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Pecan Creek #0.5
Hotter Than Hot
She’s sinfully sweet. And he has a taste for sin…
A Pecan Creek story.
Monet Goody is keeping the spiciest secret in town. When the proper daughter of the town sheriff isn’t working at her tame librarian job, she writes a sex advice blog under the name “Allure Crimson”.
There’s something about the Harley-riding new guy in town, Elijah Stone, that makes her want to let her flirtatious alter ego out to play. But there’s something else about the bad boy that seems too good to be true.
Elijah is finding his latest undercover job almost too easy. Too easy to keep his eyes on the woman he’s been secretly hired to protect from a stalker. Too easy to discover what she does during her off hours. And too easy to succumb to her sweet seduction.
But when the job is done, Elijah finds it’s not as easy as he thought it’d be to put the Harley in gear and hit the road.
Product Warnings
Contains a motorcycle bad boy with a bad case of wanderlust. And a secretly lusty good girl who might just get him to put his kickstand down for good.
A Pecan Creek story.
Monet Goody is keeping the spiciest secret in town. When the proper daughter of the town sheriff isn’t working at her tame librarian job, she writes a sex advice blog under the name “Allure Crimson”.
There’s something about the Harley-riding new guy in town, Elijah Stone, that makes her want to let her flirtatious alter ego out to play. But there’s something else about the bad boy that seems too good to be true.
Elijah is finding his latest undercover job almost too easy. Too easy to keep his eyes on the woman he’s been secretly hired to protect from a stalker. Too easy to discover what she does during her off hours. And too easy to succumb to her sweet seduction.
But when the job is done, Elijah finds it’s not as easy as he thought it’d be to put the Harley in gear and hit the road.
Product Warnings
Contains a motorcycle bad boy with a bad case of wanderlust. And a secretly lusty good girl who might just get him to put his kickstand down for good.
78 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 19, 2013
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About the author
Tina Leonard
175 books235 followersNew York Times and USA Today Bestselling and award-winning author Tina Leonard has sold over 3.2 million copies of her books. She has made the New York Times, USA Today, Waldenbooks, Bookscan, and Ingrambook bestseller lists, and has written over seventy books and special projects. Her work has been published by Harlequin Books, Samhain Publishing, London Bridge, Diversion Books, and Random House Loveswept. Leonard is known for her fun sense of humor, endearing communities, snappy dialogue, and memorable characters. Visit www.tinaleonard.com, www.facebook.com/authortinaleonard, or www.twitter.com/Tina_Leonard for upcoming information on release dates and exciting new projects.
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June 20, 2018
Hmm, what to say...
First of all, this was around thirty pages or so not a hundred and seventy like the data on the page indicates.
Second, this is a story with good bones, but not a lot of development. It bit off a lot for a short story. A small town virginal librarian with a spicy hot relationship advice column alter ego and an undercover cop step around each other until a stalker blows things wide open.
It skittered over each plot point in a swift manner and left a lot that should have been teased out. I was disappointed at this. There were some clunky spots that leaped forward over transitions.
So, it was okay. I like small town stories and I don't mind a good girl; bad boy plot, but this one was lackluster.
First of all, this was around thirty pages or so not a hundred and seventy like the data on the page indicates.
Second, this is a story with good bones, but not a lot of development. It bit off a lot for a short story. A small town virginal librarian with a spicy hot relationship advice column alter ego and an undercover cop step around each other until a stalker blows things wide open.
It skittered over each plot point in a swift manner and left a lot that should have been teased out. I was disappointed at this. There were some clunky spots that leaped forward over transitions.
So, it was okay. I like small town stories and I don't mind a good girl; bad boy plot, but this one was lackluster.
April 11, 2013
Uh... Barely any heat :(
It's wasn't hotter than hot and it barely went anywhere. I guess I'd have to read the rest of the stories in this series since this was a novella? (Maybe) but I have to admit it was a little cheesy for me, and the title was a complete throw off.
It's wasn't hotter than hot and it barely went anywhere. I guess I'd have to read the rest of the stories in this series since this was a novella? (Maybe) but I have to admit it was a little cheesy for me, and the title was a complete throw off.
