FLIRTING WITH FIRE
by
Piper Rayne
BLURB:
Everyone knows that if you play with fire you’ll end up getting burned… What happens when you attend a first responder’s bachelor auction with your best friends? Well, if your name is Madison Kelly like me, your friends end up bidding on a date for you with your high school crush. That’s right. Even back when I was ‘Fatty Maddie’ to all my classmates, I had eyes for the quarterback of our football team. Not like I was the only one. Mauro Bianco may fight fires for a living, but he still sets my heart ablaze. One look at the rugged, muscular man he’s turned into and I want to slide down his pole. One date. That’s all I’m committed to. A few hours and I can tuck him back into that tattered old shoebox in my closet. As always, the universe has other plans. I never would’ve predicted that in a matter of days he’d turn from my dream guy into my enemy.
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Review by: Flavia
I really loved everything about this book. From the story to the characters and the side characters, everything was awesome
We all have that one guy we had a crush on in high school. For Maddie it was Mauro Bianco. He was her dream guy and when he got drunk at a party and asked her for a ride home, it just made her life. That night she thought they shared something, but the next day it was like nothing happened. Now years later Maddie and her friends are at an auction and guess who is up for auction... The Bianco brothers. And Maddie just got her the date that she has always wanted. But is he really the guy she wants now. She is happy with her life, doing what she loves and does she really need a self-centered jerk in her life. Or is this Maddie's turn to have her fairytale.
Mauro Bianco is a firefighter, he also feels like he needs something more in his life. So he decides to buy a house and it flip it. But what happens when the house is the same one that the women he had a disastrous date with also wants. Well maybe they can come to a compromise. This is his chance to show everyone that he is not just a face he also has other qualities that he hopes Maddie sees...
I loved this book, from the beginning to the end. I felt Maddie's pain and how she always felt like she didn't measure up to everyone else. But I loved that she had best friends who never let her forget that she is awesome and I loved that Mauro didn't hesitate to let her know that he wasn't just interested in her body but everything about her is what drew him to her. I can't wait to read the rest in this series, especially Luca and Lauren... That is going to be hilarious.
We all have that one guy we had a crush on in high school. For Maddie it was Mauro Bianco. He was her dream guy and when he got drunk at a party and asked her for a ride home, it just made her life. That night she thought they shared something, but the next day it was like nothing happened. Now years later Maddie and her friends are at an auction and guess who is up for auction... The Bianco brothers. And Maddie just got her the date that she has always wanted. But is he really the guy she wants now. She is happy with her life, doing what she loves and does she really need a self-centered jerk in her life. Or is this Maddie's turn to have her fairytale.
Mauro Bianco is a firefighter, he also feels like he needs something more in his life. So he decides to buy a house and it flip it. But what happens when the house is the same one that the women he had a disastrous date with also wants. Well maybe they can come to a compromise. This is his chance to show everyone that he is not just a face he also has other qualities that he hopes Maddie sees...
I loved this book, from the beginning to the end. I felt Maddie's pain and how she always felt like she didn't measure up to everyone else. But I loved that she had best friends who never let her forget that she is awesome and I loved that Mauro didn't hesitate to let her know that he wasn't just interested in her body but everything about her is what drew him to her. I can't wait to read the rest in this series, especially Luca and Lauren... That is going to be hilarious.
5 Stars
EXCERPT:
My brothers widen their stances, share a look of amusement and cock their eyebrows at me. “Hate to break it to you, but Maddie didn’t bid on you. Lauren did.” Luca laughs while Cristian chuckles. “I’m going out with a Madison and she didn’t go to our high school. Which reminds me.” I pull out my phone. “Maddie is Madison, you idiot,” Luca says. “Her and Lauren were my year.” “I went to high school with Madison?” I try to let her face come back to me, and though I can picture her bright blue eyes and long chestnut hair, nothing about her is familiar from high school. “Yes, but she definitely wasn’t hanging out at the bonfires and football pep rallies.” Luca grabs his helmet off his bike. The only responsible thing I’ve seen him do in the last few years. “Well, shit and she doesn’t even want to go out with me? Her friend bid on me?” Luca straddles his bike with a grin. I look over to Cristian, but he’s putting his shirt back on and starts fiddling with his earbuds. They obviously think this conversation is over. “Yeah, but we’re all in the same boat.” Cristian’s thumb moves over his phone screen. “Maddie’s awesome and I think you’ll have a good time with her.” “She seemed pretty quiet and way too accommodating,” I say. Luca kicks his stand up, letting the bike rock a little under him. Cristian’s hands freeze on the screen of his phone. “And that’s bad?” he asks. “I want a woman who knows what she wants. Has her own damn opinions. Doesn’t just agree with everything I say.” Cristian peeks over his shoulder, a look of amusement that matches Luca’s. “You want a girl to come up and grab your nuts?” “I want a girl who knows what her favorite food is, has an opinion about where she wants to go for dinner, likes whatever sports team she likes and doesn’t default to my favorites.” I stuff my hands into my pockets, digging out my keys for my truck. “Well then, Maddie might not be the one. Like I said, she’s nice.” Cristian slaps me on the shoulder. “Treat her good though, okay?” He inserts one earbud. “What do you think I’m going to do, leave her in Garfield Park?” He puts his other earbud in. “That’s not even funny man. I have a friend in that district and the shit that goes down there...” He shakes his head. Cristian loses the entire point of my statement—the fact I’m not a jackass. I’m not Luca. “It’s one date,” I say. “And who knows, maybe she’s nice but still has a wild streak.” Christian again glances over to Luca who’s smiling like he’s fucking Mickey Mouse. “Well, good luck on your date,” he says. Cristian jogs away and Luca’s bike starts up. I head to my truck. The conversation is over, but I’m curious now. Where’s my damn yearbook?
Piper Rayne, or Piper and Rayne, whichever you prefer because we’re not one author, we’re two. Yep, you get two USA Today Bestselling authors for the price of one. Our goal is to bring you romance stories that have "Heartwarming Humor With a Side of Sizzle" (okay...you caught us, that's our tagline). A little about us... We both have kindle’s full of one-clickable books. We're both married to husbands who drive us to drink. We're both chauffeurs to our kids. Most of all, we love hot heroes and quirky heroines that make us laugh, and we hope you do, too.
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