Fade the Heat [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Colleen Thompson (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. RITA finalist Thompson takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride full of surprising twists and turns in this exceptional novel of romantic suspense. Dr. Jack Montoya becomes the unwilling flash point for two opposing radical groups attempting to influence the Houston mayoral race after someone leaks his habit of falsifying patient records to allow the treatment of illegal immigrant children. Back into his life stumbles a childhood friend, beautiful but troubled firefighter Reagan Hurley, who seeks his help to control and hide the asthma that threatens her career. When an arsonist torches Jack's apartment and Reagan's captain dies, her association with Jack stirs her team's suspicion. The heat intensifies throughout the story, which balances extreme tension with a scorchingly honest relationship between the protagonists. Married to a firefighter in real life, Thompson (Fatal Error) conveys the details of fire fighting and emergency medicine with authenticity and finely crafted prose. She more than holds her own in territory blazed by Tami Hoag and Tess Gerritsen.
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Review

"FADE THE HEAT [is] one hot, suspenseful read. Thompson delivers a taut, toe-curling tale of romantic suspense!" -- Revision 14 - News & Reviews of Today's Fiction

"Fast paced action races the reader along to a nerve wrenching, surprise conclusion." -- Huntress Reviews

"Thompson does a superb job of weaving a tale wrought with danger, secrets, murder, and love in FADE THE HEAT." -- Romance Reviews Today --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 493 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Press (March 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786283890
• ISBN-13: 978-0786283897
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,401,592 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Whether you're a loyal reader or a brand new browser, thank you for visiting my page at Amazon.com. If you're into suspense that keeps you up past bedtime, a mystery that keeps you guessing, and a romance to keep things sizzling, I hope you'll enjoy some time spent with my characters and stories.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Even Better Than Her First, February 2, 2006

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Patricia Kay "author and avid reader" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fade the Heat (Mass Market Paperback)

Colleen Thompson's writing just gets better and better. FADE THE HEAT is a superb book: tightly plotted, full of finger-biting suspense, sizzling with romantic tension and hot love scenes, and stars two of the most interesting, fully realized characters it's ever been my pleasure to read: Jack Montoya and Reagan Hurley. Since others have summarized the story, I won't repeat. All I'll say is, if you love terrific romantic suspense, BUY THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW. Just go to the top of the page and CLICK. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, January 5, 2006

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Kimberly D. Eiland "Crazybookgirl" (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fade the Heat (Mass Market Paperback)

I don't write many reviews, but felt compelled to share my thoughts on FADE THE HEAT. What a fantastic book! The writer grabbed my interest on the first page, and didn't let me go until the exciting end. Jack Montoya is a fantastic hero -- not afraid to step over the line to defend his principles. Reagan Hurley, a female firefighter, is all things brave and admirable, but softly feminine at all the right moments. There's some really fantastic secondary characters as well. I would recommend this novel to any fans of well-written suspense!

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Instant Favorite!, April 14, 2006

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Sharon Forret (Southeast Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fade the Heat (Mass Market Paperback)

Romantic suspense is a broad description-perhaps broader than it should be, considering some of the stories that carry this label-but if you want to read a book that's the very definition of "romantic suspense," then look no further than Colleen Thompson's FADE THE HEAT. Without sacrificing the action or the emotion, she masterfully weaves a suspense plot that never lets up with a tender, oh-so-believable romance between two satisfyingly original characters.

Jack Montoya and Reagan Hurley are strong, larger-than-life heroes with touching vulnerabilities that make them seem so real that you'll root for them to the very end and keep a soft spot for them in your heart long after you finish the book. (OK, especially for Dr. Jack, a gorgeous physician who saves sick children, works at a small clinic in a dangerous neighborhood instead of at a fat-cat medical practice, and loves his mama and his sister. Could he be more scrumptious?!)

You'll enjoy not only the twists and turns of the intricately-crafted plot and the sweet build-up of romantic tension, but also the vivid detail of the Houston setting. Just as in the enthralling FATAL ERROR, Thompson deftly uses the backdrop to make her story and the characters in it feel like very real people fighting real problems and finding, of course, real love-but make no mistake: it's a love that they'll have to fight for.

I highly recommend this amazing book, and unless you want to go into work late and/or tired, I also recommend buying it now and saving it for the weekend because once you get started, it's impossible to put FADE THE HEAT down until you reach the very end!