New York Times Bestselling author, Leslie Kelly writes sexy romances and dark romantic thrillers. A four-time RWA RITA Award nominee, eleven-time Romantic Times Award nominee and 2006 RT Award winner, Leslie has become known for her delightful characters, sparkling dialogue, and outrageous humor in her romances, and for the dark grittiness of her thrillers. Since the publication of her first book in 1999, Leslie has gone on to pen more than forty sassy, sexy romances for Harlequin Temptation, Blaze, and HQN.
In 2009, Leslie began tapping into her love for dark suspense by penning several books under the pseudonym Leslie Parrish. The Black CATs and Extrasensory Agents series quickly put Leslie on the must-read list of romantic-suspense fans.
Tired of writing under various names, Leslie decided to go into her next genre--futuristic thrillers with a suspense element--under her real name. She released her dark, gritty Veronica Sloan books, and reissued the Black CATs series, as Leslie A. Kelly.
Leslie lives in Denver with her husband Bruce--her real-life romance hero. Visit her online at lesliekelly.com (for her sexy romances) or at leslieAkelly.com (for her romantic suspense.)
Lacey Clark's father and employer has told her that she had to attend his latest party because she would be receiving an award for her popular magazine column. Bored and wanting to leave, Lacey wanders into the mansion's indoor pool area and saves a good-looking guy who just fell in. Both are soaked and can't go back to the party; but they can take advantage of the off-the-charts chemistry between them. When her father comes looking for her, she finds that her nameless lover is none other than her fellow columnist Nate Logan...her sworn enemy. And her father has a surprise...he wants Lacey and Nate to collaborate on a story.
This is a contemporary romance where the hero and heroine sleep together, then finally take the time to get to know each other. My rating: 3.5 Stars.
Into the Fire by Leslie Kelly (Harlequin Temptation Heat #872) is a fun battle of the sexes between columnists Lacey Clark and Nate Logan, who write for competing women’s and men’s magazines. When they meet unbeknownst to them, then are assigned to a joint project, it’s rather transformative.
Nice one although a little underdeveloped. It may have benefited by exploring further the relationship between the heroine and her parents and her biological father. Also the hero and heroine barely had a relationship. They are rivals, each writes a column, sort of he said she said for their respective magazines. They have a hot night together before they find out who each other is. Then are roped into working on a collaborative article. They hve one more hot night together before they decide to lay off sex for the sake of their article, but we see no further development in their relationship until both are suddenly in love w each other. Oh well...