"Wickedly Hot is an apt title for this book!"

Even though Jade Maguire owns her own business in Savannah, Georgia, she does not like socializing. She's here at this party for one reason and one reason only. She needs to meet Ryan Stoddard of New York so she can exact revenge on him for breaking her younger sister's heart. What Jade doesn't count on is how hot Ryan is. There's no way Jade can be attracted to him when he's so heartless!

Ryan Stoddard is in Savannah for one reason and one reason only. He wants to meet Jade Maguire so he can get his grandmother's painting back that Jade gypped her out of but how to do this? Ryan can't believe how sexy Jade turns out to be. It's not going to be the least bit of a hardship to get to know Jade so he can figure out what she did with his grandmother's painting.

Jade and Ryan play a cat and mouse game throughout the book and it is fun to read their misbegotten intentions toward each other. They both know that even though they are highly attracted to each other there's no way there will ever be a happily ever after so they will enjoy the here and now.

I thoroughly enjoyed this fun, sexy, hot read. As I live near Savannah, Georgia, I could relate to so many scenes in the book and it just made the book that much more enjoyable for me. I'm a huge fan of Leslie Kelly and her books and eagerly look forward to each and every one of them.

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted October 8, 2004

Summary

New Yorker Ryan Stoddard can describe Savannah, Georgia, in two words: wickedly hot. But the dark, mysterious woman he's gone there to find is even hotter. Though Jade Maguire turns him on to no end, he can't be distracted from his mission—to prove the sultry siren is a conniving thief! But as he charms her into letting down her guard, he never dreams the wicked game he's playing is about to backfire....

Jade is surprised—and secretly thrilled—when Ryan Stoddard finds her. His blatant come-on provides a perfect opening for her revenge. As Ryan's payback for breaking her sister's heart, Jade plans to tempt him, tease him...and seduce him out of his clothes, leaving him high and dry. Only, as she gets to know oh-so-sexy Ryan better, she soon fears she'll be the one left desperate for more....