Review: Hot and Heavy by Tracy Wolff

Posted June 17, 2018 by Cocktails and Books in Reviews / 0 Comments

Review: Hot and Heavy by Tracy WolffHot & Heavy by Tracy Wolff
Series: , #2
Published by Loveswept Publication Date: July 17th 2018
Pages: 208
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four-half-stars

When a daredevil football stud tries to get into your yoga pants, you know class is about to get interesting. The New York Times bestselling author of Down & Dirty returns with Hot & Heavy.  
Sage:
Although I come from a long line of free-spirited yoga teachers, sometimes I wish my life could be just a little more normal. More ordinary. More boring. Easier said than done, especially since it’s on me to keep my family’s studio up and running every time my mother wanders off to find herself. But that’s when my best friend sends me a sexy new student: Shawn Wilson, a slick wide receiver with a death wish and a chip on his broad, muscular, irresistible . . . wait, what were we talking about again?  
Shawn:
They say I’m an adrenaline junkie. The truth is, I only really feel alive when I’m risking my life: Snowboarding, parachuting, BASE jumping . . . the kind of fun team management considers breach of contract. When my coach orders me to take yoga to “center myself,” I’m pissed—until I get an eyeful of delectable, flexible Sage Kaufmann. Unfortunately, she’s determined to keep things between us strictly business. But if Sage can get me to enjoy downward dog, maybe I can convince her that scorching hot sex could be the perfect shot of adrenaline.  With their own sweet HEAs, Tracy Wolff’s red-hot Lightning novels can be read together or separately:DOWN & DIRTY | HOT & HEAVY  And don’t miss her seductive Ethan Frost series:RUINED | ADDICTED | EXPOSED | FLAWED  Or her standalone novel LOVEGAME:   “Tracy Wolff is at the top of my auto-buy list, and Lovegame is the perfect example why. From the very first page, Wolff sucked me in with a story that crackles with sensual energy and characters that are scarred, sexy, and wonderfully compelling.”New York Times bestselling author J. Kenner   “Lovegame is a true masterpiece, with thrilling suspense, crazy hot sex, and writing so truly beautiful that it stays with you long after you put the book down.”New York Times bestselling author Sawyer Bennett  This ebook includes an excerpt from another Loveswept title.

Cocktails and Books received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect our opinion of the book or the content of our review.

I enjoyed reading this captivating story.  It is the second book in the Lightning series and each book follows a different football player on the San Diego Lightning football team.  Since I thoroughly enjoyed the first book in the series, I was excited to read this book chronicling Shawn and Sage’s story. It is witty with a lot of sexual tension and great dynamics between the characters.  In fact, the characters were a big factor in what makes this story so good.

 

From the moment Shawn sees Sage he is taken in by everything about her. She is like a breath of fresh air and different from the usual girls he meets.  She is low maintenance and easy to be with and she keeps Shawn on his toes. For the first time, Shawn has to work to get a woman to go out with him. I loved these two together and fell in love with Shawn.  He has been in the NFL for eight years as a wide receiver. He is charming, kind and genuine. However, he also has demons that make him reckless and emotionally closed off.

 

When Sage first meets Shawn she has no idea who he is, but the intense feelings he brings out in her make her uncomfortable.  Sage is feisty and vulnerable but she lacks confidence. When she discovers who Shawn is, she doesn’t understand how he could possibly be interested in her. Sage is the opposite of Shawn. She is an accountant and is cautious and doesn’t like to take a risk.  She tries to keep her defenses up around Shawn but finds it hard to ignore him. Shawn is not the type of man Sage wants to be attracted to.

 

Shawn and Sage have an instant attraction and sizzling chemistry. They are both flawed and vulnerable and suffered from childhood trauma.  They are great together and I loved all their interactions. This enthralling story is fun and incredibly hot.