Hamilton Heat #1
Audible audiobook
Author: Tia Louise
Narrators: Samantha Brentmoor and Lee Samuels
Hutch Winston knew Blake van Hamilton was trouble since she was a teenager. He’s been trying to stay away from her ever since, but he’s always found a way to protect her, including finding a way to make her mother send her away to boarding school, far from the pervy eyes of an evil man. Sending her away, though, set off a course of events that would make her hate him. Now, as they are both adults, her uncle (who’s a surrogate father to Hutch), asks him to guard her against criminals who want her money and maybe even her life.
Blake can’t forgive Hutch for sending her away – when he did that, he made it impossible for her to protect her little sister. Now, she has to deal with his constant presence while she’s at her uncle’s estate. She’s sure she can resit him. She’s fought her attraction to him since she was 13. But when she walks on him in the shower and it’s her name on his lips, things start to get more complicated for Blake.
I really enjoyed this sort of a second chance romance/enemies to lovers romantic suspense story. Hutch is that alpha protective hero that we swoon over and Blake is no delicate flower. She’s proud of her curves, she’s fiercely protective of her sister and you soon realize she’s not a vapid society heiress everyone, including Hutch, thinks she is. A really fun read!
Small note: Hutch is the guardian of his 11-year-old niece and she’s a hoot. However, she behaves more like a 7 or 8 year-old and it bugged me little.
Narration: Samantha Brentmoor kills as Blake and Lee Samuels, who’s new to me, is the voice of Hutch and I really enjoyed his narration.
Rep and possible triggers: FMC is curvy, SA of a minor, criminal activities, blackmail, gun violence, suicide of a secondary character, drug use
