RELEASE AND REVIEW
Flirting With Fire
by Piper Rayne
Everyone knows that if you play with fire you’ll end up getting burned…
What happens when you attend a first responder’s bachelor auction with your best friends? Well, if your name is Madison Kelly like me, your friends end up bidding on a date for you with your high school crush.
That’s right. Even back when I was ‘Fatty Maddie’ to all my classmates, I had eyes for the quarterback of our football team. Not like I was the only one.
Mauro Bianco may fight fires for a living, but he still sets my heart ablaze. One look at the rugged, muscular man he’s turned into and I want to slide down his pole.
One date. That’s all I’m committed to. A few hours and I can tuck him back into that tattered old shoebox in my closet.
As always, the universe has other plans. I never would’ve predicted that in a matter of days he’d turn from my dream guy into my enemy.
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EXCERPT
My brothers widen their stances, share a look of amusement and cock their eyebrows at me. “Hate to break it to you, but Maddie didn’t bid on you. Lauren did.” Luca laughs while Cristian chuckles. “I’m going out with a Madison and she didn’t go to our high school. Which reminds me.” I pull out my phone. “Maddie is Madison, you idiot,” Luca says. “Her and Lauren were my year.” “I went to high school with Madison?” I try to let her face come back to me, and though I can picture her bright blue eyes and long chestnut hair, nothing about her is familiar from high school. “Yes, but she definitely wasn’t hanging out at the bonfires and football pep rallies.” Luca grabs his helmet off his bike. The only responsible thing I’ve seen him do in the last few years. “Well, shit and she doesn’t even want to go out with me? Her friend bid on me?” Luca straddles his bike with a grin. I look over to Cristian, but he’s putting his shirt back on and starts fiddling with his earbuds. They obviously think this conversation is over. “Yeah, but we’re all in the same boat.” Cristian’s thumb moves over his phone screen. “Maddie’s awesome and I think you’ll have a good time with her.” “She seemed pretty quiet and way too accommodating,” I say. Luca kicks his stand up, letting the bike rock a little under him. Cristian’s hands freeze on the screen of his phone. “And that’s bad?” he asks. “I want a woman who knows what she wants. Has her own damn opinions. Doesn’t just agree with everything I say.” Cristian peeks over his shoulder, a look of amusement that matches Luca’s. “You want a girl to come up and grab your nuts?” “I want a girl who knows what her favorite food is, has an opinion about where she wants to go for dinner, likes whatever sports team she likes and doesn’t default to my favorites.” I stuff my hands into my pockets, digging out my keys for my truck. “Well then, Maddie might not be the one. Like I said, she’s nice.” Cristian slaps me on the shoulder. “Treat her good though, okay?” He inserts one earbud. “What do you think I’m going to do, leave her in Garfield Park?” He puts his other earbud in. “That’s not even funny man. I have a friend in that district and the shit that goes down there...” He shakes his head. Cristian loses the entire point of my statement—the fact I’m not a jackass. I’m not Luca. “It’s one date,” I say. “And who knows, maybe she’s nice but still has a wild streak.” Christian again glances over to Luca who’s smiling like he’s fucking Mickey Mouse. “Well, good luck on your date,” he says. Cristian jogs away and Luca’s bike starts up. I head to my truck. The conversation is over, but I’m curious now. Where’s my damn yearbook?
RATING - 💜💜💜💜💜
This
would have to be my favourite Piper Rayne book to date! I love love
LOVED it!! I am such a sucker for a romance about a girl who loved from
afar only to have her crush notice her. It's one of my favourites. I
just could not get enough of this book and I can not wait for more.
Maddie has loved Mauro for ever! Since she was a 16 to be exact. But back at school at that age she was invisible, a bit of a loner and didn't really fit in. I could totally connect with her on that level. I was the same at school. I had friends but not many. My best friend was popular, as was Maddie's, but I wasn't. I felt for her so much with some things that happened. She is definitely one of my fav heroines.
Mauro was everything in high school. Popular Jock, hottest guy, wanted by all the girls. He is the first to admit he was self centered at the ripe age of 18. I wanted to have a word with Mauro at one stage during the start of the book. As the book went on I really started to love him and what Maddie and Mauro had together. Cailin, well she is another story entirely! Grr to her!
This book had me laughing, made me a little teary eyed, and gave me the happy sighs. I just loved this story and how it played out. I was intrigued from the start and read the book fairly quick. It was great to see Reed and Jade in the book as well. I can not wait for the next book in this series. I am so ready to fall in love with the characters like I did with this one.
Maddie has loved Mauro for ever! Since she was a 16 to be exact. But back at school at that age she was invisible, a bit of a loner and didn't really fit in. I could totally connect with her on that level. I was the same at school. I had friends but not many. My best friend was popular, as was Maddie's, but I wasn't. I felt for her so much with some things that happened. She is definitely one of my fav heroines.
Mauro was everything in high school. Popular Jock, hottest guy, wanted by all the girls. He is the first to admit he was self centered at the ripe age of 18. I wanted to have a word with Mauro at one stage during the start of the book. As the book went on I really started to love him and what Maddie and Mauro had together. Cailin, well she is another story entirely! Grr to her!
This book had me laughing, made me a little teary eyed, and gave me the happy sighs. I just loved this story and how it played out. I was intrigued from the start and read the book fairly quick. It was great to see Reed and Jade in the book as well. I can not wait for the next book in this series. I am so ready to fall in love with the characters like I did with this one.
Piper Rayne, or Piper and Rayne, whichever you prefer because we’re not one author, we’re two. Yep, you get two USA Today Bestselling authors for the price of one. Our goal is to bring you romance stories that have "Heartwarming Humor With a Side of Sizzle" (okay...you caught us, that's our tagline). A little about us... We both have kindle’s full of one-clickable books. We're both married to husbands who drive us to drink. We're both chauffeurs to our kids. Most of all, we love hot heroes and quirky heroines that make us laugh, and we hope you do, too.
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