October 3, 2013
I was expecting something short with 72 pages posted including an overview of the sequel full-length novel. However little did I know that it would mean the story would be finished on page 34 and the rest would be whatever else.
Not only was it too short for my taste, but it was also way too ambitious for such a format - telling a story about a life-changing experience and characters completely changing perspectives in such a little number of pages is a feat best to be avoided.
In such a little number of pages, I was surprised by the accumulation of clichés that kept coming. The heroine was a mousy, serious, but curious librarian; of course she was still a virgin at 26, mousy librarian you know. She justified it by waiting for someone special, but less than 2 days after having met the big hunky cop, she jumped in the sack with him, without justifying why he was special, why she changed her mind or even if her previous argument was just a case of argumentation to justify a no-opportunity situation that she could have found difficult to come to terms with. The police investigation plot was even dumber to my opinion: the sherif received some anonymous letters, had pegged the suspect (even getting pictures of him) but he needed someone external to come and pick the bad guy. Then after the bad guy is caught and incarcerated (with no proofs of his guilt and no real bad doings except writing anonymous letters - not sure that's enough to land for a long time in jail...), after that some new bad letters arrive. But there the short story ends.
Page 34, the hunky cop came back and decided to take the mousy librarian turned sex-kitten on a ride on his bike to California, leaving her job from one day to the next, not even telling bye to her loving and caring parents. Of course she accepted and off they went.
When I turned to page 35, I was expecting to read something about the wilder sister gone to California landing into dubious escort business and needing rescue and some closure about the new batch of anonymous letters. But no, it was just the bio of the author.
I did not even read the incerpt of the sequel.
Some sentences sounded strange but overall the writing was ok.
Not only was it too short for my taste, but it was also way too ambitious for such a format - telling a story about a life-changing experience and characters completely changing perspectives in such a little number of pages is a feat best to be avoided.
In such a little number of pages, I was surprised by the accumulation of clichés that kept coming. The heroine was a mousy, serious, but curious librarian; of course she was still a virgin at 26, mousy librarian you know. She justified it by waiting for someone special, but less than 2 days after having met the big hunky cop, she jumped in the sack with him, without justifying why he was special, why she changed her mind or even if her previous argument was just a case of argumentation to justify a no-opportunity situation that she could have found difficult to come to terms with. The police investigation plot was even dumber to my opinion: the sherif received some anonymous letters, had pegged the suspect (even getting pictures of him) but he needed someone external to come and pick the bad guy. Then after the bad guy is caught and incarcerated (with no proofs of his guilt and no real bad doings except writing anonymous letters - not sure that's enough to land for a long time in jail...), after that some new bad letters arrive. But there the short story ends.
Page 34, the hunky cop came back and decided to take the mousy librarian turned sex-kitten on a ride on his bike to California, leaving her job from one day to the next, not even telling bye to her loving and caring parents. Of course she accepted and off they went.
When I turned to page 35, I was expecting to read something about the wilder sister gone to California landing into dubious escort business and needing rescue and some closure about the new batch of anonymous letters. But no, it was just the bio of the author.
I did not even read the incerpt of the sequel.
Some sentences sounded strange but overall the writing was ok.
January 1, 2014
Wanting something sinfully sweet to read this New Year's eve ? Check out Tina Leonard's book "Hotter than Hot" . This was a fun read and I really enjoyed it as in a way I related to the main character Monet which I loved her name -being named after the famous painter. Monet is a librarian by day and by night she writes a column for the local newspaper as Allure Crimson . She is a love advice columnist, shame though that all her writings are stemmed from her fantasies as she has never experienced the type of relationship and love she writes about. All this is about to change though as newcomer Elijah comes riding into town on his hog and heads to stay at Monet's fathers house as her dad is the sheriff of Pecan Creek. As time passes, Monet and Elijah become closer despite the fact that he shouldn't get into anything with her. What will be the result though when Monet discovers that Elijah has been sent to protect her and her sister from danger and that he was being paid to be near her from her father ?
