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They say when life closes one door, another one opens.<\/em> Still grieving the loss of her sister who died two years ago, the last thing Veronica “Ronnie” Locke needed was to lose her job at one of Chicago\u2019s finest restaurants and have to move back in with her parents. So when a window of opportunity opens for her \u2013 running a kitchen at a small Hawaiian hotel \u2013 she\u2019d be crazy not to take it.<\/p>\n The only problem is, the man running the hotel drives her crazy: But the more time Ronnie spends on the island of Kauai, falling in love with the lush land and its carefree lifestyle, the closer she gets to Logan. And the closer she gets to Logan, the more she realizes she may have pegged him all wrong. Maybe it\u2019s the hot, steamy jungles or the invigorating ocean air, but soon their relationship becomes utterly intoxicating.<\/p>\n There\u2019s just one major catch.<\/p>\n The two of them together would incite a scandal neither Ronnie, nor her family, would ever recover from.<\/p>\n Forbidden, Illicit, off-limits \u2013 sometimes the heat is worth surrendering to, even if you get burned.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n FIND HEAT WAVE ON GOODREADS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe only thing that matters is us.\u201d<\/i> <\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n OMG, I LOVE THIS BOOK!!! 5 stars!<\/strong><\/p>\n Karina Halle has done it again! She had me completely captivated with this book from start to finish, my heart was pounding for most of it, and OMG the feels!!!! A standalone forbidden romance that is deliciously angsty, sexy and outrageously swoony, I devoured this book and I absolutely loved it!<\/p>\n When Veronica Locke met Logan Shephard their interaction was brief but life-changing for Ronnie, who knew that the gorgeous Australian man had the power to rock her world.<\/p>\n He was mine, even before he knew it. He was mine in some strange way that I still don\u2019t understand. The only way I can think of to explain it is\u2026 Things didn\u2019t work out the way she so desperately wanted, and seven years later, Ronnie is in a bad place. She\u2019s still grieving the tragic loss of a loved one, she\u2019s lost her boyfriend and her job, and she is living with her parents who are permanently disappointed in her. With her career in the toilet and little other option, she is jetting off to the Hawaiian island of Kauai to work as a chef at Moonwater Inn. It sounds like a dream opportunity, except that Ronnie\u2019s boss is going to be none other than Logan.<\/p>\n This is me at the start of my new life. I think I\u2019m going to be sick.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hawaii is a completely different world for Ronnie, and one that she is eager to explore, but she will be both working and living at the Inn, which means lots of time around Logan, and the Logan she finds is different from the one she knew \u2013 now a gruff and broody asshole, he has withdrawn from who he used to be following the death of his wife and most of the staff at the Inn give him a wide berth. He still makes Ronnie\u2019s heart pound, but he is abrupt and dismissive when dealing with her, and is downright mean. But there is something<\/i> there\u2026 an underlying chemistry which is evident every time they are together. It presents as animosity, anger, frustration and guilt, but it\u2019s there, and it makes every interaction buzz with sexual tension and a delicious sense of anticipation. It\u2019s all so intense! And Logan soon proves that he is not a man to hold back when he wants something. And what he wants is Ronnie.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll tell you what,\u201d he says, running his thumb over my lips. \u201cI\u2019ve been wanting to kiss you for a long time. And I\u2019ve been wanting to do a hell of a lot more.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n As much as she wants him, Ronnie is hugely reluctant to go there with Logan because of their history, but she is unable to resist the connection that is so clearly between them and when she caves into their chemistry\u2026 oh my God.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have no idea the things I want to do to you. No idea of the way I can make you feel.\u201d This book is SO freaking hot! Logan and Ronnie are sizzling together, and given the additional emotional aspect, the sexy time is super intense and passionate. The way it\u2019s written is a wonderful reflection of their feelings for each other and the special bond that they share. And as they explore everything that is between them, they fall and fall hard and the swoon is off the charts! Logan is a man who isn\u2019t afraid to share his feelings, and once he starts to open up to Ronnie there is no holding him back. I was a puddle of goo on the floor as he declared himself over and over again, leaving no doubt as to the depth of his love for her.