High Heat by Annabeth Albert is book #2 in the Hotshots series, I really enjoyed book #1 Burn Zone so I was keen to read this newest book. This one was less about the Hotshots team than the first because Garrick, one of our leading men injured himself severely at the end of book one, and this is his story.
I really loved this novel, it was sweet and had all the feels, while at the same time dealing with the issue of being able to move on with life when your dream isn’t possible anymore due to a permanent injury.
After Garrick’s accident, he is learning to deal with his permanent injuries as well as the loss of his job as a Hotshot jumper, the only thing he sees himself doing. A stray dog coming into his life forces a meeting with his neighbour’s grandson, Rain, a wonderfully flamboyant young man, who is just what Garrick needs to pull him through this chapter of his life. But Rain wants more than just one chapter, while Garrick doesn’t think he is worthy.
I enjoyed the relationship which grew between these two. I absolutely loved Rain, he was a breath of fresh air, not willing to be anything other than who he is, but at the same time has doubts of his own. Rain bought plenty of humour to the interactions between the two of them. Garrick had some life lessons to learn as well as learning to believe that he was worthy of being happy and that there was more to life than being a jumper.
I look forward to book 3.
Thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin – Carina Press for a digital copy in return for an honest review.
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