"Who would have thought so much heat could come from heaven"

In Heaven, several ghosts are sitting around playing cards. Ruth Newman was worrying abut her son, as usual. When she invites another ghost to play with them, she meets Sylvia. Sylvia Harris is also worried about her daughter. She just wants her to be happy. It doesn't take long for the two to find out that their kids both live in Dallas. What can two doting moms do but interfere in their children's life.

When Gayla Harris has to deliver a package that came to her home addressed to her father, she is a little surprised, as they have not spoken in years. But that doesn't stop her from going to the hospital to drop off the package. Around a corner she is run over by the handsome Doctor Dan Newman. Although there is an instant attraction, Gayla had vowed to never date a doctor again. Unable to say no, she finally challenges him to a swimming match. She knows that she can easily beat him as she had almost made it to the Olympic trials. She had once been engaged to her father's fair- haired intern. She had also been pregnant. Somehow she had lost the trials and the baby the same week. She had also lost her fiancée and her father at the same time. Her father decided that she was a loser and gave all his attention to Marc, her ex-fiancée. The next two years she went down a spiral of pain with drugs and alcohol. Without even her mom's support she slowly climbed her way back to as normal as she could be. Would Dan understand her past or would he run?

Dan is not surprised that Gayla challenged him -- after all she is her father's daughter. It was too bad that he was the doctor that her father hated the most. But that doesn't stop him. At the pool, Gayla finds out that Dan is not perfect either. Can they forget their pasts and find love. How will their moms help get them together?

DALLAS HEAT is a very powerful story of two imperfect people who have to work hard to find the love they deserve. Ms. Jacobs handled their handicaps with such skills that you walk away admiring their strengths. The sexual scenes between Dan and Gayla are both hot and tender. Even the moms are endearing as they learn to work together to get their two children together. This is part of the Black Gold series. I look forward to next installment. Keep up the good work. This is highly recommended.

Reviewed by Patricia McGrew
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted December 27, 2003

Summary

Sometimes Moms know best, even if they are ghosts.

Two meddlesome mamas scheme to get their much-loved but imperfect children together, and a chance meeting sends a wake-up call to the libidos of the dedicated doctor and the ex-almost Olympic swimmer.

Two parts ghostly intervention, two parts strong wills, serve it up with a generous portion of steaming sex: a love arranged in heaven that really turns up the Dallas Heat.

Publisher's Note: Dallas Heat is a major rewrite of Arranged in Heaven, written by Ann Jacobs as Sara Jarrod, originally released by Berkley Publishing Group.

Sexual Content: S - Sensuous. Genre: Paranormal Contemporary.