<\/p>\n \u201cI just\u2026can\u2019t believe I have you.\u201d So beautiful!!! *swoooooooon!*<\/p>\n But though their relationship may be everything that the two of them have ever wanted, Ronnie fears the reaction from others, for there is a forbidden element to their romance – one that would cause a scandal if it ever became public, and which threatens to destroy everything that they have found together. But is the heat and soul-deep love that they have for each other worth the judgment and consequences that the exposure of their affair would surely bring?<\/p>\n OMG, I loved this book! I was sucked in from the very beginning, I felt absolutely everything<\/i>, and I reveled in the drama, the angst and the heart-poundingly beautiful romance. Ronnie is a fantastic character, loveable and relatable, and she\u2019s a wonderful narrator to her story, and Logan\u2026. just damn. I love the different sides to him that we get to see, he does the broody asshole thing so well, and as a romantic hero desperately in love with his girl, he\u2019s incredible.<\/p>\n \u201cVeronica, I want you. I want all of you. All the time, every day, until the end. I want to tell the world just how much you mean to me because you are my world.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re mine as much as I\u2019m yours. And I swear nothing, nothing, is ever going to change that for us. You will always belong in my heart. It\u2019s your home.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n I admit, I did have some issues with Logan\u2019s behavior in the past…<\/p>\n \u201cIs this really happening?\u201d I ask. \u201cYes,\u201d he whispers. \u201cIt really is. I love you. I made mistakes and it should have been you, it always should have been you, and now it is. It\u2019s happening. And if it\u2019s a dream, I don\u2019t want to wake up.\u201d<\/em><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>\n … Obviously, I was able to move past it.<\/p>\n And Hawaii!!! Karina Halle has taken us to the island of Kauai, and made me feel like I was with Ronnie for every step of her journey. She has such a gift with travel writing, and she recreates not only the environment, but the essence and feel of the magical place so that it almost becomes a character in the book. And the staff at Moonwater Inn are a great bunch! All very close, I really loved their dynamics and the part that each of them played in the story. I feel like I know these people, and I love that they had their own little side stories going on as well.<\/p>\n I love this book. Days after finishing it, I\u2019m still thinking about it and wishing that I could experience it all over again. I laughed, I cried, and I fell in love, and I relished every moment of it.<\/p>\n 5 stars.<\/p>\n Advanced Reader Copy generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n PROLOGUE<\/strong><\/p>\n I saw him first.<\/p>\n It shamed me to think it then, it shames me to think it now.<\/p>\n But that\u2019s what the truth does to you sometimes. It shames you because it\u2019s only in the truth that you realize how human you really are. What a raw, devastating thing that is, to embrace your humanity and learn to live with all your sharp points, the hollow places, the cracks and the crevices. To be utterly real. To be terribly flawed.<\/p>\n Those cracks had always been forming inside me, slowly making their way to the surface over the years. In my family, there wasn\u2019t much you could do but try and hold yourself together, to stick glue on your wounds, to paste over the imperfections. But the cracks still grew, until all of us were held together by crumbling cement, just statues waiting to collapse.<\/p>\n That was years and years ago. I was just twenty-two at the time. A baby. I\u2019m still a baby in the grand scheme of things, but there\u2019s something precious about your early twenties, where you think you\u2019re so much older, bigger, than you are, where life is just about to deliver the crushing blows that will knock you off your feet for the rest of your days. The small things become the big things and the big things become the small things and you aren\u2019t quite sure when they made the switch.<\/p>\n But in the end, I saw him first. He was mine, even before he knew it. He was mine in some strange way that I still don\u2019t understand. The only way I can think of to explain it is\u2026<\/p>\n You just know.<\/p>\n There are moments in your life, people in your life, that when they cross your path and meet your eye, you know. Maybe it\u2019s all in the chemistry, certain pheromones that react when they mix together, maybe it\u2019s a smell that triggers a memory, maybe it\u2019s a glimpse at a future you don\u2019t recognize or a hint at the past, a life you\u2019ve lived and forgotten. Whatever it is, you know that moment, that person, is going to shape you for the rest of your life.