February 27, 2013
Small town virgin librarian (is there any other kind?) Monet has a secret second job as a sex-advice columnist. When threatening letters start arriving in town, her father hires Elijah to be her bodyguard. Monet decides it's time to learn something about sex and Elijah would be the perfect teacher.
This one is extremely short. Kindle has it listed a 78 pages but I read it in under an hour and it was over by the 47% mark. The rest was a sample of the next book in the series. It seems like a teaser to draw you into the full length book releasing next month, but it falls flat. There are no struggles or obstacles for the characters to overcome, no tension whatsoever. I've seen more tense episodes of the Brady Bunch. The ending is too quick, too easy, and too perfect (just like the Brady Bunch, come to think of it.)
This one is extremely short. Kindle has it listed a 78 pages but I read it in under an hour and it was over by the 47% mark. The rest was a sample of the next book in the series. It seems like a teaser to draw you into the full length book releasing next month, but it falls flat. There are no struggles or obstacles for the characters to overcome, no tension whatsoever. I've seen more tense episodes of the Brady Bunch. The ending is too quick, too easy, and too perfect (just like the Brady Bunch, come to think of it.)
April 21, 2013
Well even though it was a prequel, it was still bad. I only finished reading because I'm not a quitter. No character development, no real backstory, everything was vague and rushed. I was done reading before I could say WTF?! A 7th grader could've written this short story. And the title was very misleading.
Thank goodness it was a freebie. The one star rating is because we don't have a negative star option. Sorry.
Thank goodness it was a freebie. The one star rating is because we don't have a negative star option. Sorry.
February 19, 2013
Quick, cute and very hot guy. Tame, virgin was surprisingly EASY - I mean really, girl. But
I may just love these two models on the cover so that might play a big part of my loving it additionally, lol! Regardless, I enjoyed it.
I may just love these two models on the cover so that might play a big part of my loving it additionally, lol! Regardless, I enjoyed it.
March 7, 2013
This was awful. Just awful! Short book or not - there was no character development and completely unrealistic. The storyline had great potential but needed atleast another hundred pages to even be considered a decent read.
March 9, 2013
It was ok, short book quick read, read it in 3 hours. I thought the relationship thingy was a bit to quick and the story line was weak. It was ok.
March 26, 2013
A VERY SHORT BOOK A LEAD-IN FOR THE NEXT IN THE SERIES HOTTER THAN TEXAS. THOUGH SHORT IT WAS A GOOD BOOK LOVED THE ROMANCE EVEN IF IT HAPPENED PRETTY FAST. I'M A SUCKER FOR ROMANCE, JUST LOVE IT.
September 16, 2015
*2.5 Stars*
January 20, 2022
Failed on every level
I'm not sure what this is, but it's not something that should ever see the light of day. My five criteria are as follows: world building, characters, plot, pacing and writing. As long as you have some redeemable feature you go from a one to two star. Just something to show me that you have the concept of what makes a good story.
And the world building is terrible. No idea they are in Texas much less the most Honest Town in Texas. Texas has a dry heat where you feel like you are being roasted in an oven. As opposed to my lovely state where you are stuck in a boiling stew and cooked. Better description in my previous two sentences than in the entire book.
The characters are so flat they couldn't stop a door from closing. There are ideas but no execution I've seen Hallmark movies with more fleshed out characters.
The plot is bare bones. There is no sense of danger. It's just there for the love scenes which are so awful I questioned if the author ever had sex.
The pacing is rambling and abrupt with all the action taking place off camera. The ending is a cute moment and the only thing worth keeping in the rewrite.
I'm not sure what this is, but it's not something that should ever see the light of day. My five criteria are as follows: world building, characters, plot, pacing and writing. As long as you have some redeemable feature you go from a one to two star. Just something to show me that you have the concept of what makes a good story.
And the world building is terrible. No idea they are in Texas much less the most Honest Town in Texas. Texas has a dry heat where you feel like you are being roasted in an oven. As opposed to my lovely state where you are stuck in a boiling stew and cooked. Better description in my previous two sentences than in the entire book.
The characters are so flat they couldn't stop a door from closing. There are ideas but no execution I've seen Hallmark movies with more fleshed out characters.
