If you have been reading my site for awhile, you know I am an avid reader. I read all kinds of things, but mostly contemporary fiction, crime/thrillers and historical fiction. However when I heard that New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Novak was coming out with a new book alongside a lip gloss, you KNOW I had to check that out!
Confession: I had never read anything by Brenda Novak until this past week. I have seen her books for years and years in stores, but because they were labeled as “Romance/Suspense” I overlooked them. That was a mistake on my part because she writes a really gripping story!
White Heat is her new book which just came out on July 27th. It’s the first in a 3-book series. White Heat might be labeled as romance/suspense, but don’t let that fool you. A bodice-ripper it’s not. It’s more what I would consider a thriller or action story with a little romance thrown in, as most books have.
The book is about two special operatives, Rachel Jessop and Nate Ferrentino who work for a private security company called Department 6. They might be boss and subordinate, but they also have a romantic past…Or maybe it’s not so “romantic”. Either way, they have to work very closely together on a case involving getting inside a cult called The Church of the Covenant in an Arizona Ghost Town called Paradise. Hence the name “White Heat”.
I don’t want to give any fun details away, but the story is a really good one, and it was a very gripping, fun, fast read.
If you are looking for a fun summer read, I would suggest picking this one up. Please know I would never, ever recommend a book that I didn’t actually like and read myself!
The follow up novels called Body Heat and Killer Heat will be released in August and September, respectively. I will be checking those ones out now for sure!
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