This was Ash and Brees story, and what a story it was. The suspense keeps you on the edge of your seat. You will stay up to find out what happens! You can read as a stand alone but beware you will want to read the others after finishing to find out how they got here!

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I fell in love with Damian Stark and Nikki Fairchild when the Stark series was released in 2013 and I can say without a shadow of a doubt that I've enjoyed every book in the original series and all of the spin-offs.

Wicked Heat was no different. From start to finish I was on the edge of my seat, gripping my iPad afraid of what the next page would bring. It was like being on a rollercoaster ride with dips and turns and just when you think you've caught you're breath there's another twist!

Overall it was an amazing read and has made me determined to go back and reread the entire Stark World again!

As always a sizzling book with the best of characters. There's still something I would love to read about with Bree and Ash but read this book to find out exactly how Bree and Ash got together.

I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book was wild! Bree, after dealing with the aftermath of captivity, has published a novel and is at a book signing, feeling optimistic about her future. However, her optimism is shattered when a card from someone from her past brings her back to that horrible time. I thoroughly enjoyed this book because it allows you to witness Bree reclaiming her humanity while also dealing with a ransom and trying to determine if Ash is indeed a good person.

This book had a great plot with intriguing characters. I’ll definitely be looking out for more from this author.

Ashton Stone, adult son of our beloved Damien Stark, is an accomplished race car driver and now a successful entrepeneurial businessman just like his dad. Although he didn't start off on the right foot with his dad due to bad intel, he now loves and respects Damien, Nikki and his younger siblings. Bree Bernstein was his younger siblings' nanny when she was kidnapped along with his little sister, Anne. With his tumultuous upbringing, Ash fought his attraction and kept his distance. Bree has been silently suffering from awful nightmares from her time in captivity especially because she doesn't trust her memories. Because of this trauma she's stayed away from relationships because she can't trust her judgement since her former boyfriend is involved. Her past suddenly becomes her present when she receives a sophisticated blackmail message demanding a lot of money. With little time to react, she goes to Ash for help. She doesn't give him the reason she needs the money. He agrees, but he wants her as his form of payment not fully understanding her past trauma and the potential life-altering role it's playing in her present.
I enjoyed how Ash initially played the rogue but turned into the knight that would help slay her demons. After the culprits were apprehended, there were details surrounding the blackmail scheme that were never revealed which bothered me. With that said, it didn't really detract from Ash and Bree's story, but I would have experienced greater satisfaction with the ending.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for this arc!

This book was great! I loved the writing style and I loved the characters and their chemistry. I really enjoyed reading Ash and Bree’s story.

Ash is head over heels for Bree. It is taking her a little longer to get there with him. He helps her out with the blackmail situation and in the end they both get what they want. He is Damien's son all the way.

I have a severe love/hate relationship with this book. Well.. more with the moral of the story. It’s very much driven around the main character her problems and experiences. Which is fine, for the most part. But the way how all the events took place made me want to throw things.

Other than the mild disturbance on my behalf, I did somehow find this book okay. Cause J. does know how to put this kind of stuff on paper (which is still kind of insane to me).

If I did do my research, I probably would've read the other books in the series in advance. But this one was surprisingly easy to follow along.

I didn’t like the timeline and POV shifts in this book. It was confusing and hard to follow. Overall, I had a hard time getting into this book, so it's a no for me.

Wicked Heat is the next generation Stark
Romance and drama! Bree and Ashton were attracted to each other from their first encounter but Bree kept her distance. When Ashton arrived to town and bumped into her after her new book signing, something seemed off. Nobody knew details about the kidnapping of her and Anne Stark but now she was being blackmailed. Rather than bringing to light the details with Damien, Bree decided that Ashton was her best option, but his help came some conditions.

J Kenner loves to write suspense and romance, and Wicked Heat is full of both!

2.5 Stars

I was so excited for this book and was expecting some sort of mash-up with the romance of Damien and Nikki and the suspense of S.I.N series, but it all just feel short for me. The chemistry between Bree and Ash was just so-so and while the spicy scenes played into the story line, some of them just didn't meh, especially since I know what an amazing writer this author is. I didn't enjoy the how Bree was written in the beginning of the book and her best friend Aria, I understood the character's purpose, but she was just a little too over the top. I did enjoy how the villain(s) were revealed and the reasoning and how the blackmailers presented their demands, very creative. The turning point that brings Bree and Ash together after their 3rd act breakup was cute, but then the epilogue was rushed.

One of the things that I love about the Stark Universe, is the cameos from previous characters. Noah and Kiki make an appearance, and it seems like it's been awhile since we've checked in with them. Damien makes a very brief appearance early-ish in the book. The fact that Bree is being blackmailed by people related to her kidnapping and they're using Damien and Nikki's daughter who was also part of the kidnapping to get what they want, and there is no reaction from Damien or Nikki at the end of the book made it feel incomplete.

WICKED HEAT is the fourth instalment in J. Kenner’s contemporary, adult WICKED NIGHTS (formerly Stark World) erotic, romance series. This is former race car driver turned investor Ashton’ ‘Ash’ Stone, and former nanny turned romance author Bree Bernstein’s story line. Ash Stone is first introduced in ENCHANT ME. Bree Bernstein is scattered throughout the interconnected series but for back story I recommend reading LOST WITH ME.