The plot is bare bones. There is no sense of danger. It's just there for the love scenes which are so awful I questioned if the author ever had sex.
The pacing is rambling and abrupt with all the action taking place off camera. The ending is a cute moment and the only thing worth keeping in the rewrite.
January 1, 2026
Hotter Than Hot ~ Pecan Creek ~ Book 0.5 by Tina Leonard is set in Pecan Creek, Texas. a town knon for being safe and friendly.
A sweet, good-girl librarian, Monet and a motercyel riding hot guy, Elijah don't appear to have much in common when he comes to her small quiet Texas town.
In Hotter Than Hot, he catches the bad guy, her sister disappears, she turns up having gone to a near by city to go shopping and Monet lives her fantasy of her other personality, Allure she wites about in Allure Crimson.
A sweet, good-girl librarian, Monet and a motercyel riding hot guy, Elijah don't appear to have much in common when he comes to her small quiet Texas town.
In Hotter Than Hot, he catches the bad guy, her sister disappears, she turns up having gone to a near by city to go shopping and Monet lives her fantasy of her other personality, Allure she wites about in Allure Crimson.
March 18, 2018
Great short
I had a sum total of one problem with this story.
The font setting is at a miniscule size, which subsequently made the other books I'm currently reading look like they were printed for toddlers.
Apart from that, it was an excellent, highly enjoyable short
I had a sum total of one problem with this story.
The font setting is at a miniscule size, which subsequently made the other books I'm currently reading look like they were printed for toddlers.
Apart from that, it was an excellent, highly enjoyable short
April 5, 2019
Short and sweet
Really short story about a librarian and a bad boy motorcycle-riding police officer. Sent to protect the sheriff's daughters, he never dreamed of riding off into the sunset with one.
Really short story about a librarian and a bad boy motorcycle-riding police officer. Sent to protect the sheriff's daughters, he never dreamed of riding off into the sunset with one.
August 18, 2021
Good book
The storyline of the book was good. Liked the sweet romance and the build up.
Author should check formatting. Blurb of the book and the table of contents are at the very end of the book instead of the beginning.
The storyline of the book was good. Liked the sweet romance and the build up.
Author should check formatting. Blurb of the book and the table of contents are at the very end of the book instead of the beginning.
January 7, 2022
That was torture.
BECAUSE the writing was sloppy, there was very little description or building to an event. Everything just seemed... disconnected. It was like the author spent an hour writing this "book".
BECAUSE the writing was sloppy, there was very little description or building to an event. Everything just seemed... disconnected. It was like the author spent an hour writing this "book".
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October 1, 2014Titles are difficult. Blurbs are difficult. Pouring a full-length story into a short story frame is maybe the most difficult of all. I wish I could say that this book beat the odds. It didn't. From what I could understand, the author is very successful with her books, and so I must assume that her style works better for full-length stories. Because it doesn't work for the novella-format.
The title
Hotter Than Hot. Okay. I wonder what exactly was hotter than hot about these characters? Or was this to describe the weather? I hear Texas can get sweltering. Personally, I felt a bit naughty buying (well, for USD 0, so I guess one can't really call it buying...) a title like this, but I felt a little naughty for a change. However, there was nothing in this story to get me to any degree of hot (am I oversharing? oh well...)
The description
Monet Goody is keeping the spiciest secret in town. When the proper daughter of the town sheriff isn’t working at her tame librarian job, she writes a sex advice blog under the name “Allure Crimson”.
Okay, this sounds intriguing, right? Cliché, sure, but I don't read romance for the ingenuity. The thing is, this oh-so-secret career of hers isn't really a secret. Plenty of folks know (including her own father), and apparently could care less. She must not be very spicy in her column...
Elijah is finding his latest undercover job almost too easy.
Really? You mean not all undercover cops sit in a bar and wait for a guy in a photo to show up so he can wrestle him to the ground and claim his prize? Well, color me shocked. A nice, alluring shade of crimson, maybe?
