Hot Like Fire: The Taming and Liberation of Mariana

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My very first review on my blog.  Woo Hoo.  You wouldn't believe how many books I have in my own personal library so picking from so many books was really hard but I decided that my first review will be ....

Hot Like Fire: The Taming and Liberation of Mariana

Blurb: Samson Ahiga Madeira is the American Dream.  He has money like Midas, a mind like a steel trap, and a body like OH DAMN!!!   But for everything he does have, he doesn't have a woman that would tempt him to give it all up…the one whom would complete his whole life. While vacationing at a South Pacific resort, he literally stumbles across the path of his destiny. Mariana may have been the type of woman that Gaugin's canvases were made for, but to him she was simply the woman that he'd spent the last thirty odd years breathing for.

Mariana Alofe Semisi is an inferno waiting to happen.  Vacationing at the exotic resort as a treat for not making her ex the subject of a forensics show, she hopes to make peace with the woman she is and say good riddance to the woman she'll never be.   In the process she finds the one man that sees right through her serene disposition and her carefully-constructed don't-give-a-damns.  Regardless of swearing off of men, Mariana is drawn to Samson…then again Samson is not simply a man.   He is the only man.It's obvious that Samson and Mariana belong with each other regardless of the men that want her back and her own denials. 
It's also obvious that Samson plans on winning this battle of wills.  And it's just as obvious that for once, Mariana has found a contest that she doesn't mind losing.
***This is the first book in the Hot Like Fire (HLF) series by Jeanie Johnson & Jayha Leigh.***

   Mariana is a woman that has had the misfortune of having her heart broken one time too many.  Because of her most recent breakup her self esteem took a massive beating and this strong woman is truly broken.  In this story Mariana's journey takes her from insecure to liberated.  She goes from a shell of herself in the beginning to her true self towards the end all with the help of Samson and his love for her.

   Outwardly Samson seems to have it all.  He's good looking, has a great job, money and everything else that should make him happy.  But his life was missing something or better yet someone.  Mariana.  Although he's a true ALPHA (yep all caps) man throughout this book he shows that being alpha doesn't mean that he can't show his woman care, compassion and love.  Samson doesn't have many weaknesses but Mariana is definitely a weakness of his.  Despite his strength and masculinity Samson is quite vulnerable and he doesn't hide it from Mariana.

   These two people each with their own insecurities share a profound love and that love strengthens them.  *sigh* What more more can a girl ask for in a romance?

This book is available directly from Beautiful Trouble Publishing and also from All Romance Ebooks