If you have not read any of the previous story lines, there may be spoilers in my review.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from first person (Bree) and third person (Ash) WICKED HEAT follows four months after an almost one-night stand between our story line couple. Approximately six years earlier, Bree, and Nikki and Damien Stark’s daughter Anne were abducted, and Bree is struggling with the loss of memories and ongoing nightmares. Fat forward to present day, Bree is blackmailed with a video of her time in captivity, the only person that can help is the man that she continues to push away. Enter Ashton Stone, Damien Stark’s son from a previous relationship, and the man with whom Bree will fall in love. What ensues is the building but struggling relationship between Bree and Ash, and the potential fall-out as the betrayal against Bree, comes at a cost for our story line hero.

The world building reveals some of the childhood trauma endured by Ashton Stone, and the abuse suffered by our heroine that she is unable to remember. For a price, Ash is willing to pay Bree’s blackmailer, a price that may be too steep for our heroine’s heart.

The relationship between Bree and Ash is a friends to frenemies to lovers. Due to the past trauma, Bree struggles with any emotional attachment or the possibility of falling for a man who could destroy her heart. With issues of trust, and ongoing PTSD, Bree is willing to walk away before ever trusting again. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters included Noah Carter and Kiki Porter (Wicked Torture 3), as well as Bree’s friends Aria, producer Matthew Hold, and TV personality Maggie Bridge. Aria and Matthew’s story line is next in Wicked Fortune.

WICKED HEAT is a story of betrayal and greed, obsession and determination, acceptance and love. The premise is dramatic, captivating and emotional; the romance is seductive; the characters are desperate and broken.



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I was hoping for more romance or chemistry from this book. I feel like the main characters had so much more potential! I was able to guess who the villain of the story was, or at least one of them, from pretty early on.

I'm a big fan of JKenner and the Stark series. I've actually had the pleasure of meeting her at the Ripped Bodice in LA, so this mention has extra special meaning in this book.

Overall liked this book, although I thought it was a bit too long with Bree's flashbacks in the end. I had the extortionist figured out quickly, which doesn't happen very often for me with this author. Thought Ash and Bree had alot of chemistry, which definitely happens whenever a Damien/Nikki referenced book comes into play, even though these two never really made an appearance. Looking forward to the next installment.

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC copy of this book.

Thank you to netgalley and Oliver Heber books for the opportunity to read this E-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Immediately suspicious of Aria because of how hard she's trying to convince Bree that Ash is the blackmailer. I was happy that she was not the blackmailing her best friend though! I really loved the on page chemistry between Ash and Bree, the clicked right away and are so good for one another. Ash realizing what Bree needed in being the one in control when not even Bree realized was beautiful. Every woman deserves to be cared for and cherished in such a way. I thought all the characters were well developed and had good growth through the story. I was very invested in figuring out the mystery of who the blackmailer(s) were, the suspense that took almost the whole book was phenomenal. I felt like I was in the story as a fly on the wall, honestly some of the best writing I've had the blessing of reading.

4.7 stars

This is the fourth book in the Wicked Nights series and continues the second generation of the Stark World with Ashton and Bree. Ashton is Damien Stark’s son. His introduction was a tumultuous one as his thoughts colored his opinion of his father to the point where he was driven by revenge. Bree works as a nanny for the Starks, and she was subjected to a stressful situation along with the Stark’s young daughter. It seems as if her past is coming back to haunt her unless she can come up with three million dollars. From their first meeting, the attraction between Ashton and Bree was evident but her past makes things challenging. Will Ashton be able to get past Bree’s walls? Can he overcome his own past? Once again, Ms. Kenner takes readers on a roller coaster ride that keeps engagement high as the pages turn. The characters are complex and watching the friendship play out between them shows the length they would go to have each other’s back. I cannot wait for more from this world.

Wicked Heat by J. Kenner is Ashton and Bree’s story and I was hooked from the first page. Their story is heartbreaking, romantic and suspenseful. It has lots of twist and turns with blackmail from when Bree was kidnapped that has her wanting to run but she turns to Ash for help. I loved this book so much and can’t recommend it enough.

From the beginning we knew that both Ashton and Bree had something going on even though they hid it from themselves. When the past comes back to haunt Bree, the first person that she went to for help was Ash (even though she had her doubts that he would). Unbeknownst to her, Ash would do anything to help her. Would they both get over their insecurities to realize that they were meant for each other.

5 Star Review Wicked Heat (Wicked Nights #4) by J Kenner

Wicked Heat is the next generation from the Stark World. This is Damien Stark’s son Ashton Stone and nanny Bree Bernstein’s story and it was well written and entertaining.

There are equal amounts of romance and suspense and it’s this that drew me in as it is one of my favorite genres.

From the first chapter Ms. Kenner wove a story that had me hooked. The characters are easy to relate to and you cannot help but become invested in their story.

Many years ago Bree was kidnapped and her nightmares are real. However when her past xo es back to haunt her she turns to Ashton for help.

The banter between these two and the passion added an extra layer to the story.

I received an ARC through the publisher and Netgalley and voluntarily reviewed.