The rest
I'm sure I would have enjoyed this story if it was drawn out over two hundred pages or so (not 47 or what it might have ended up being), so that we would have had the chance to see some character development, some feelings blossoming, some tension brewing. As it stands, there's none of it. There's no room to delve into the emotional aspect of them - with the leading lady being a timid, virgin librarian and the leading man working undercover. There's so much potential, but it all falls flat.
Sometimes, authors put out short stories to tease their full-length work. If those stories are well done, that draws attention to the authors' writing skills and creates interest. When it's not done well... I'm sorry, but I won't be risking buying a full-length novel. That's just me.
I liked the "Product Warnings" in the description.
The title
Hotter Than Hot. Okay. I wonder what exactly was hotter than hot about these characters? Or was this to describe the weather? I hear Texas can get sweltering. Personally, I felt a bit naughty buying (well, for USD 0, so I guess one can't really call it buying...) a title like this, but I felt a little naughty for a change. However, there was nothing in this story to get me to any degree of hot (am I oversharing? oh well...)
The description
Monet Goody is keeping the spiciest secret in town. When the proper daughter of the town sheriff isn’t working at her tame librarian job, she writes a sex advice blog under the name “Allure Crimson”.
Okay, this sounds intriguing, right? Cliché, sure, but I don't read romance for the ingenuity. The thing is, this oh-so-secret career of hers isn't really a secret. Plenty of folks know (including her own father), and apparently could care less. She must not be very spicy in her column...
Elijah is finding his latest undercover job almost too easy.
Really? You mean not all undercover cops sit in a bar and wait for a guy in a photo to show up so he can wrestle him to the ground and claim his prize? Well, color me shocked. A nice, alluring shade of crimson, maybe?
The rest
I'm sure I would have enjoyed this story if it was drawn out over two hundred pages or so (not 47 or what it might have ended up being), so that we would have had the chance to see some character development, some feelings blossoming, some tension brewing. As it stands, there's none of it. There's no room to delve into the emotional aspect of them - with the leading lady being a timid, virgin librarian and the leading man working undercover. There's so much potential, but it all falls flat.
Sometimes, authors put out short stories to tease their full-length work. If those stories are well done, that draws attention to the authors' writing skills and creates interest. When it's not done well... I'm sorry, but I won't be risking buying a full-length novel. That's just me.
I liked the "Product Warnings" in the description.
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March 23, 2015Monet is the sheriffs daughter and librarian in small town Pecan Creek, Texas. She writes a personal column as a her wild-girl alter ego, Allure Crimson. Her "double life" is a secret to everyone but her sister Brie who lives with her, even her parents don't know. Elijah Stone soon comes riding into town on his motorcycle and knocks on Monet's door asking about renting a room in her house that "her father mentioned". Monet soon figures out that Elijah is here on her fathers request to protect her and Brie, from a perv who has been sending letters to the sheriffs office about the girls. Elijah catches the perv and leaves, but not for good. Elijah eventually comes backs and sweeps Monet off her feet for a forevver ride on his motorcycle. This book has a slightly out of wack story line. I don't really enjoy this book as much as I have other books. Leonard isn't my favorite author but I do like it.
October 21, 2013
Okay... well, I'm not sure what to say. Other than that was short. I knew from reading the reviews that it was short, but I didn't expect THAT short. It didn't even seem like the plot had time to take off at all. And the hole virgin library thing... I could get down with, but there was no discussion with him about her being a virgin. Other than, OH right before they do it, he make a small one liner about it. No plausible.
All in all, I felt it really rushed. And that's too bad because it could have been something. At least something better than what it was, which was a pretty big disappointment. Especially after seeing the cover models. I love them!!
All in all, I felt it really rushed. And that's too bad because it could have been something. At least something better than what it was, which was a pretty big disappointment. Especially after seeing the cover models. I love them!!
December 18, 2015
Long story short: Elijah rides into town to protect the daughters of a local sheriff from some bad guys. The daughters aren't supposed to know, but the older daughter/librarian/sex columnist/virgin figures it out while they're on their first date. During the date, Elijah takes down the bad guy and ends his job there. She decides he's special enough to have sex with. He leaves. They miss each other. He comes back. They literally ride away together in the sunset. End of story.
