BOOKWORM REVIEW: Wild Fire by A.K. MacBride
RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
STEAM: 🔥🔥🔥
What would you do when the man who irreparably broke your heart comes back to fight for you?
Aside from her successful bakery burning down, Frankie also faces that problem when her brother Caden's best friend and the man she has pined her for most of her childhood comes back to town after ten years. Did I mention she also lost her V-card to Gage before he run out of town?
Wild Fire is the third book in A.K. MacBride's Breathing Hearts series, but it can also serve as a great standalone. Having read none of the previous books, I easily got the context and relationships among the side characters without being overwhelmed.
The book hits the ground running and never loses its great pace. MacBride does a fantastic job in building empathy for both main characters. I felt angry and hurt for Frankie, while I sympathize with Gage's dilemma at such a young age.
While there was great drama, everyone, including Gage's super-charming daughter Maia, approached it with maturity and grace. Despite the tried-and-true trope of falling in love with your brother's best friend, I found Caden's response to the situation to be very refreshing.
This book may be wholesome in plot, but it also delivers spice in spades. Ten years of being apart and living in hurt and regret has only left Gage and Frankie's physical and emotional attraction in dormant mode, and like a volcano waking up, the tension simmers and builds until it is ready to explode. And like a volcano eruption, the explosion is a mental sight to behold.
If you're looking for a refreshing, wholesome yet spicy take on a second-chance romance, this is a great book to pick up.
** I am voluntarily reviewing an advance copy of this book.**
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ABOUT THE BOOK
We all have that one person who makes our skin crawl with irritation.
When you see them, you just want to high-five them…in the face…with a chair.
For me, that's Gage Calloway.
It doesn't matter how wonderful everyone else might think he is, I can't stand the man.
And if I never have to see him again, it would be too soon.
Unfortunately, the universe likes to torment me.
When my bakery catches fire, he is the one to pull me out.
And when my little kitchen needs rebuilding? One guess who's assigned to do that job?
Yup, Gage freaking Calloway.
I have no idea how I am going to get through the next few months having him in my space all the time.
Especially when my heart doesn't hate him at all.
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GET A SNEAK PEEK
“What’s this?” he asked as he took the container from me. His calloused hand scraped over the back of my fingers during the transfer, and I bit my tongue to stop myself from cussing out loud.When my hands were finally free, I shoved them into my back pockets, hoping like hell the tingling feeling coating my skin would disappear soon. “It’s an assortment of muffins. Some savory, some sweet.” I shrugged. “Figured the guys might like a snack.”
“Muffins, huh?” Not caring that I was right there in front of him, he removed the lid and lifted the container to his nose before inhaling deeply. “Mmm, can’t wait to get my mouth on your muffin.”
It didn’t matter how he meant it; my poor sex-deprived brain only provided me with images of him kneeling before me. Hands threaded through his hair, that sinful mouth driving me insane while he provided me with enough pleasure to make my toes curl.
Oh, for shit’s sake! This was Gage. I seriously needed to get a damn grip. Preferably a penis-sized one with a man who wasn’t Gage attached to it. Slicking my tongue over my teeth, I gave him a piss-off stare. “Dream on! Your filthy mouth isn’t coming anywhere near my muffin.”
It didn’t have the desired effect. Being the asshole he was, Gage stared right back at me, the intensity in his eyes flooding me with heat. So much heat. That turned into a raging inferno when he ignored my personal bubble and inched closer still.
Gaze bouncing between my eyes and my lips, he murmured, “You sure about that? I bet you’d feel so good watching me devour every bit of it. You’d probably even beg me to eat it again.”
Shit! I was fairly certain we hadn’t been talking about food at all and one hundred percent sure I was turned on beyond belief and now needed a change of underwear. He didn’t need to know any of this. Although if he chanced a look at my chest, I was pretty sure my boo bees would be dead giveaways.
Lifting my chin higher, I said, “You’re awfully full of yourself.”
“You could be full of me too.”
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MEET A.K. MACBRIDE
She likes her coffee big and strong and her chocolate sinfully dark.
Living in a small town in South Africa, she’s afforded the luxury of being surrounded by mountains and waking up to birds singing their morning songs.
In addition to her coffee and chocolate obsession, she can’t say no to cheesecake or pastry.
When she is not creating emotional reads that tug on heartstrings, she’s busy being a wife to her best friend and a mom to a sassy little girl (whom she wouldn’t want any other way).
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