Heat Wave

Kat Vargas was a private investigator who had been injured on the job and was taking some time to recuperate in Twilight Cove, California housesitting for her former partner and his wife while they were on an extended vacation in New Mexico.

Ty Chandler has just recently moved from Alaska back to Twilight Cove where he had grown up to help his dying mother. He found out from his dying mother that his one true love from high school , Amy, had been pregnant when she left town, after high school. That would mean his child had to be about nineteen years old now. He was angry that he had never been told but he was determined to track his child down to make sure he/she was okay. He decided to hire Kat Vargas to help him find his child.

Kat wasn't sure about taking this case. She was supposed to be resting and recovering but she was bored and there wasn't much to do to stay busy in the small town. As Kat and Ty began their search, they also began a romantic relationship with each other. But, Kat had been heart by her ex-fiance and a tragedy that occurred as fall-out from that relationship. She never wanted to love again and she guarded her heart fiercely. But, once they found Ty's daughter, Sunny, and her daughter, Alice, she began to be scared about what was happening and the "cracks' that were forming around her hardened heart. Would she be able to learn to love and trust again or would she close herself off to the possibility in order to protect herself from the devastation a broken heart would cause.

This was a beautifully told story of learning to love again after heartache or loss and learning that having a family doesn't always mean blood relations. My one criticism of the book is the descriptive sex scenes. I find less details to be more appealing.

I was given a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I read the blurb and had my expectations set, but this story blew those preconceived ideas out of the water. The story didn't follow any of my ideas of what would happen. Kudos to Landis for writing a story that was a step out of the box.

I read Heat Wave back in 2008 and thought it was a good book. I used to read Jill Marie Landis as often as she would release a book but have to stay it has been a while since I have read anything current. She is a good writer and I will be going back to 2008 and catching up on her books.