<\/p>\n That\u2019s what it was like when I saw him. Standing over by the windows and staring out Lake Michigan, like he was wishing he could be anywhere but there.<\/p>\n I wished the same. My mother\u2019s the deputy mayor of Chicago and this was another one of her fundraisers I felt obliged to attend. It was tradition in my family, for my father, for me, for my sister, to show up and wave the flag of support. It didn\u2019t seem to matter that the stuffy politicians that surrounded these events never paid me any attention. And if they did, it was the wrong kind of attention, always the sixty-year- old man leering after the young thing with the nice smile.<\/p>\n Luckily I didn\u2019t smile all that often. My resting bitch face took over whenever I was deep in thought, which was pretty much all the time.<\/p>\n But this guy\u2026I felt a kinship with him. I felt like I knew exactly what he was thinking, feeling, and that it was completely wrapped up in and connected to everything that was going through me.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t know where I found the nerve to go over and talk to him. He seemed so much older, not quite the sixty-year- old politicians I was used to seeing, but maybe in his early-thirties. More than that, there was some kind of aura around him. Sounds stupid, I know. Whatever it was, it was like he belonged in some whole other universe than here, a star on earth, permanently grounded and yearning to be in the sky.<\/p>\n It was usually Juliet\u2019s job to go around and make everyone feel warm and comfortable at these events\u2014hell, in every event\u2014but she wasn\u2019t here yet. And though I could have easily stayed in the shadows, I was pulled to him, like he had a wave of gravity whirling around him.<\/p>\n I remember what I was wearing. Strappy flats because I hated wearing heels, a knee-length cocktail dress in emerald green, sleeveless, high-neck. It made me look older and I wore it because my mother always wanted me to look like a lady.<\/p>\n With a glass of champagne in hand, I made my way over to the windows, my heart racing the closer I got to him. He looked taller up close, well over six feet. His shoulders were broad, like a swimmer\u2019s, and suddenly I had a vision of him diving into the lake. The navy blue suit he was wearing looked well-tailored but he seemed uncomfortable in it, like he couldn\u2019t wait to get rid of it.<\/p>\n I stood beside him for a moment, following his gaze out the window. He seemed lost in his thoughts but out of my peripheral his head tilted slightly and he brought his eyes over to me while I kept staring at that wide expanse of water, stretching out to the horizon.<\/p>\n \u201cCan\u2019t wait to get out of here?\u201d I asked, but though my tone was mild, my delivery was bold. It was as if someone else had taken a hold of my body, forcing me to speak. I slowly turned my head to meet his eyes.<\/p>\n I was taken aback for a second. He was staring at me like he knew me, even though I\u2019d never seen him before. Then again, I was sure I\u2019d been staring at him in the same way. That feeling of knowing. He knew me, I knew him, and who the hell knows how that was possible.<\/p>\n His eyes were brown\u2014are brown\u2014dark with currents of gold and amber, giving them beautiful clarity. Slightly almond shaped. His brows were also dark, arched, adding to the intensity of his gaze. He\u2019s the type of guy whose eyes latch onto you, dig deep, trying to sift through the files of your life, see who you really are.<\/p>\n \u201cHow did you know?\u201d he asked, a full-on Australian accent rumbling through his gruff voice. It made my stomach flip, my core smolder. How deed you now<\/em>, is what it sounded like. Funny how I stopped hearing the accent after time.<\/p>\n I gave a half shrug and looked back to the party. More people had flooded the room, mingling around the appetizers. My mother was in the corner, a crowd of politicians around her. She didn\u2019t see me. She never did.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause I think I\u2019d rather be in the middle of Lake Michigan too,\u201d I told him, \u201cthen be stuck here with all these people.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThese people,\u201d he repeated. My focus was drawn to his lips, full, wide, tilting up into a smirk. Beneath them was a strong chin and even sharper jaw, dusted with a five o\u2019clock shadow that seemed permanent, like the man couldn\u2019t get a clean shave even if he tried. \u201cHow do you know I\u2019m not one of these people?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBecause you\u2019re over here and not over there. How come you keep answering my questions with more questions?\u201d<\/p>\n He studied me for a moment. My blood pounded in my head and I felt a giddy kind of thrill at how this was progressing. If anything, I was proud for holding my own with this handsome stranger. He was the first man I ever really felt at ease with.