Heat

by Jean Barrett

JUNGLE LOVE Destiny had taken New Orleans executive Anne Richmond to the lush, untamed upper reaches of the Amazon ...and to Ross McIntyre, the brooding, dangerous American expatriate who was her unwilling guide through his beautiful, treacherous world. As the strange journey carried her ever closer to the very depths of darkness, so, too, did it bring her closer to her reluctant escort. This man--so coldhearted one moment, so warm the next--had lost a part of himself along the Amazon, a part he remained in search of. And as Anne followed him deeper into the jungle, she found herself longing to melt the icy barriers between them and make him whole again ....

Genres: Romance, Category Romance

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Jean Barrett is the pseudonym of Bob Rogers. Don't ask him how it happened, because he has no idea how he ended up teaching fourth graders for more years than he cares to say. It wasn't supposed to happen that way. He'd known from a tender young age that what he was meant to be was a successful writer. The problem was that the muse in charge of her talent didn't seem to know that. It turned out all right, though. He is sure he learned more from his fourth-graders than he ever taught them, and knowledge is good. It helped him to finally win publication and an award-winning career in the romance world he loves.

In 1979, he published her first novel All These Splendid Sins as Lee Rogers. As Jean Barrett, he is the author of twenty-three contemporary and historical romance novels for Kensington, Berkley, Dorchester and Harlequin-Silhouette. His books have been printed in numerous foreign editions. Those books have appeared on such best seller lists as Waldenbooks, B. Dalton and Bookscan. He was the proud recipient of the national Booksellers' Best Award and twice won the national Write Touch Readers' Award. He also wrote as Jean Thomas.

Rob and her wife Laura live in an English-style cottage overlooking Lake Michigan on Wisconsin's scenic Door Peninsula. When not traveling to research his books, he walks daily, tries to keep her bonsai collection alive and the song birds happy at him feeders. Those chores attended to, he settles down each afternoon at his computer, where he writes the kind of books he loves to read: sometimes historical romance, but mostly romantic suspense.

Reviews

[Jan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have a soft spot for Jungle Romances, ever since I saw Romancing the Stone.

This one is surprisingly emotional, even with guerilla-fighters, a missing ex-husband, some stuff about medicines and other random plots. But it also features a hero whose son went missing in the jungle, and that's rather poignant at times.

However, thanks to all that stuff, the romance never reall reaches a high-point, so it didn't end up very memorable.

When it comes to category romances in the jungle, I much prefer the following:

[Caralyn Rubli]

Just could not get into it. I read romance opposite of most people. I read the story and skim over the sex. It could have been a really good story if all the characters had been developed a little more, that would have made for a longer book, but a more interesting story. Also Dude in the book is hairy and Dude on the cover has not one hair below the neck. "...Even his pores were sexy...." EEWWWW! Holes in your face that collect oil and dirt.....Tasty. Blah!