series and each book follows a different football player on the San Diego Lightning football team. Since I thoroughly enjoyed the first book in the series, I was excited to read this book chronicling Shawn and Sage’s story. It is witty with a lot of sexual tension and great dynamics between the characters. In fact, the characters were a big factor in what makes this story so good.

From the moment Shawn sees Sage he is taken in by everything about her. She is like a breath of fresh air and different from the usual girls he meets. She is low maintenance and easy to be with and she keeps Shawn on his toes. For the first time, Shawn has to work to get a woman to go out with him. I loved these two together and fell in love with Shawn. He has been in the NFL for eight years as a wide receiver. He is charming, kind and genuine. However, he also has demons that make him reckless and emotionally closed off.

When Sage first meets Shawn she has no idea who he is, but the intense feelings he brings out in her make her uncomfortable. Sage is feisty and vulnerable but she lacks confidence. When she discovers who Shawn is, she doesn’t understand how he could possibly be interested in her. Sage is the opposite of Shawn. She is an accountant and is cautious and doesn’t like to take a risk. She tries to keep her defenses up around Shawn but finds it hard to ignore him. Shawn is not the type of man Sage wants to be attracted to.

Shawn and Sage have an instant attraction and sizzling chemistry. They are both flawed and vulnerable and suffered from childhood trauma. They are great together and I loved all their interactions. This enthralling story is fun and incredibly hot.

I gave this 3.5 stars. It was predictable but still enjoyable. Lots of spelling and syntax errors, but this was an ARC so hopefully those are fixed before it’s published. This is a light, fluffy read, perfect for reading while at the beach/pool. Loved the main character Sage, maybe because of the yoga...Shawn was your basic jock. I have read other books by this author that were so much more likable.

Tracy Wolff has wrote another hot love story, who doesn't love great friendships, sexy football players and hot steamy sex!

Loved it loved it loved it. Fantastic characters, great writing, all around amazing book. While book 2 in the series, I suspect it would work perfectly well as a standalone, and if you haven't read book 1 already, as soon as you finish this one you'll be out finding it.

With great apologies to Tracy Wolff, I must admit I couldn't stand this book. Clicking on it was a no-brainer because I have enjoyed her work in the past, but this one left me so cold, I can't even finish it.

The book begins by introducing two not particularly charming or interesting people. Being attractive is not enough for me to care about them. And before the two of them had said three sentences to each other, they are having sex in a public hallway in a bar. Yuck. And why am I supposed to care? I could go read a short porn story for all this was worth. I was not at all invested in them, so the sex just seemed raunchy and TERRIBLY dull.

The next big problem I had was that the author tells us it was the best sex of either of their lives, but she used the same stupid phrases that SO many writers use to describe it. It was like cut and paste. Two of my pet peeves are when 1.) the guy announces, "I've got you!" and 2.) one of them says "I can't tell where I end and you begin. SERIOUSLY? Why do these phrases keep showing up in books? They don't mean anything!

So after reading this part (that left me cold), I soldiered on, only to discover there are lots more VERY unappealing characters in the book we need to read about. I need to be able to root for someone. I don't mind characters with quirks and foibles and even big problems, but this cast of characters was more than I can handle.

There is a long passage of inner dialogue that Shawn holds with himself, and it's so repetitive, I have to wonder if the author even knew where she wanted to go with it. It never came to anything, so I doubt she was doing anything other than filling up pages.

I can't waste any more time on this one. I will look more closely at her work in the future before choosing to read it. I know she has it in her to write a great story, but this one wasn't it.

Thank you to NetGalleyfor the ARC given in exchange for my honest review.

I loved reading this book!

Sage and Shawn have this amazing chemistry that they can't seem to keep it under control.

Sage is an accountant that helps her mom run her yoga business. She's known to be very cautious about life. She's not one to make hasty decisions until of course she meets Shawn.

Shawn a professional football player is also known to be an adrenaline junkie. However during one of his adventures he got hurt. Being referred to do yoga he never thought he would see her again after their first encounter. Will he be able to control himself?

I voluntarily received an ARC for a honest review

This was a quick read for all the right reasons. I was engrossed in the individual characters so throughly that when they got together I could feel the tension. Tracy has a way to describe a character that she makes it like you know their mannerisms before it plays out, its almost as if the world is yours and not just an outsider looking in. I love it when an author can do that.

The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that for some reason all of the books in Tracey's series end so abruptly. There is so much build up to this relationship then all of a sudden everything is solved onto the next. I just wanted more. It was short and sweet and hot but I want long, with and epilogue....

Whoa! I’ve read a lot of books that have had some pretty hot and sexy couples in it, but OMG Shawn and Sage are absolutely off the charts, Shawn is a professional football player, Sage is a yoga instructor/accountant, both definitely have their demons from their past. They haphazardly meet in a bar when Sage is attending a bachelorette party, to say their first meeting was one of the hottest things I’ve read this week is an understatement, it’s a bit unexpected given you have just started the story, but it definitely sets the tone of the book. I loved the chemistry between these two, passionate, steamy, kind, sexy, and both with just enough doubt that it sets these two far apart with trying to figure things out with a new fast moving relationship.. Your heart goes out to both of them when you find out what their pasts were made up of, neither one of them wanting to share their story with each other, until the breaking point comes and things are forced upon them. Enjoyed the other characters in the story a lot, this is a humorous, emotional, very well written story that will leave you with a smile on your face at the end of it all. Very well worth the read.

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC copy of this book

I liked this one a lot - AMAZING chemistry between to the two MCs, and their instant attraction and consequential hook up is HOT. The ending felt a wee bit rushed, but other than that, a solid second book in the series.

This book was incredibly well written and it was hot! Some of it was a little out there and the timeline is unrealistic but overall it was an easy read.

I have been waiting for this book for a while. I had read Hunter and Emerson's book and it had broken my heart but I still enjoyed it. This book was Shawn's book with Emerson's best friend Sage. I found it a little on the "yeah right" side that these two have never met, I couldn't believe it since Sage was supposedly Emerson's best friend and Shawn was one of Hunter's best friends, but it is what it is. I got that Sage grew up in an settled upbringing but I found her to be a little unreasonable and so my dislike of her. Then we have Hunter, this guy was fighting his demons his lost was profound and I got that he made these crazy adreline jumps, I got that everybody was worried, and sure give him advice but in the long run it is us up to him.

The title is apt! The author brings the hot and heavy from the very first moment that we meet Sage and Shawn in a bar. I was dying for all the naughty scenes, but romance authors love to tease their readers. And the best ones know how to keep us coming back for more. This is certainly the case with Tracy Wolff’s writing skills.

Sage and Shawn are obviously imperfect, damaged people. But what is interesting about these characters is how much I feel for both of them. A relationship between them is difficult, if not impossible, but I empathize with each of them (thanks to the dual POV). Their struggles feel real and not forced.

I seriously cannot wait until the third installment of this series! I love her characters and her writing style. I will be going back to read the first book in this series as soon as I have time. :)

DNF at 15%

The first 6% of the book is just them ogling each other. How many times can you repeat that someone is hot? And then Sage, who apparently never has more than one drink and never hooks up with strangers does both of those things minutes after an internal dialogue about how she would never.