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Manhattan Heat
Could your whole life change in twenty-four hours?
Bennett St. Simon was about to find out...
One step in the wrong direction and the poor little rich girl stumbled upon a murder scene - and into the arms of a man who looked guilty as sin. Another step, and Memphis Modine whisked her away...from haute couture into Hell's Kitchen.
Bennett had longed for something to shatter her privileged yet humdrum existence. Her abductor definitely fit the bill. Memphis was dark, dangerous - and possibly deadly. But he made her pulse race and her heart beat faster...
- GenresHarlequin
248 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 1, 1996
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Alice Orr
22 books52 followersMy Name is Alice & This is My Story.
Growing up as an only child until I was nine had a lot to do with making me a storyteller. I wasn’t really alone because I had my imagination and spent loads of time there.
I also had Grandma and she did two amazing things for me. She told me stories of her own and she listened to mine. I’d sit at the table in her warm kitchen and kick my toes under my chair because my feet didn’t yet touch the floor. I'd talk while Grandma listened with a twinkle in her eye behind her rimless glasses. Because of Grandma I love to tell stories.
In the eighth grade I had a teacher named Mrs. Mahon. I was a restless, troublesome student. Then she assigned a writing project and I wrote several pages without a restless moment in any of them.
When Mrs. Mahon handed back the graded papers she dropped mine on my desk & said “You know how to write, girl.” I figured that must be true. Mrs. Mahon wouldn’t have complimented bad-student me unless she meant it. At last I had something I loved to do that I was good at doing.
Still it was decades before I talked about my dream to anybody but myself. My husband Jonathan asked me a question that changed my life. “If you could do anything at all what would it be?”
I couldn’t answer right away. I was afraid that if I spoke the words out loud they'd shatter in the air and my dream would shatter with them. Finally I said “If I could do anything at all I’d be a writer.”
Those words did not shatter and everything I’ve done since has been about pursuing them.
Growing up as an only child until I was nine had a lot to do with making me a storyteller. I wasn’t really alone because I had my imagination and spent loads of time there.
I also had Grandma and she did two amazing things for me. She told me stories of her own and she listened to mine. I’d sit at the table in her warm kitchen and kick my toes under my chair because my feet didn’t yet touch the floor. I'd talk while Grandma listened with a twinkle in her eye behind her rimless glasses. Because of Grandma I love to tell stories.
In the eighth grade I had a teacher named Mrs. Mahon. I was a restless, troublesome student. Then she assigned a writing project and I wrote several pages without a restless moment in any of them.
When Mrs. Mahon handed back the graded papers she dropped mine on my desk & said “You know how to write, girl.” I figured that must be true. Mrs. Mahon wouldn’t have complimented bad-student me unless she meant it. At last I had something I loved to do that I was good at doing.
Still it was decades before I talked about my dream to anybody but myself. My husband Jonathan asked me a question that changed my life. “If you could do anything at all what would it be?”
I couldn’t answer right away. I was afraid that if I spoke the words out loud they'd shatter in the air and my dream would shatter with them. Finally I said “If I could do anything at all I’d be a writer.”
Those words did not shatter and everything I’ve done since has been about pursuing them.
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February 13, 2009
This was really a great fast paced read. The plot was excellent, one of the few Intrigues that I've read where I couldn't pick out the ending. If you find this one anywhere, its worth picking up.
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November 1, 2022cw: murder, violence, kidnapping
This one got a bit too tedious. I’m not sure if it’s the genre itself, but I wasn’t really invested in the plot and wished that the two characters had more time so that the romance could develop right along. It seemed to me that there needed to be more romance itself, as well as chemistry between them. As for the plot, I honestly could not tell you about it. That’s how uninteresting I found it.
This one got a bit too tedious. I’m not sure if it’s the genre itself, but I wasn’t really invested in the plot and wished that the two characters had more time so that the romance could develop right along. It seemed to me that there needed to be more romance itself, as well as chemistry between them. As for the plot, I honestly could not tell you about it. That’s how uninteresting I found it.
December 14, 2015
3.5 enjoyable
July 6, 2016
This book is ridiculous, but it was slightly better than expected. Bennett is annoying and toys with Memphis, but he's a vulnerable softie that I liked reading about.
February 21, 2012
I liked the book, but really had to force myself to read it all instead of just skimming.
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