Singe

Lights and Sirens #2

by Ruby McNally

Their slow burn could build to a five-alarm…or go up in smoke.

Lights & Sirens, Book 2

Addie Manzella does her best to keep her complicated personal life separate from work. But after the funeral of a colleague who died in an arson fire, things come to a head. She goes tequila shot for tequila shot with fellow firefighter Eli Grant—a contest that ends in the bedroom.

Sure, the sex is great—okay, it’s the best of her life—but Eli clearly isn’t a long-term kind of guy. Though his post-divorce antics read more goofball than player, he’s a complication she doesn’t need.

Bold, brassy Addie is a serious threat to Eli’s determination to hide a dark history. Not even his ex-wife knows the whole story behind the burn scars on his body. Yet he can’t resist the challenge of pursuing Addie—especially since she clearly likes being chased.

The fire that took their friend, though, isn’t the last. As more buildings—and more lives—go up in flames, Eli’s past comes roiling to the present. Threatening to send their fledgling romance up in smoke.

This book contains two wicked-hot firefighters, a dark secret, sex in semi-public places, and a smidge of Catholic guilt.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance

273 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2014

About the author

Ruby McNally double-majored in psychology and cognitive linguistics before ultimately deciding her talents lay elsewhere. She grew up hiding her diary from her five brothers, who will never know she writes romance. She lives in Boston and has no cats. You can visit her online at rubymcnally.tumblr.com or follow her on Twitter @Ruby_McNally.

Reviews

[Kate Sherwood · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am really, really enjoying this author. I guess she's not writing over-the-top romance Romances, but I like what she's doing instead.

Realistic, flawed characters having realistic, flawed sex that turns into realistic, flawed love. I'm 100% down with that.

I hope she finds a bigger audience, because I'm sure there are other readers like me out there, who are looking for something a bit different, but still romantic as hell.

[Jenn · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Samantha P · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oh, Singe. In full disclosure, I skimmed the last 30% of this book. I just couldn't do any more.

My review for Singe features all my same complaints as my review for Crash, book #1 in the series. The backstory is a little cliché. The characters really are not well developed. The formatting is awful! Singe goes a little further though.

Again, the backstory of the characters are sort of stated, and then not developed or elaborated on or resolved at all. The dialogue in Singe is worse. It is VERY clipped and tedious. It felt like there was pages between coherent sentences. It was flat-out difficult to read.

Addie is one of the most frustrating characters I've ever read. Her character is not developed at all. She seems dense, and has some unknown chip on her shoulder over her family. I'm not saying that some of her family members don't completely suck, but this girl has such a complex going on. Eli's problems at least make a little more sense.

Like I said, I barely finished this one. Even the romance was a little lacking. I have the third book in the series, but I do not know if I want to even try at this point.

[Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Intense and raw, much like book 1. Except it didn’t feel repetitive at all. I like the messiness of this series - the HEAs are hard-won and the ends aren’t neatly tied up. Addie and Eli are a good couple. I do wish that the arsonist hadn’t been …who it was. Felt like a bit too much of a stretch.

Bought from kobo

[Cyndy Aleo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reviewed for RT Book Reviews August 2014 issue.