Title: Torch
Author: Roxie Noir
Designation: Full-Length Standalone Contemporary Second Chance Bad Boy Romance (350 pages), NO Cliffhanger, HEA
Reading Platform: Kindle Edition
My Rating: Five Sinfully Sexy Stars*****
***Although the total page count indicates 350 pages, Torch ends at approximately the 50% location. In the edition I purchased, the author has generously included a second full-length contemporary bad boy romance with a western twist entitled Ride.
Oh my! Oh my! Oh my! Roxie Noir knows she can write some smokin' hot romance and her latest release, Torch, is no exception. I loved it! There's something about a Roxie Noir book that just does it for me. It's always such an exciting, sensual, passionate and arousing experience. You know, the kind where you feel all the agonizing angst, fiery passion, and steamy sex but you still get the warm and fuzzy sweet romance along with a few unexpected surprises thrown in to keep you on your toes. It's the best feeling in the world... like drinking a cup of your favorite tea while wrapped in your most comfortable old ratty robe and curled under your favorite comforter. I know before I read the first line, it will be just perfect... and it was!
Torch is a fast-paced, well-crafted full-length standalone contemporary second chance romance filled to the brim with heart-pounding danger, heartbreaking drama, agonizing angst, laugh-out-loud humor, heartwarming romance, steamy passion and dreamy sex. The narrative is beautifully written in the first person with clearly defined his and her perspectives. The dialogue is smart, snappy, humorous, and flows effortlessly. But without a doubt, my favorite component of this and all of Noir's stories is always the cast of captivating, engaging, and completely relatable characters. I was immediately drawn into the story by our two protagonists, saucy U.S. Forestry Service Ranger and temporary communications officer Clementine McKinnon, and cocky Canyon Country Hot Shots crew member and wildfire fighter Hunter Casden. I fell in love with two characters and their second chance love story. These two characters complemented each other perfectly. Even after eight years, their attraction was still undeniable, their interaction captivating, their history heartbreaking and their sexual chemistry was off the charts smokin' hot! Did I like this book? No, I loved it! Would I recommend it? You bet and I am but only for adult readers since it does contain some steamy, dreamy love scenes. Will I read this author again? Abso-freakin-lutely! Was I entertained? Completely! I was glued to my seat, white-knuckling my ereader with the pages flying as quickly as the time. Fabulous entertainment and an awesome read! If you're looking for the perfect combination of heartwarming contemporary romance and light-hearted humor sprinkled throughout with a dash of danger, drama and angst, then Torch is most assuredly the book for you.
Forestry Ranger Clementine McKinnon had always hated public speaking so when she ends up as the U.S. Forestry Service communications officer for the Copper Creek Ranger Division of the Big Sky National Forest in Montana, it was strictly by default. In other words, she was drafted because there was no one else to fill the position which is how she found herself in her current predicament... in a room full of the local townsfolk at the Lodgepole Rotary Club supposedly enjoying the perfect portions of spaghetti prepared by the Ladies Auxiliary and sweating bullets while waiting to make a short speech and present a plaque to the the Canyon Country Hot Shot Crew for their efforts in saving the community from a raging wildfire. Lovely... NOT! The presentation was supposed to have been made by her boss but, unfortunately, she was called away at the last minute leaving Clementine to fill in. Clem thought she was prepared and could probably handle almost anything but the one thing Clem never, and I mean never, never, ever, expected, was to see a ghost from her past sitting among the sea of faces making up the audience... a face she thought she'd never see again...a face that belonged to her high school sweetheart, her first love and her first lover, the man who had broken her heart eight years earlier, Hunter Casden. He's also the man who had dumped her during a Skype call while thousands of miles away. Hunter had enlisted in the Marines right out of high school, then deployed to Afghanistan. Clem had never wanted him to join but it was almost a tradition in his family. And she's never forgotten or forgiven him. Apparently, he remembers the events a little differently, claiming she dumped him. What the heck? What's he doing here working as a wildfire fighter? She'd not heard a single word from him in eight long years. Regardless of who dumped whom, both had been hurt but were now in the same town, in the same building, in the same room, staring at each other while she was trying to deliver a speech and present a stupid plaque... and all the while, he's grinning like the cat who ate the canary, then licked all the cream! With him looking so darn handsome, it's almost possible for her to forget why she should still be angry. What's a girl to do? Swoon? Of course not, she's a professional for pete's sake. She can handle any emergency... except possibly this one. So what does she do? Rush to the restroom and choke on her drink... only to be rescued by said handsome heartbreaker firefighter when he breaks down the door to save her from choking. And then allow him to walk her home. Oh dear!
Hunter Casden can't believe his eyes. It's none other than Clementine McKinnon, the girl who dumped him and broke his heart eight years ago, now a forest ranger and right here presenting a plaque to his boss. And she's even more beautiful than he remembered. The sensible thing to do would be to walk away, but when was the last time he had ever been accused of being sensible. Never! If he were a sensible kind of guy, he certainly wouldn't be a firefighter with the Canyon Country Hot Shots Crew, risking his life by fighting wildfires six months out of the year. They were in town for a few days. What would it hurt just to say hello? It could hurt a lot when he couldn't bear to walk away. It could be that he never stopped loving her, but she had dumped him on a Skype call while deployed to Afghanistan serving in the Marines. Hadn't she? Memory is a funny thing. Sometimes they get a little jumbled... especially when young love is involved. The smart thing would be to walk away but no one had ever accused him of being smart, either. After all, the night is young and so is he... well, kinda. But she's beautiful, and he's smarter and a whole lot more experienced than he was at eighteen. What could go wrong? We'll see!
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