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Sizzle (Blaze (2-In-1)) (Harlequin Temptation)

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Back cover reads:
Body Heat Lori Foster
Melanie Tucker found herself trapped on the same party boat with nemesis Adam Stone! He was still too smooth, too sexy. And it was too much when they both fell overboard--and wound up stranded together! What could they do about all that delicious body heat sizzling between them?
Slow Burn Elda Minger
Ten days of sun and surf at a luxury resort. It was bliss to Ally Hennessy 'til she realized Flynn Ryder had engineered her fantasy vacation! Flynn wanted her back in his life--and in his bed--at any cost. He'd figured being alone with him would ignite the flame that had always burned between them...

Whoop, turned the page and found out that Adam lied - it's not an aphrodisiac. Sizzle is okay for a beach read but it's not really up to Lori Foster's normal standards. Body Heat didn't even make me laugh which is unusual for a Foster story.

I like how Ally uses Hans in Slow Burn. I thought the idea of closing down an entire resort, except of one guest, was a bit much. I was so overwhelmed by the bad business decision that I kind of lost track of the story line. I kept thinking, wow, that's going to cost him, especially when he explained how he got the money. If you can divorce yourself from that factor it's a nice little romance.

Not to detract from the talent of the authors, but the format of the 2 books crammed into the 215 +/- pages didn't suit me. I'm used to a more involved story and these two were so compact that they didn't quite do it for me. They didn't have much in the way of secondary characters to flush out the quirks, foibles and tolerances of the main characters. Also, they seemed rushed - like the authors didn't have room to add in a moment when all seems lost and the two (four) main characters have to decide to change themselves in the name of love.

I would have preferred to see the stories as full length, because they were good stories. But the format shortchanged the works and left me wanting.