Omg! Love it! Can't wait to read more of Taylor lee!

This was an entertaining book. The characters are very likeable and human. I love the various relationships. The weaving of the story is good. An enjoyable book.

This is the first Taylor Lee book I have read. Although I am not impressed, I bought the entire series as a bundle, so I'm hoping they get better. As for this book, the story was okay, but not great. In fact, it was rather predictable, so not much suspense involved. I knew who the bad guy was very early into the book which made reading the book superfluous. I did however, want to know about the reveal, so I persevered. Unfortunately, the reveal was anticlimactic. Add all that to stiff and unnatu...

I wavered between one and two stars for this book. I almost liked it. I'll be generous and give it two stars, but there are so many things wrong with this story. The minor issue that bugged me through the whole thing is, where does a police detective get the money for an $80,000 car, and all the other things he spends money on?There were some continuity errors that a beta reader or editor should have caught. Among them, that if the woman has no food and no furniture, she certainly won't have a c...

A novel that is quite intriguing and well-written captures the reader's attention right from the start. I thought the suspense/mystery portion of the story was pretty good (even though I figured who the bad person was very early on). As for the romance, I found it to be lacking and all one-sided - that it was just Nate projecting his feelings and emotions onto Erin, but not vice-versa. The heroine, Erin, is a strong, tough character, but when it comes to Nate, she loses all her grit and succumbs...

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The cover does not do this book justice!A broken girl from California, Erin, runs from years of abuse to small town Minnesota, changes her name & becomes a firefighter! She's a teeny thing who runs & works out religiously to stay in top shape.On a fire call at a warehouse where dead bodies are found, her rookie self throws up. In the middle of her throwing up & gagging, a hot detective (Nate) verbally bashes her for being a woman FF & not being able to not toss her cookies/lunch. Her boss, Conno...

This was a tough one to rate. I enjoyed the overall story line but couldn't stand how arrogant and sleazy Nate seemed to be. Erin was both pathetic and strong at the same time so it was hard to form an opinion about her as well. Although the mystery was rather predictable, I did appreciate the chemistry between Erin and Nate and LOVED Connor so that inched it up to 3 stars for me.

This belongs in the "not for me" pile. I did finish it, but had problems with the main characters and how the plot unfolded (and more typos than seemed reasonable). Having the heroine go from an abusive husband into a relationship with a man who makes important decisions for her just felt icky to me.

www.the-book-diaries.blogspot.comWhat can I say about Taylor Lee’s books? Well, that they are awesome. When I finished reading Big Girls Don’t Cry, I was so excited to read more of Taylor’s stories. I moved on to Playing with Fire I knew that I wasn’t going to be able to put it down. Not too smart on my part to start it at night because yes, I didn’t stop reading until it was over. That’s the thing I love about Taylor’s books. They are so dramatic that you can’t wait to turn the page to see what...

The main character really is an arrogant, cocky bastard, but don't most of us girls love a bad boy? However, we do see him go through changes in his actions and in his thinking. The suspense was good, I didn't suspect the murderer until a few pages before the reveal. Liked this free book so much I bought the sequel right away!

I did not like the writing style. This book could also use an editor. Also, I think the author could have done some more research regarding police procedure and other things. These factors did not contribute to my 3 star rating. I did not like Nate. He was an ass...and not a lovable one. And although he did redeem himself, I still did not like him. As for Erin, well I really wasn't a fan of hers either. The story got interesting around the 30% mark. I figured out the bad guy pretty early, but th...

When a book is well written there is nothing else to do but appreciate the story. Erin McFadden is a fire fighter with a heart wrecking past. She is set with starting her life over. She battles her inner demons, her past, trust and her heart. Nate Stryker is an arrogant, over confident detective who has decided to pursue Erin and get her to tell him why she is running. Things interesting when Erin becomes the number one suspect in Stryker's case. Besides finding out the murder, they need to find...

I thought this was a well written book had a few typos that were missed. Only thing that bothered me was sometimes I wondered about Erin and the way she just followed Nate's orderes. She did everything to hide from an abusive husband and to show others that she could take care of herself to just blindly do everything Nate told her.

This heroine is a firefighter…yep that's what I said. That's so cool! And she's pretty cool also. Turns out she's had to fight her way free from a horrible past, has made a new life for herself, (not great but at least she's safe) and BANG! It all comes back to haunt her. There's a handsome, devil cop who needs a good swift kick sometimes, but he's a bad boy you gotta love. Then there are her friends that never let her down no matter how guilty she looks. Add in murder and intrigue and you get t...

I liked this one a lot more than I thought I would. This was a Kindle freebie that was emailed to me by BookBub. Normally the free downloads are just ok. Nice filler books. Every once in awhile, I download a really good one. This one was just that. I liked the main characters and the side characters. I also liked the story line. The story moved at a really good pace and it was a fun read. I didn't give it 5 stars because, 1)the editing needed work. Misspelled words and grammatical errors. 2) I f...

Just to be clear, I'd probably give this higher ratings if it had been edited more tightly. The misspellings, incorrect word choices and grammatical errors make the book (and the rest of the series, too) annoying to read. There is also the matter of the editorial speech - many of the characters speak as though they are only there to give exposition, not real dialogue. That's too bad, because at the heart of this, there's a moderately interesting group of stories. It's too bad that the forest is

Rookie firefighter Erin McFadden worked hard to get where she is today. Top of her class, physically fit, and have to take all the crap from a usually dominated field. She's loved and trusted by her fellow fighters, but there are still some out there that think a woman doesn't belong there. Nate Stryker is a detective, the best of the best, with a very successful rate. Every case that crosses his desk, he's solved. Arrogant, a little bossy, he wasn't prepared to meet the feisty, FEMALE fighter o...

Deleted 2% in. It's full of mistakes and life's way too short to be wading through a mess. I paused before starting it when I saw the author seems to churn them out every 5 minutes and that doesn't usually promise a great story. I didn't understand this line-something was clearly missed out..."....a great guy like Connor, so kind yet by far the competent Lieutenant in the house". I came across 2 misused apostrophe mistakes and by page 9 I'd seen more than enough.It's full of acronyms I had to ke...

Erin is an abused and damaged women running for her life and past. She moves to small town to start a new life as a rookie firefighter. Her past quickly catches up with her when things start to go wrong and she is accused of setting a fire that killed her husband and his lover.Nate is a jaded obnoxious, surly damaged cop. Nate has no respect for women and especially those trying to do a "mans" job. He immediately feels attraction to Erin but thinks she slept her way into the job. Sparks fly betw...