Playing With Fire by Allison Bliss Review
5 Smooches
Synopsis
Nothing ignites a fire like the perfect match…
Anna Weber is every inch the proper librarian–old-fashioned, conservatively dressed right down to her tightly clipped flaming red hair. She’s just moved to a small Texas town, and is determined to spend time with her friend before she has to disappear. Relationships aren’t easy for her. She knows too well what it means to be burned. And the last thing she ever wants to do is fall in love…
Especially not with a fireman who’s hot enough to set the entire state of Texas on fire.
Cowboy can’t resist the fiery little librarian, and he’s determined to make her his. Beneath that prim-and-proper exterior is a woman he very much wants to know–if she’d let him. She’ll test his patience. His control. Hell, his very sanity. And for the first time, Cowboy wonders if he’s found the one fire he can’t control…
Review
“I was going to say you looked like an angel. But that’s not quite right. With your fiery red hair, deep blue eyes, and that rebellious little pout, I think you look more like . . . a fallen angel.”
I absolutely ADORDED Rules Of Protection so when I saw Playing With Fire up for review I got giddy with anticipation. Boy was I right to be excited because Playing With Fire blew me away and proved once again that Alison Bliss can deliver a perfect fun and exciting story. Everywhere Anna goes a suspicious fire seems to start which does not look good to the sexy firefighter, Cowboy. He doesn’t know if he should be suspicious of her or protective of her but what he does know is he can’t stay away from her.
‘One look at Cowboy and he was already screwing with my hormones again.’
A curvy librarian who actually does not dress sexy, HELL YES. Anna was so real to me. She wasn’t perfect but Cowboy wants her, dowdy clothes and all. He was relentless but Anna tried her best to fight the urge to jump his bones. His reputation for being a love em and leave em kind of man made her hesitant to even carry a conversation yet alone give in to the many offers he throws her way. But thank god no one can resist that man for too long. I think what I love most about alpha stories is there is one woman for ever man and vice versus. Both of these characters have their flaws but to the other those flaws are beautiful and make them who they are.
“Funny how one woman can make everything around you look so different isn’t it?” Cowboy rubbed at the back of his neck and grinned. “Like getting lost in my own backyard.”
I could write a four page love letter to Cowboy but I doubt you all really want to read that so instead I will just let you all know exactly how much I loved this man. We first met him in Rules Of Protection and based off that I expected him to just be a fun loving playboy, so I was blown away by the depth of his character and the pure kindness he possesses. But don’t mistake these word to mean he is weak or a beta male because trust me this man is pure sex and pure alpha and I desperately want him for myself.
“You’re so hard,” I said, then blushed a little as I realized I spoke out loud. “I mean, you have a lovely, um. . .” Damn I still can’t say dick out loud.
I love a rom com but I am pretty picky when it comes to them. They still need depth and heart. I need some drama to carry the story and I prefer fun wit to straight up crass humor and Alison delivers all of these and so much more. As the story develops you fall in love with these two characters and then you get the joy of watching them fall in love with each other. Both are complex and have more to them than you would ever expect. The story itself is very well developed with suspense, drama, angst and a ton of characters that leave you desperate for more in the series.
‘Well, never again. Never again would I give my heart to a man . . . especially since I’d left all the broken pieced of mine at Cowboy’s feet.’
A sexy cowboy, a curvy librarian and a story that makes your heart swell and your eyes tear this book had everything I was looking for and am happy to say I read it in one sitting and I am already excited about the possibility of starting it all over again. This was my second book by Alison Bliss and I will forever devour anything she puts out the moment I can get my hands on it.
~miranda
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