Hot Night

I'm not sure what I can say about this book except to say that you probably need to make sure there is a lot of water in your house, because you will need to keep yourself hydrated ;) This book will make you feel very sweaty! It is a very engrossing, great read that will take you from confusion, to sizzling sex scenes, to fear for her, fear for him, confusion again...on and on and on. What a great storyteller Shannon McKenna is -- she takes the alpha male character in romance books and ratchets him up a couple hundred notches. That Zan...hmmm...not sure that I could handle him. In fact, I know I couldn't. I really felt for Abby during a lot of the book, because it's obvious she is way in over her head too! :) Half the time I was reading it I would have to get up and walk around the room because I wanted to just DO SOMETHING! ACK! You really get caught up in the things going on in the book and just can't put it down. If you like thriller romance with great sex scenes, totally overboard alpha male characters, women you can relate to who are completely in over their heads but who manage to pull through, then these Shannon McKenna books are for you! She is WONDERFUL :)

Arriving home with her blind date from hell, Abby Maitland is dismayed to realize that she won't be able to make a quick getaway without her house keys. After calling an all-night locksmith, Abby quickly realizes that her blind date is spiraling out of control. Zan Duncan was intrigued by the voice on the phone asking him to open her front door. When the call is suddenly dropped after what sounds like a scuffle of some sort, Zan rushes to Abby's apartment to find her being assaulted by a man. After a strange first meeting, Zan and Abby are drawn to each other again and again. Abby is determined to rebuff his advances because the last thing she needs or wants in her life is a "bad boy". Zan is exactly what she's not looking for, with his tattoos and motorcycle. Zan has other plans for Abby, whom he doesn't intend to let getaway. When Abby's best friend turns up dead after talking to her about her crazy boyfriend, Abby goes on a mission to prove that it was murder, not suicide. With Zan along as an unwilling accomplice, they dig deeper into Elaine's life and try to find her mysterious boyfriend. All the while, Abby is trying to get an exibit ready worth millions at the museum she works at. While there is a lot going on in this book, as far as different storylines, McKenna ties it up very nicely in the end. This is a fantastic book.

This author is one of my very favorite brand-name picks and her books are immediate purchases. This is one of her strongest--yet darkest--stories to date. The male and female leads are strong, passionate characters with great chemistry that starts from the get-go and just keeps sizzling. However, her villians are truly hideous excuses for human beings and left me troubled. Her ability to write tortuous death scenes almost overwhelmed her sensual moments until I was relieved to finish the book and have the bad guys out of my head. It speaks to a writer's skill to create such memorable characters--both loving/sensual and horrible.

Abby Maitland is trying to put her past to rest. She picks the wrong guys every single time she steps up to plate. Her latest set-up is a real winner and to top things off she's locked herself out of the house. She calls a locksmith who just so happens to like to play hero stopping a potential rape and beating. Abby can't help but be drawn to the handsome dark stranger named Zan but she has to her sanity demands it. But like always the one thing that seems to be the worst for her is all she wants. She finally gives into the sensual draw he generates and this should make things better...but it doesn't instead her life gets much more complicated and Zan is at the center of it all. Her best friend has been killed, people think it's a suicide and bad things keep happening to her. But there is a killer out there and he is closer then anyone knows. Will Zan and Abby be able to stay one step ahead of him or will a killer strike one more time? Ms. McKenna is an automatic buy for me. Her stories have it all! Great alpha males that are very endearing to the reader, sexy romance between the main characters, and evil baddies straight out of a nightmare. If you are looking for a stay up late night of reading you won't want to over look this page turning effort. Like I said it has it all!

In Silver Fork, Oregon Abby Maitland comes home from a date from hell when she realizes she is locked out of her home. She calls a locksmith while her date Edgar gets rough until the locksmith Alexander "Zan" Duncan shows up and fixes everything. Abby is working on a project to best display the new Spanish treasure exhibit at the Portland science museum. Unknown to the exhibit development manager is that someone plans to steal the gold and eliminate any witnesses. However, the predator delays implementation when Zan seems to always be around her. Abby is attracted to Zan and he reciprocates her deepest feelings. However, though her body and soul desires Zan, she has doubts about going out with the centerfold of bad boys. It is not just his black leather or the tattoos that scare her; it is also his fighting skills when someone attacks them that make her wonder what this locksmith used to do. Still as they fall in love, the culprit has revised the plan to eliminate two blockades to the gold. HOT NIGHT is a torrid romantic mystery as the audience like the heroine will wonder about the so called bad boy who seems to always be in the right place at the right time to either steal kisses or rescue the damsel in distress. Abby is a fabulous independent female who wants a caring man in her life, but though she desires Zan she is unsure if he is good for her. Zan is a bit of enigma at first, but fans will know quickly there is more to him than a pick and a tattoo. Shannon McKenna provides a heated XXX romantic suspense thriller. Harriet Klausner