Hot River
by Kate Hill
Series: Hot River
Format(s): Ebook
Heat Level: Erotic
Pairing(s): (M/F)(M/M)(Multiple)
Genre/Themes: Paranormal
Length: Collection
Cover Art: Renee’ George
Purchase Links: Changeling Press
Magic and lust tempt the supernatural residents of Hot River.
Invisible to uninvited humans, Hot River winds its way through the supernatural world, straight through the lands of good magic and into the Wicked Wild where the evil and enticing dwell.
Triple Shot Tracy: Little does Tracy know that when she drives into Hot River Campground she’s about to enter a real life and very adult fairytale.
Sixty-Nine Sadie: Only a certain type of woman can release Hugo from his curse and he has spent ages looking for her. It seems his chance for freedom is over, until Sadie arrives with the power to set him free in every way.
Second Chance Charity: Shane makes Charity question everything she thinks she knows about men — and sex. In spite of his origins Shane had a tender side that’s hard to resist, even for the Werewolf Queen.
Noodlin’ For Nadine: Nadine is just a water nymph lazing about in her favorite underwater cave when she feels a pair of pleasantly rough male hands rubbing her in all the right places. The man of her dreams has found her, but is their love strong enough to cross the boundary between water and land?
Sugar Plums: A sulky frost giant stumbles upon a powerful, lonely and surprisingly passionate winter icon and they learn just how enchanting the holiday season can be.
Publisher’s Note: The books of the Hot River collection — Triple Shot Tracy, Sixty-Nine Sadie, Second Chance Charity, Noodlin’ For Nadine and Sugar Plums — have been previously published as individual titles.
Excerpt:
Tracy looked forward to sitting by the fire, eating dinner then toasting the marshmallows she’d brought.
She was loading the wood into the back of her car when someone reached for the bundle in her hand.
“Let me help you with that, miss.”
Tracy had been about to refuse, but the sound of that husky voice touched by a Texas accent made her tingle from head to toe. She looked up to see who that magnificent voice belonged to and found herself staring at the sexiest hunk of man she’d ever seen. Tall with thick black hair, five o’clock shadow and blue eyes that could turn a frozen lake into a hot spring, he left her momentarily speechless. All she could do was gaze from that handsome face to his gorgeous body. Snug jeans encased his long, hard-looking legs and a blue tank top showed off every chiseled muscle of his sleek torso.
Tracy realized she was staring at him like an idiot when he raised a black eyebrow and gave the wood in her hand another tug.
“Oh. Yeah. Thank you,” Tracy said. Usually she’d have told any guy insinuating she needed help to get lost. She’d carry her own damn firewood. But this was a special case.
“Are you staying here?” he asked.
“Yes. That kind of explains why I’m buying the firewood,” she said with a pleasant grin.
He chuckled. “Right. That was dumb of me. I guess if I want to start a conversation I should just introduce myself. Tripp Princeton at your service.” He held out his hand and she slipped hers into it, loving how his handshake was firm yet gentle. His hand was warm but dry, the palm callused. Manly hands. Sexy hands. The kind of hands she wanted caressing her naked body.
Damn! Where were these thoughts coming from?
Tripp finished loading the other bundles of wood into her car, talking all the while. “I camp here a lot. How about you?”
“No. This is my first time,” she said.
“Are you here alone?”
“Why?” she demanded, her self-preservation instincts kicking in even though for some unexplainable reason she felt like she could trust this guy implicitly.
Even worse, her attraction to him seem to be growing by the minute. It was like some kind of magic. She didn’t even want to fight it.
“I’m sorry. I guess I’m really sticking my foot in my mouth today. I just wanted to know if you were married or have a boyfriend or anything like that.”
“Should I be flattered or forewarned?”
Again he smiled, exposing his rather large white teeth. He had a slight overbite that she found cute. It was disarmingly childlike on his otherwise worldly face. His blue eyes shone like sapphires against his tanned skin and she felt like they were stripping her naked.
“Flattered,” he said. “Definitely flattered.”
Reviews:
For Sixty-Nine Sadie:
“A 5 Blue Ribbon Review! I have become somewhat of a fan of Ms. Hill. Every book I have chosen has been well written and capable of taking me away from my pain. Hot River 2: Sixty-Nine Sadie hasn’t disappointed me either. By now I expect to be well entertained by Ms. Hill’s talented writing and so far in my career of choosing her books I have not once been disappointed.”
— ladybirdrobi, Romance Junkies
For Sugar Plums:
“Kate Hill’s Sugar Plums is a wonderful addition to the Changeling Press’s Gingersnaps line but it’s also one of the storylines that help make up Ms. Hill’s Hot River series.”
4.5 Blue Ribbons — Chrissy Dionne, Romance Junkies