<\/p>\n He cleared his throat, offered me a quick smile before he nodded at the lake, his hands sliding into his pockets. \u201cShe almost looks like the ocean, doesn\u2019t she?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNot quite the same as Australia, I would imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNo hiding this accent, is there?\u201d He glanced at me and stuck out his hand, which I shook for a moment, warm palm to warm palm. \u201cI\u2019m Logan Shepard. Australian. And the reason I\u2019m here is because I was invited by a friend of mine. I\u2019m only in town for a few days and he didn\u2019t want to go alone. He\u2019s over there.\u201d He nodded at a tall black man in the corner, listening intently to another man.<\/p>\n \u201cWarren Jones,\u201d he said, as if I should know him. Perhaps I should. He probably thought I was one of them<\/em>. \u201cHe\u2019s local and the key piece to my investment.\u201d<\/p>\n I wasn\u2019t one for business talk\u2014I never had anything to contribute other than lamenting student loans\u2014but I wanted him to keep talking. \u201cWhat\u2019s your investment?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cStarting my own hotel,\u201d he said. \u201cIn Hawaii. Have you ever been there?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOnce. When I was eight. I think we were in Honolulu. I remember a city, anyway. Waikiki Beach.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis hotel is in Kauai. The Garden Isle. Went there once as a teenager and couldn\u2019t get it out of my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t know the right things to say. I wanted to ask more about the hotel, what it means when you have an investor, but I didn\u2019t want to appear dumb. I kept my mouth shut.<\/p>\n \u201cYou haven\u2019t introduced yourself,\u201d he said. \u201cProtecting a secret identity?\u201d<\/p>\n I smiled, close-lipped. \u201cNot really. I\u2019m Veronica Locke. American. And I unfortunately I don\u2019t have much else to add to that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLocke?\u201d he repeated, eyes darting to my mother. \u201cAre you the daughter of the deputy mayor, Rose Locke?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOne of them,\u201d I told him.<\/p>\n He nodded quickly. \u201cI see. No wonder you\u2019d rather be in the middle of the bloody lake. I bet you have to do this stuff all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not so bad.\u201d I took a sip of my drink so I didn\u2019t have to say anything more and looked away at the crowd. The bubbles teased my nose, making my eyes water.<\/p>\n I could feel his gaze on me as he spoke. \u201cI\u2019m sure you have plenty more to say about yourself though. Where do you work? Student?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCulinary arts,\u201d I told him. \u201cI\u2019m one of those crazy people who dream of being a chef one day.\u201d<\/p>\n He frowned. \u201cWhy is that crazy?\u201d<\/p>\n I gave him a look, forgetting that most people have no idea how hard it is. \u201cBecause it\u2019s a long road, long hours, and nothing is guaranteed. People think being a chef is easy. They see Gordon Ramsey or Nigella Lawson and think it\u2019s all fame and food and money and they have no idea what it\u2019s really like. I\u2019m not even out of school and already I feel half-beaten.\u201d<\/p>\n He was still frowning. He did that a lot, I would soon learn. \u201cSounds like life to me.\u201d His eyes dropped to my lips and something intensely carnal came over them, like suddenly I was the food, not the wannabe chef. \u201cDid you want to get a drink somewhere. After this? When you\u2019ve done your daughterly duties?\u201d<\/p>\n I swallowed hard. I didn\u2019t know what a drink meant. Just a drink? A date? Was it sex? I started going through my head, trying to think of reasons why it was a bad idea. My legs were shaved, did my bra and underwear match? Did I have a condom? I had taken the pill this morning, even though my last boyfriend and I had broken up months ago. I hadn\u2019t been with a guy, let alone a man, in a long time.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t flatter yourself<\/em>, I quickly thought. What makes you think he\u2019d be interested in you that way?<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cYes,\u201d I said when I finally found my voice. \u201cYes, I would like that.\u201d<\/p>\n A spark flashed in his eyes, lighting them up in such a way that made my toes literally curl. Damn. I was in trouble with this man. \u201cAny way you can get out of your duties sooner?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n I couldn\u2019t help but smile, raising my brow at his presumptuousness, while simultaneously trying to hide the fact that I was freaking out. I looked around the room and tried to judge how likely it was that someone would notice if I was gone. My mom was still surrounded by a wall of people and no one was paying any attention to us, standing by the windows, already removed.