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Night Maneuvers
Mills & Boon Blaze series promises scorching hot reads...Subject: Mitchell McCabe, U.S. Air Force Captain (Call Sign: Casanova)
Current Status: Celibate because he lost a bet.
Mission: Survive thirty days without sex.
Obstacle: Captain Alexandria Hughes, who's suddenly gone from hotshot pilot to just plain hot!
Alex has had it bad for gorgeous Mitch ever since their academy days, but he's only ever seen her as a wingman, never a woman. It's time she made him take another long, hard look.
After years as friends and comrades, Mitch is seeing Alex as the opposite of "one of the guys." Has that smoking-hot body always been hiding under her flight suit? Is she just messing with him? Can he wait a month to discover what he's been missing out on or are some sizzling night manoeuvres a sure bet?
Current Status: Celibate because he lost a bet.
Mission: Survive thirty days without sex.
Obstacle: Captain Alexandria Hughes, who's suddenly gone from hotshot pilot to just plain hot!
Alex has had it bad for gorgeous Mitch ever since their academy days, but he's only ever seen her as a wingman, never a woman. It's time she made him take another long, hard look.
After years as friends and comrades, Mitch is seeing Alex as the opposite of "one of the guys." Has that smoking-hot body always been hiding under her flight suit? Is she just messing with him? Can he wait a month to discover what he's been missing out on or are some sizzling night manoeuvres a sure bet?
224 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2011
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About the author
Jillian Burns
36 books34 followersJillian Burns fell in love while reading such classics as Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice and has been reading Romance novels ever since. She lives in Texas with her husband of twenty-five years and their three active kids. She likes to think her emotional nature—sometimes referred to as moodiness by those closest to her—has found the perfect outlet in writing stories filled with passion and romance. She believes romance novels have the power to change lives with their message of eternal love and hope. For more information and excerpts you can visit her website www.jillianburns.com
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June 13, 2013
Flirty, fun and quick friends to lovers story, that had me grinning like a loon. Enjoy!
November 3, 2011
I enjoyed this friend to lovers story. Captain Alex has known Mitch for twelve years and had an attraction to him, but he always saw her as one the guys, first since he was in love and then his marriage turned out to be a disaster and he turned all Casanova.
Alex moved away to put some distance between them but at a friend's wedding, Mitch has to take a vow of month long celibacy and Alex decides to show him she's a woman.
The book was short & enjoyable.
Now, I am going to check out Grady's and Jackson's books.
Alex moved away to put some distance between them but at a friend's wedding, Mitch has to take a vow of month long celibacy and Alex decides to show him she's a woman.
The book was short & enjoyable.
Now, I am going to check out Grady's and Jackson's books.
August 6, 2011
I have to be honest, my feelings about this book are really really really biased, because I've been waiting for Mitch and Alex's story since they appeared in the first book of Burns' Vegas series – Let It Ride, which I read at the beginning of 2010. This book was worth the waiting though, it's a beautiful story about two friends who are clearly made for each other. There is no major drama, it's entirely focused on these two charachters, what they feel for each other and how important they are for both their lives.
Alex Hughes is a strong woman who fights – literally! – for what she wants and for the man she loves. In all her actions and thoughts runs the strong and deep love she has for Mitch ever since their first meeting. It's heart-clenching reading how during the years she deals with her feelings for McCabe and at the same time it's refreshing that she tries to go on with her life but also to be always there for Mitch, even if it hurts her to see him behave in a self-destructive way. Unlike other books or movies where there's a makeover plot device involved, I liked a lot that Hughes doesn't become a fashion addict after her makeover: she remains her stubborn, hot-tempered and a little tomboy-ish self, and she wants Mitch to love her just the way she is.
Mitch McCabe is even more fascinating than I expected. In the first two books - Let It Ride and Seduce and Rescue - he was a guy deserving a lesson and I didn't really like him with his shallow behaviour towards women, but after reading how he was before his failed marriage and how it hurt him, I understood completely why Hughes despite everything continued to be there for him. It's nice reading that when he opens his eyes and finally sees Hughes for what she is – a strong, independent and passionate woman who has loved, loves and will love him above everything – he gives her back all the love she deserves.
The only thing that disappointed me a little bit was the ending scene: without giving spoilers away, it would have been nice to have Mitch's point of view, how he felt and how he approached the event in the book's epilogue.
My praise to Mrs Burns for creating two charachters that hooked me from the beginning. When I finished reading Night Maneuvers I got a little emotional thinking about how long I waited for this book and how wonderfully it ended. As it happens for the couples from the other two books, I think it would be nice in a future book to take a peek on the McCabes' life... Like if Mitch still wants four children!
