[Release Blitz + Review] Coming In Hot by Kathryn Shay

TITLE: Coming In Hot

SERIES: Brothers of Fire #6

AUTHOR: Kathryn Shay

GENRE: Contemporary/Firefighter Romance

TROPES: irefighter romance, fireman romance, opposites attract romance, alpha male romance, sweet shy heroine, protector romance, heartfelt romance

RELEASE DATE: December 4, 2023

He’s a hotshot firefighter afraid of nothing.

She’s a plain, ordinary school teacher who scares him to death.

Captain Carson Taylor III is an excellent firefighter, independently wealthy and attracts women like moths to the proverbial flame. But he’s had loss in his life that makes him fearful of commitment. He’s not about to get close to anybody again.

Then he meets Grace Lansing, a woman who embodies everything her name implies and is totally wrong for him. No way will he let her get to him.

What happens when two people who have nothing in common fall in love? Is their relationship doomed?

Carson couldn’t believe he was so mad at Grace. Since she absconded from his house two days ago while he slept, feelings had seethed inside of him but he thought he’d successfully killed them. That was why he followed her outside the restaurant. She started toward the car and was about to get in when he said, “Not so fast.” 

Turning to him, she asked in a harsh whisper, “What are you doing?” 

He took her hand and pulled her aside, leaving the valet holding the handle of the door. Faith got out of the car and came around. “Grace?”

“I’m fine. I’ll be right there.” She searched his face and seemed puzzled. “What do you want from me?”

“Certainly not what I got.”

Her eyes narrowed. “I thought you got a lot that night.”

“You, too.”

“I admit I did. So?”

“How could you leave me after what we experienced together?”

“How could I not? You made it clear you only wanted a fling. I made it clear I wanted more.”

“You didn’t even give me a chance…” His voice trailed off. What was he saying? She was right. But this whole thing wasn’t. “It’s your birthday.”

“That’s a non sequitur. What does it matter?”

“I would have wanted to be with you when you turned thirty.”

She blew out a heavy breath. “Carson, you can’t have your cake and eat it too. You want something superficial and I don’t. You simply can’t have me under those circumstances.”

“I can’t…”

“I know. You can’t share yourself. I’m not trying to change you.”

“I’m conflicted, Grace.”

She lifted her hand and cradled his cheek. “I’m sorry. I hope you get what you want out of life.” She arched a brow. “I intend to.”

She walked back to the car. It drove away, leaving him bereft. There, there it was. He didn’t want to feel bereft. He didn’t want to feel anything.

3.5 Stars from Tiffany!

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Not a Fan of This Brother…

While I waited for his book with bated breath, I’m going to have to admit I wasn’t a big fan of Carson. We knew all along the guy had problems, but boy did he come across as a huge d-bag in his own story.

Carson left The Brothers of Fire books ago and not for a lack of trying on their part, he’s yet to come back. He’s a closed off dude and makes that crystal clear from the get-go. He’s also the last brother to get with somebody, so it was now or never time for him. I just wish sweet Grace didn’t get mixed up in all of this.

Now Grace I liked from the get-go. She was smart and funny, with a sweet quality about her. She’s a Sped teacher and volunteers two nights a week at a children’s shelter with her twin sister. It doesn’t get any better than Grace. Her only downfall was her taste in men…kidding!

Carson and Grace meet when he does a fire demonstration for her class. It was an instant attraction for both, however they quickly learned they were very much opposites. Yeah, sure opposites attract and all that, but this guy was a lot of work. After a few dates they try this thing called dating out and Carson instantly turns right back into the jerk we all know him as and says this to Grace:

“You have to leave now. I need to make a clean break with you.”

The guy was selfish with a capital S, but love is blind and apparently so was Grace. They are in this odd, short, back and forth relationship of sorts until she does the unthinkable and drives him away. The unthinkable being putting somebody else before him. Bye Carson!

The book is well written and of course all The Brothers of Fire and their respective others are present and accounted for. There was something about this couple that I just wasn’t getting. They had zero chemistry, and it wasn’t the story I pictured for Carson. As the last book of the series, Kathryn Shay gives readers a super cute epilogue peeking in on all the brothers one year later. While I wasn’t a fan of Carson’s book, this is an excellent series and I’m glad I picked it up!

 

A NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author, KATHRYN SHAY has been a lifelong writer and teacher. She has written dozens of self-published original romance titles, print books with the Berkley Publishing Group and Harlequin Enterprises and mainstream women’s fiction. One of her firefighter books hit #20 on the NEW YORK TIMES list. Her novels have been serialized in COSMOPOLITAN magazine and featured in USA TODAY, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL and PEOPLE magazine. There are over ten million copies of her books in print and downloaded online. Readers call her work heartwarming.

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