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When Brianna Jackson pays a long overdue visit to her Aunt Emily to heal from her broken engagement, the last thing she expects is to fall in love with her Aunt's new sexy gardener Chandler Russell. As the passion heats up between Brianna and Chandler, her Aunt fears Brianna's reaction if she finds out about Chandler and her beloved 'adopted' Aunt Jo's past steamy love affair.
****Excellent
This is an interesting love story, with complications that reach down to the emotional levels. The flow is smooth, the characters well described, and well expressed family units of love and caring, with spicy sex.
Reviewed by: Polly
MayReviews.com
4 Angels
Hearts on Fire, is a heart warming and charming tale of four women who have loved, lost and found themselves in a place to love again. The romance between the couples is hot, steamy and incredibly heartfelt. I thought this was a fabulous story that showed the different aspects of relationships, in various stages of development and portrayed them in such a true to life manner that you couldn’t help but love them all. Ms. Droney has a style of writing that’s smooth, compelling, classy, and leaves the reader feeling satisfied.
Reviewed by: Tammy
Fallen Angel Reviews
Hearts on Fire is a richly detailed book. All the secondary characters get their moments of glory as well. There are multiple relationships and secondary storylines running throughout this book. All the storylines are skillfully intertwined, with plenty of emotion running through them all. Romantic and filled with emotion. Hearts on Fire is an ideal book for a cold autumn night, tucked up next to the fire.
Reviewer: Michelle Naumann
Just Erotic Romance Reviews
Hearts on Fire is a passionate, well written novella. The conversations between two of the main characters, Brianna and Chandler, are thought provoking and inspiring. The close ties depicted by Brianna's family shows how most adversities can be dealt with providing they hold maturity, love and understanding within. All in all, Hearts on Fire, is a gorgeous tale that will warm you from head to toe and, most possibly, will drive you to distraction.
Carrie White
One Reviewer
Susan K. Droney is a fabulous writer with a lot of talent for bringing out her characters and painting their emotions with words. Her writing flows smoothly; the plot twists and turns without losing focus on what is really at stake for Brianna and her friends, as well as her aunt. This reviewer highly recommends this contemporary story. It has all the elements of great romance: sexual heat, love, as well as drama. Although classed as erotic, HEARTS ON FIRE is sex with not only plot, but class. The sexual scenes are well plotted and while they are HOT, they are also dramatic and thought provoking.
Reviewer: Angie
Love Romances
Accepting the faults of your close friends is easy – the hard part is coming to terms with your own. Hearts on Fire provides a very true to life picture of the interaction of many women. The situations that they find themselves in can happen. Mingled through these difficult life lessons is quite a charming romance. When the women finally learn to accept their lives as they are, not as they believe them to be, some very positive changes occur. Be prepared for some spicy sex scenes. Quite an enjoyable and insightful afternoon read.
Reviewer: Naomi
Chapter One Excerpt
Chandler brought his truck to a stop in the spacious driveway of the Winslow Gardens. The Winslow Gardens was one of the finest estates he'd ever seen, and he'd seen plenty in the years from his birth home in Georgia to where he now called home in Rowlings, Connecticut.
He stepped out of his air-conditioned truck and immediately felt the scorching sun searing into his flesh. He shielded his eyes and looked skyward. Not a cloud in the deep blue sky and the humidity was rising. A sudden downpour would feel good about now. He smiled longingly, imagining how the cool raindrops would sizzle against his blistering skin. He made his way over to the edge of the flower garden. Amazingly, everything looked healthy and thriving, even without the much-needed rain. He made a mental note to tell Bill James that the new fertilizer he'd recommended was working like a charm. He stooped down and tenderly touched a petal.
“Hello, Chandler,” a soft sultry voice greeted him.
He stood up, turning in the direction of the voice. Josephine Winslow sat temptingly in a chair under a huge umbrella topped table. She looked like a southern belle holding a fan with her long, slender fingers. She delicately moved the fan back and forth in front of her face. She'd once told him that she'd been born and raised near New Orleans, but her late husband had brought her to the East Coast and she’d fallen in love with the change in climate and especially the snow.
He smiled. “I’m surprised to see you out here this time of day with the heat and all. It feels like a hundred.”
She coyly batted her heavily made-up eyes at him as she seductively ran her fingertips down the side of the tall iced tea glass. “I hear it’s even going to get hotter.” She touched her moist fingertips to her lips as she continued to fan herself.
“That’s what I hear.”
She crossed her long slender legs, giving him an ample view of her thigh. “Why don’t you have a nice cool drink?”
“Thanks. Maybe later.”
“Suit yourself.” She stood up. “You’re welcome to come inside and take a nice long shower to cool off when you're finished.”
Chandler nodded, pushing his damp, curly, dark brown hair from his brow. “I believe I just might take you up on your offer.”
“By the way, the flowers look beautiful. You have quite a magic touch.”
“Thank you,” he said, ignoring her obvious innuendo.
“See you inside later then.” She flashed a radiant smile.
He intended to give her what she really wanted. She was one hot woman. She must have been something in her day, he thought. He licked his lips. She looked more than twenty years younger than her true age of fifty, with her firm trim figure and a beautiful face that showed no signs of aging. Nothing was taboo with her when it involved sex, and aside from her physical beauty, that was another of her finest assets…at least in his eyes. She expected nothing more from him and had made it perfectly clear from the beginning that theirs was only a sexual relationship with no ties or commitments.
Two hours later, Chandler entered the house through the unlocked back door. He made his way through the sprawling kitchen and opened a door at the far end that led to a set of steep stairs. He slowly climbed the familiar steps. At the top, he briefly gazed down the long hallway, unhurriedly walking past the numerous rooms until he reached his destination. He opened the bathroom door and stepped inside. Being no stranger to this room, he still looked in awe each time he entered at the enormity of it, noting that it was bigger than some studio apartments he'd lived in.
He turned on the water, then peeled off his damp clothing and stepped into the shower. He threw his head back as the cool water sprayed against his face and overheated body. He could almost see the steam rising from his hot flesh, reminding him of the way the pavement looked when, after a day of blistering heat, it sizzled as the first cool heavy drops of rain hit it. He closed his eyes as he lathered the soap in his large hands and then smoothed it over his body. The shower door suddenly opened. Familiar hands softly touched his back, then massaged his aching shoulders. “Ah, that feels good,” he quietly said.
Josephine pressed her body tightly against his back. “This is nice,” she purred into his ear.
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