Alex Hughes is a strong woman who fights – literally! – for what she wants and for the man she loves. In all her actions and thoughts runs the strong and deep love she has for Mitch ever since their first meeting. It's heart-clenching reading how during the years she deals with her feelings for McCabe and at the same time it's refreshing that she tries to go on with her life but also to be always there for Mitch, even if it hurts her to see him behave in a self-destructive way. Unlike other books or movies where there's a makeover plot device involved, I liked a lot that Hughes doesn't become a fashion addict after her makeover: she remains her stubborn, hot-tempered and a little tomboy-ish self, and she wants Mitch to love her just the way she is.
Mitch McCabe is even more fascinating than I expected. In the first two books - Let It Ride and Seduce and Rescue - he was a guy deserving a lesson and I didn't really like him with his shallow behaviour towards women, but after reading how he was before his failed marriage and how it hurt him, I understood completely why Hughes despite everything continued to be there for him. It's nice reading that when he opens his eyes and finally sees Hughes for what she is – a strong, independent and passionate woman who has loved, loves and will love him above everything – he gives her back all the love she deserves.
The only thing that disappointed me a little bit was the ending scene: without giving spoilers away, it would have been nice to have Mitch's point of view, how he felt and how he approached the event in the book's epilogue.
My praise to Mrs Burns for creating two charachters that hooked me from the beginning. When I finished reading Night Maneuvers I got a little emotional thinking about how long I waited for this book and how wonderfully it ended. As it happens for the couples from the other two books, I think it would be nice in a future book to take a peek on the McCabes' life... Like if Mitch still wants four children!
March 18, 2023
Best friends to lovers
It's a sweet story I've read at least 10 times over so many years. It seems so natural, and my stomach still gets in knots along with Alex as she navigate feelings she's had for Mitch for a lot of years. I'm a little petty and would have had Mitch sweat a little more, but when your heart wants what it wants, I get it 😊
It's a sweet story I've read at least 10 times over so many years. It seems so natural, and my stomach still gets in knots along with Alex as she navigate feelings she's had for Mitch for a lot of years. I'm a little petty and would have had Mitch sweat a little more, but when your heart wants what it wants, I get it 😊
September 19, 2013
Wow! A heroine in a "man's world". Alexandra Hughes is an air force pilot and instructor. During the course of the book she climbs the ranks from captain to major. She's always had the hots for her colleague Mitch McCabe.
I loved the first half of the book. But I was a little disappointed that the story became less about her in the second half of the book, and it focused more on HIS inner demons and wallowing in his painful past, and when it came time for him to show him rising above the demons, the author doesn't explain how he manages to do that. Suddenly, in the final chapter, as in all romances, he realizes "I guess I've always been in love with you," as though the pain he inflicted on her in the previous two chapters doesn't matter.
I loved the first half of the book. But I was a little disappointed that the story became less about her in the second half of the book, and it focused more on HIS inner demons and wallowing in his painful past, and when it came time for him to show him rising above the demons, the author doesn't explain how he manages to do that. Suddenly, in the final chapter, as in all romances, he realizes "I guess I've always been in love with you," as though the pain he inflicted on her in the previous two chapters doesn't matter.
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August 14, 2017Miniseries: Uniformly Hot!
"This is an excellent story about two people ~ the hero and heroine ~ who met when they were accepted into the Air Force Academy at the same time and immediately became best friends and comrades. In the beginning they were nothing more than friends and comrades but slowly things began to change and love entered the picture although at first neither was willing to admit it because of fear that love would destroy their comradeship." From a review posted by an Harlequin.com member. To read more, go here.
"This is an excellent story about two people ~ the hero and heroine ~ who met when they were accepted into the Air Force Academy at the same time and immediately became best friends and comrades. In the beginning they were nothing more than friends and comrades but slowly things began to change and love entered the picture although at first neither was willing to admit it because of fear that love would destroy their comradeship." From a review posted by an Harlequin.com member. To read more, go here.
March 19, 2012
In the Blaze line, so more explicit sex. Air Force Captain Alex, best friends with Mitch since the Academy, decides to prove to him that she's not just one of the guys, with somewhat amusingly disastrous (and predictable) results. Entertaining. 3rd in the "Uniformly Hot" series (12 predicted).
June 5, 2012
I LOOOOVED this book! It was so simple & believable. There was no intense, unrealistic outside drama. After reading this I kind of wish I had read the first two books to get to the build up of their story, but even without it Alex & Mitch had me enthralled with their friends to lovers story.
August 31, 2011
Fun! Cute Story!
September 28, 2011
Delightful, real, emotional, friends-to-lovers story. I absolutely loved this book!
Highly recommended!
Highly recommended!
November 13, 2011
A quick, fun read. My full review is here: http://scienceofromance.blogspot.com/...
October 13, 2015
A great friends-to-lovers book, and I loved how it was built up throughout the first two books. That gave it more emotional depth than I usually expect from this line.
June 4, 2012
Super cute, light read that I really enjoyed!! Best book in Jillian Burns Air Force series yet!! Mitch McCabe is a super dreamy hero as well!!
January 8, 2017
3.5 stars = HBZ #634
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