<\/p>\n A sad thought hit me, sliding past before I could really dwell on it: no one even notices when I\u2019m here<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cIf we\u2019re quick and sneaky,\u201d I told him.<\/p>\n \u201cBeing quick isn\u2019t in my repertoire,\u201d he said, \u201cbut I could give it a shot.\u201d<\/p>\n Again. Damn. I wasn\u2019t one to blush but I could feel my cheeks heating up and hoped my skin supressed the flush. He was so much older than me in so many ways, the last thing I wanted was to appear the na\u00efve schoolgirl.<\/p>\n And I didn\u2019t know what to say to that. He was staring at me with those dark eyes, a look so intense yet sparkling with charm and something\u2026wicked.<\/p>\n I\u2019d never find out how wicked they could be.<\/p>\n \u201cRonnie!\u201d A melodic, ultra-feminine voice sliced through the moment like an unwieldy machete, causing me to flinch, my fingers tightening around the stem of the glass.<\/p>\n Oh no<\/em>, I thought. Not now<\/em>.<\/p>\n Logan\u2019s head swiveled toward the sound of the voice, like a hound picking up a scent. I didn\u2019t bother looking over, I kept my focus on him, watching his expression intently. It changed, as I knew it would.<\/p>\n She<\/em> had walked into the room.<\/p>\n He saw her.<\/p>\n And like it was for so many men, that look of lust I had thought was for me, was now for her.<\/p>\n That\u2019s when I knew it was over. Whatever thing I had felt for him, it didn\u2019t matter anymore, not when she was in the room. Nothing ever mattered as long as she was around.<\/p>\n I might have saw him first.<\/p>\n But he was all hers after that.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Halle is represented by the Waxman Leavell Agency and is both self-published and published by Simon & Schuster and Hachette in North America and in the UK.<\/p>\n Hit her up on Instagram at @authorHalle, on Twitter at @MetalBlonde and on Facebook. You can also visit www.authorkarinahalle.com and sign up for the newsletter for news, excerpts, previews, private book signing sales and more.<\/p>\n FACEBOOK<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0TWITTER\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0GOODREADS<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Buy:\u00a0 Amazon Ebook\u00a0 |\u00a0 Paperback\u00a0 |\u00a0 iBooks\u00a0 |\u00a0 B&N Blurb They say when life closes one door, another one opens. This door happens to lead to paradise. 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\nThis door happens to lead to paradise.<\/em>
\nAnd a man I can never, ever have.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nLogan Shephard.
\nIt doesn\u2019t matter that he\u2019s got dark brown eyes, a tall, muscular build that\u2019s sculpted from daily surfing
\nsessions, and a deep Australian accent that makes your toes curl.
\nWhat does matter is that he\u2019s a grump.
\nKind of an asshole, too.
\nAnd gets under Ronnie\u2019s skin like no one else.<\/p>\n![\"heat-wave-teaser\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Heat-Wave-Teaser.png?resize=537%2C358&ssl=1\")
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\nYou just know.
\n\u2026 you know that moment, that person is going to shape you for the rest of your life. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nI think I have some idea. I\u2019m so fucking turned on it\u2019s not even funny. I\u2019m not even breathing. I\u2019m on an edge and I\u2019m seconds from falling.
\nHis hand slides up the side of my tank top and brushes over my breasts, sending a shower of sparks down my spine, making me tingle from head to toe.
\n\u201cAnd I know you want me to try.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nMy heart warms from those words. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever get used to knowing that I\u2019m his. \u201cOf course you have me.\u201d
\n\u201cBut I don\u2019t want you just for now,\u201d his voice grows softer, deeper, just as his gaze does. \u201cI want you forever. Just like this. Under this sun, in these waves. With me.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/span>Spoiler<\/div> I wasn\u2019t happy with his actions, and the decisions he made \u2013 SO not cool! But I was satisfied that he realized his mistake and went about making amends and moving forward \u2013 and OMG, how he made amends!!! *dreamy sigh*<\/p>\n
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Karina Halle is a former travel writer and music journalist and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of The Pact, Racing the Sun, Sins & Needles and over 25 other wild and romantic reads. She lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and her rescue pup, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails and devours a lot of books.<\/p>\nCheck out our\u00a0Karina Halle Author Spotlight<\/a>\u00a0for more awesome reads<\/strong><\/h4>\n