I don't hate myself for reading it. It wasn't a waste of time but I don't have any sort of opinion on it except it wasn't "hotter than" anything. I read it. It's over. On to the next book (by someone else).
I don't hate myself for reading it. It wasn't a waste of time but I don't have any sort of opinion on it except it wasn't "hotter than" anything. I read it. It's over. On to the next book (by someone else).
August 25, 2015
The plot had potential but it kind of fell short in delivering it. The characters seemed flat and emotionless (well I suppose indifferent might be a better word) and I didn't really empathize with them or care about their well beings. The supposed "chemistry" between Monet and Elijah seemed like a myth. Monet came across as a desperate near spinster who just wanted someone, anyone would do really. And Elijah was that anyone and there's really not anything else I can say about him.
This story should have been better especially since the title boasted that it was going to be "hotter than hot"
This story should have been better especially since the title boasted that it was going to be "hotter than hot"
February 21, 2013
this was a very short fast read! I enjoyed reading it and it just flowed right along. I think that the book could have been a little longer if the author had developed the characters just a little bit more but it was still a nice read. The Ending was a bit abrupt but then when things are done on a whim, thats what really happens anyway so it worked. I will look forward to reading more of this authors stories in the future.
April 11, 2013
I liked the characters, the cover was to die for, and the idea was a good set-up.....that fell flat on its freaking face.
Choppy, choppy, choppy. Too quick, not well built, and the conversation was SO hard to follow.
I was disappointed in Hotter Than Hot, which is a shame, because I was actually pretty excited to read it. This is more like a draft than a final product, totally a set-up for the next book, which isn't about the same characters.
NEXT!
Choppy, choppy, choppy. Too quick, not well built, and the conversation was SO hard to follow.
I was disappointed in Hotter Than Hot, which is a shame, because I was actually pretty excited to read it. This is more like a draft than a final product, totally a set-up for the next book, which isn't about the same characters.
NEXT!
June 10, 2014
Hotter Than Hot (Pecan Creek 0.5) by Tina Leonard
Monet Goody is a small town librarian, and daughter of the sheriff, but off duty she writes sex advives as “Allure Crimson”.
Elijah Stone rides into town on his Harley has been secretly hired by the sheriff to protect his daughter from a stalker.
Warnings
Contains a motorcycle bad boy with a bad case of wanderlust. And a secretly lusty good girl who might just get him to put his kickstand down for good.
Monet Goody is a small town librarian, and daughter of the sheriff, but off duty she writes sex advives as “Allure Crimson”.
Elijah Stone rides into town on his Harley has been secretly hired by the sheriff to protect his daughter from a stalker.
Warnings
Contains a motorcycle bad boy with a bad case of wanderlust. And a secretly lusty good girl who might just get him to put his kickstand down for good.
February 24, 2013
if you like short, superficial, non emotional, no conflict, little character development then this is the short story for you. our heroine loses her virginity in a matter of seconds, has sex in multiple locations in the house and the male is none the wiser...then with a rush to the HEA she jumps on the back of his motorcycle and leave town, her family and her boarding house behind.
February 26, 2013
It's not a terrible story but it's not that great. This book seems unfinished. I feel like it's very patchy, had potential but lost it. It felt rushed and a lot more could've been put into it to make it better story.
But the way I see it its a small part of a larger book so I'll try to give the book a chance and excuse this little story.
But the way I see it its a small part of a larger book so I'll try to give the book a chance and excuse this little story.
February 25, 2013
This book had great intentions but fell a little flat for me. I loved the storyline but it was anticlimactic for me. This is like sex you have good motion but at the end there is no satisfaction. There needs to be more. I liked the foundation and plot. There characters needed more development.
May 25, 2017
I didn't realize this was a short story until I got to the end and at 47% on my kindle the story was finished. The other 53% was ads for other books. Felt more like an draft of what the story will be about than a completed story. Left me feeling like, "That's it?"
March 24, 2013
I'm hoping that this was just a tiny snippet of life in Pecan Creek. The story was very short - maybe even too short for the romance involved. I'm going to try the next offering in this series to see if the little town of Pecan Creek and it's inhabitants can hold my interest.
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