Hot & Heavy [Mass Market Paperback]

Sandra Hill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2005

In and out . . .

That’s Lieutenant Ian MacLean’s goal. The leaderof a team of highly trained Navy SEALs—the toughest, buffest fighting men in the world—the sexy, hard-as-nails bachelor has the brains,guts, and brawn to outthink, outgun, andoutmaneuver any enemy. But dealing with a buxom, headstrong, iron-willed Viking maiden from a time a thousand years before Ian was born . . . that’s a whole different kind of warfare.

Madrene Olgadottir has no idea where she isor that she’s landed ten centuries in the future.After bopping the arrogant soldier on his headand tying him up, the stunning hellion giveshim a tongue lashing that makes a drill sergeantsound like a kindergarten teacher. Then shedemonstrates that she has her own special wayof dealing with overconfident males.

Hoo-yah, it looks like Operation Rodentis about to get . . . Hot & Heavy

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Madrene Olgadottir, an 11th-century granddaughter of a once-powerful Norseman, finds herself transported to the 21st century in Hill's playful follow-up to Wet & Wild. Lt. Ian MacLean and his team of navy SEALs are hot on the trail of Jamal ben Hassan and his nest of terrorists in northern Iraq when they come upon Maddie, stinking of camel spit and who knows what else. Believing Maddie to be Jamal's mistress, Ian takes her into custody. Cleaned up, Maddie turns out to be a babe, one that Ian (and his "dangly parts") finds irresistible, so he isn't too put out when he's tricked into marrying her to facilitate the government's cockeyed plan to ferret out terrorists in the U.S. using Maddie as bait. Though one would expect Maddie to be frightened by the high-tech world she's been dropped into, she views this new world simply as an advanced civilization and takes it all in stride. She quickly adjusts to such oddities as "pan-teas," "dee-odor-ant," and little people in boxes (TV). The intrigue is lukewarm at best, and the romance is as generic as they come, but few authors can fuse erotica and drop-dead humor like Hill.
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 358 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books (July 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843951605
• ISBN-13: 978-0843951608
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #577,217 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sandra Hill is a graduate of Penn State and worked for more than 10 years as a features writer and education editor for publications in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Writing about serious issues taught her the merits of seeking the lighter side of even the darkest stories. She is the wife of a stockbroker and the mother of four sons. SandraHill.net

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really a 3 1/2, February 11, 2006

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mahikahn (Columbus, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot & Heavy (Mass Market Paperback)

I had some problems with this book:
1. The whole marriage thing was pretty far fetched.
2. Maddie should think about breast reduction surgery since we heard about the size of her breasts constantly.
3. She was a shrew; she was always shrieking about something & never shut up. I'm surprised Ian didn't wear ear plugs around her.
4. This is the same problem I have with many books. The male and female leads have an area of expertise due to career, training, etc. Yet one of the leads, usually the female, refuses to let that person call the shots, even though in that particular area, THEY KNOW MORE. EX: Maddie knows squat about the 21st century, has no clue about covert ops. Yet every time Ian tells her to do/not do something that he knows will be dangerous she pouts, is insulted, says it's because she's a woman and if at all possible does it anyway. Completely irresponsible, particularly as her acts can put people in a lot of danger. If she were a photographer & told Ian not to open the darkroom door she'd expect him to adhere to what she says because SHE KNOWS more about it.

I would have given it a three but I enjoyed the follow up on the earlier stories in the series and I like Sandra Hill's writing style.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hot & Heavy, August 1, 2005

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AK "Bro" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot & Heavy (Mass Market Paperback)

Over the past few years, Madrene's Viking family has steadily been vanishing; logical probability indicates that they are dead. Despite Madrene's valor, she finds her lands overtaken by invaders and herself sold into harem after harem as a slave. However, since she tends to have an unfortunate effect on her owners' ability to make use of her as a harem girl, she never stays anywhere long. Then, out of the blue, she finds herself free, and a thousand years in the future. Madrene does not know what has happened or what to make of this new world. When she is found by a group of Navy SEALS, they at first think she's a terrorist, but soon become otherwise persuaded. A marriage of convenience, or possibly inconvenience, is the only way to get her legally into the States, and Ian MacLean is chosen as the groom. He is sure that they'll be able to annul it after she's safely established as a citizen, but he hadn't counted on attraction bringing them into a real marriage. The only problem is, Ian is convinced he's married to a lunatic who might be a terrorist, [prostitute], or burglar, albeit a pretty one. There is no way she could be so innocent of all modern things, yet she is. None of it makes a bit of sense. The only thing either is sure of is that they are falling for each other, and it can't possibly work.

**** Granted, this book is replete with places nitpickers can dismantle gleefully, such as how could a woman from the distant past, from the Viking lands, speak English? However, fans of Ms. Hill's broad humor will be pleased as she adheres to all her trademark mechanisms to create a story with zip and a heartwarming end. ****

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I took a chance and I'm glad i did!, July 30, 2005

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Bubbles (S.D. ,CA.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot & Heavy (Mass Market Paperback)

I was crazy about her fun viking series:The Reluctant Viking, The Tarnished Lady, just to name a few, but extremely disappointed with her too corny, far fetched books in:Bewitched,Truly Madly Viking, Love Potion. I missed Sandra so I took a chance on Hot and Heavy and wasn't disappointed in the least. This is a great book to bring to the beach...I read it in 3 days.