"A wonderfully hot anthology!"

Be sure to have a fan or the air conditioning on when you start this extremely hot anthology. I can't say that I have a favorite story as they all turned up the heat in a most delightful way!

Cajun Heat by JoAnn Ross is the first story in this anthology and for those of you who read her Callahan books set in Louisiana this is Gabriel (Gabe) Broussard's story. Years ago before Gabe left the small town of Blue Bayou, he had a memorable night with Emma Quinlan. Still he left for the bright lights of Hollywood and became a star. Emma still lives in Blue Bayou and thanks to the Callahan's got rid of her scum of an ex- husband who was stealing her blind and fooling around on her to boot. Now Emma owns a spa with her best friend and is trying to put things behind her. This is before Nate Callahan asks her to pick Gabe up from the airport. Emma really doesn't want to do that as she has never forgotten Gabe and this will only dreg up memories better left buried.

In You Give Me Fever by Nancy Warren, Lucy Charles lives in Canada but goes to New Orleans to dig up family roots. She wants to learn about her ancestors that left Canada for New Orleans. She meets Cousin Beatrice LeBlanc and at first thinks her son Claude is the gardener. She is very intrigued with Claude but the longer she stays with the LeBlanc's the more she is convinced something is going on and there are several secrets that Claude is keeping. Is he really the owner of an antique's store and why does he keep sneaking out at night? Lucy only becomes more intrigued the longer she stays. Can she figure this mystery out without losing her heart to Claude?

The third story is by E. C. Sheedy and it is In Good Hands, a story about a workaholic Dane McCoy. As a favor to his spoiled sister, he allows Esme Shane to come to his private island to bring a proposal for his sister Marilee and her latest lover to open a spa. He has given Marilee more than enough money over the years and he's not about to give her more. Plus she told him that Esme was a conservative mouse. Boy did she tell a whopper there! Esme has already married one workaholic man and won't get involved with another no matter what. Still Dane was hot and she was extremely bothered! What is a girl to do?

I thoroughly enjoyed each and every story in this fabulous anthology. I am a huge fan of all of these authors and to put them together in an anthology is genius!! I highly recommend reading this one the minute it is published!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted November 28, 2005