Heat of the Moment (Harlequin Blaze, No 70) [Mass Market Paperback]

Lori Herter (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (January 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373790740
• ISBN-13: 978-0373790746
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,836,871 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LORI HERTER does it again!, January 3, 2003

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Lisa "tiggedy2" (DE United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heat of the Moment (Harlequin Blaze, No 70) (Mass Market Paperback)

Award winning, best selling author LORI HERTER weaves a sensual, sultry, tale in her new novel HEAT OF THE MOMENT for Harlequin Blaze.
In this emotionally charged book, we get to know our hero and heroine from page one. Josie Gray is shy and even a bit backward in her feelings about sex (what little she has had of it). Peter Brennan has no such problems. Though confined to a wheelchair (or so we think), he responds to Josie right away, and that is just from watching her through a window!

But things are about to change for Josie. After years of hiding behind her work as a earthquake research scientist, she is ready to take back her sexuality. And who better to help her then her sexy new boss Peter?
This was a wonderfully spicey, fast paced story. Ms. Herter really delivers the action, right up to the "climatic" ending.
This book is a must have for all romance readers and LORI HERTER fans. I look forward to the next exciting tale LORI HERTER has for us.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Earth shattering -- Highly recommended, February 23, 2003

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heat of the Moment (Harlequin Blaze, No 70) (Mass Market Paperback)

Earthquake research scientist Josie Gray buries her sexuality in working to retrofit old bridges and buildings to make them earthquake-proof. While earthquakes are unpredictable, she considers men even more so. When talk circulates that her company broke into the competitor's system and even sabotaged their competitor's trials, resulting in a nearly fatal accident, Josie leaves her job. She goes to the competitor, Peter Brennan to apprise him of her suspicions, trying to assuage her own guilt.

Before he meets Josie, Peter has never met a woman who does not even wear lipstick. Yet Josie's innate sensuality takes him by storm. Although he is suspicious of her motives, her accepts her word and, surprisingly, offers her a job. Since the accident that nearly killed him, Peter has worked for home. Although he has recovered sufficiently to leave behind his wheelchair, he has maintained the injured façade until he could determine who had tried to kill him. He knows being around a man in a wheelchair makes Josie feel safe, and wants to use the opportunity to help her rediscover her own sensuous nature. He underestimates the fact that she values truth above all else.

Author Lori Herter takes a slightly different approach to the fulfillment of erotic content in HEAT OF THE MOMENT. Rather than an impetuous romp with explosive consequences, Josie and Peter take a slower approach to sensual exploration. They work to gain trust and heal old wounds, insuring that Josie feel safe, which compounds the emotional complications as trust unravels. Fans of author Herter will recognize this marvelous authorial voice, whatever the genre, with her fluid prose and deftly woven

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars There are some issues that may not appeal to all ....., December 16, 2007

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KayLovesToRead (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heat of the Moment (Harlequin Blaze, No 70) (Mass Market Paperback)

Heat of the Moment by Lori Herter
Harlequin Blaze # 70 - January 2003

Josie is a research seismologist working for Earthwaves developing technology to predict earthquakes. When she discovers that the owner of the company may have caused a near fatal accident to a rival company's president, she resigns. Josie has a strong sense of ethics so she goes to Peter, the rival who is now wheelchair bound, and tells him of her suspicions. Peter finds Josie intriguing and he admires her honesty. He hires her to work with him in his home lab working out the final bugs in his company's technology. After a very bad experience in college, Josie has lived her life without men; but the attraction to Peter is very strong. Peter helps Josie shed her inhibitions.

I think most will find this book enjoyable, but there are some issues that may not appeal to all. I had liked the Peter character very much until near the end of the book. He treats Josie very badly and I'm not sure whether he was properly redeemed or if he should have been redeemed. Until his brutal verbal attack, I had been enjoying this book, and this book would have earned a 5 star if that scene had been written differently.