Wickedly Hot: Heat (Harlequin Temptation) [Mass Market Paperback]

Leslie Kelly (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Temptation | Publication Date: September 1, 2004

New Yorker Ryan Stoddard can describe Savannah, Georgia, in two words: wickedly hot. But the dark, mysterious woman he's gone there to find is even hotter. Though Jade Maguire turns him on to no end, he can't be distracted from his mission--to prove the sultry siren is a conniving thief! But as he charms her into letting down her guard, he never dreams the wicked game he's playing is about to backfire....

Jade is surprised--and secretly thrilled--when Ryan Stoddard finds her. His blatant come-on provides a perfect opening for her revenge. As Ryan's payback for breaking her sister's heart, Jade plans to tempt him, tease him...and seduce him out of his clothes, leaving him high and dry. Only, as she gets to know oh-so-sexy Ryan better, she soon fears she'll be the one left desperate for more....

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Leslie Kelly combines a pair of time-tarnished premises and makes them sparkle like diamonds in the spicy, sensuous Wickedly Hot." -- RT Bookclub, September, 2004

"You will be wickedly disappointed if you don't get Wickedly Hot. Something this hot may just melt the shelves." -- The Best Reviews, September, 2004

From the Inside Flap

"Wh-what are you doing?" Jade asked, licking her lips.

Ryan unbuttoned his shorts and dropped them to the floor.

"Oh my God," she whispered, reaching up to clutch her throat.

"Nothing you haven’t seen before, is it, Jade? Though you didn’t stick around long enough to really see how you affected me last night."

She could see it now though. Her whole face was flushed as she stared at him. All of him, including the erection he wasn’t trying to hide.

He’d always assumed he was a normally build man. But the shocked hunger in her eyes told him he’d caught her off guard.

"No, you’re right. I d-didn’t see you that well," she stammered.

He just stood in front of her, completely naked. Uncaring, not bothering even to pretend to be self-conscious.

She looked like she wanted to run. She looked like she wanted to jump on him. She looked like she needed someone to tell her what to do.

So he did.

"Take off your dress and get into the bed, Jade."

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373691912
• ISBN-13: 978-0373691913
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 3.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #277,678 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

When I'm not chained to my keyboard writing, I'm enjoying my life with my husband of 25 years and our three daughters. Let me tell you, raising three girls has been way more challenging than publishing romance fiction!

I write sexy novels for Harlequin, and also write dark romantic thrillers under the pseudonym Leslie Parrish. Check out my websites, www.lesliekelly.com and www.authorleslieparrish.com

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Turn down the air conditioning!, October 4, 2004

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Storm (M.I., FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wickedly Hot: Heat (Harlequin Temptation) (Mass Market Paperback)

Ms. Kelly's latest Temptation is as hot as the delicious cover (yum!)

Savannah, Georgia is the perfect setting for revenge, lust, and a little voodoo. Both Jade Maguire and Ryan Stoddard are after revenge, not knowing they've been setup by a crafty grandmother looking to see her grandson settle down. Fortunately for Jade and Ryan, they are perfectly matched--in and out of bed!

Well executed with delightful characters you'll want to turn down the air conditioning while Ryan and Jade turn up the heat!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars heated contemporary romance, September 1, 2004

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wickedly Hot: Heat (Harlequin Temptation) (Mass Market Paperback)

Savannah Businesswoman Jade Maguire is irate that some heartless Manhattan hunk broke the heart of her sister Jenny when her sibling was trying to make it on stage. She hopes to one day have the opportunity to teach Ryan Stoddard a lesson on breaking hearts.

The grandmother of New York architect Ryan Stoddard has met Jade and thinks she is perfect for her grandson. She decides to matchmake them from a distance, not an easy feat when he lives in Manhattan and Jade in Savannah. So grandma "hysterically" calls Ryan insisting that Jade Maguire stole the painting her father gave to her. She demands that her grandson retrieve her painting and teach the thief a lesson. Because he would do anything for his grandmother, Ryan agrees to handle the situation. He travels to Savannah to confront Jade. When they meet and she realizes who he is she is elated because her chance to "avenge" her sibling has arrived at her doorstep. As Jade and Ryan hide their real respective missions from the other, neither expected love to enter the squabble.

WICKEDLY HOT is a heated contemporary romance starring two likable protagonists with different agendas that make for an amusing read for fans because ironically we know what neither Ryan nor Jade discern about their opponent. The fun is watching love form, but trust not come with it as she feels guilt for falling for a philandering lout and he feels shame for desiring the felon who stole from his grandmother the matchmaker. Leslie Kelly turns Savannah hot with this tale of mistrust and romance.

Harriet Klausner

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Didn't Feel the Love, January 6, 2011

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This review is from: Wickedly Hot (Heat) (Kindle Edition)

Ryan's grandmother is trying to matchmake, figures Jade is perfect for him but he's never open to being set up. Grandma knows Jade because Jade contacted her about a painting that she owns that is stolen goods from the civil war and asks for it's return for the history society Jade works for. Which grandma agrees to, but then decides the best way to get Ryan to meet Jade is to tell Ryan that Jade swindled her. Ryan searches for Jade, but ends up finding her sister first, takes her to lunch and realizes she's not the right one. Then he shows up in Savannah Georgia at a banquet where Jade is. Attraction sparks. But he's there to retrieve the painting for his grandmother from the "thief", and she's there for revenge because she thinks he broke her sister's heart (her sister exaggerated about her meeting with Ryan... alot).

Jade entices him outside at the banquet and ties him to a fountain, naked, where awards will be given--fortunately only two older women saw him before he got loose. Later he ties her to his bed after luring her into his room dressed like a horrible tourist who joined her historical murder tour and is giving her trouble. It was a bit over the top on the antics and not much romance. I didn't feel much chemistry between them.