HEAT STROKE
Series: Beach Kingdom #2
Author: Tessa Bailey
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: March 18th, 2019
Marcus “Diesel” O’Shaughnessy is a brash, oversized CrossFit enthusiast with a naked lady tattooed on his rippling forearm. Jamie Prince is a private school teacher with an extremely low tolerance for bullshit. The two men have zero in common. Well, except for three things.
They’re both moonlighting as lifeguards for the summer.
No matter how hard they try, they cannot stay away from each other.
And both of them have secrets they’re determined to keep.
But what happens in the shadows of the Long Beach boardwalk can only remain hidden for so long, before the July sunshine reveals the hot, unrelenting connection they never expected, forcing Marcus and Jamie to decide if they’re simply caught up in a temporary heat stroke or if they’ve found something worth rescuing…
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5 ‘You’re mine’ Stars
HOT DAMNNNNN!!! There’s ‘hot’ and then there is ‘Tessa Bailey HOT’, aka scorching, relief needed level of steaminess! Add to that already ‘one click quality’, deeply raw emotions that make your heart hurt and soar along with the characters, an insanely addictive banter and one of the most likable characters I’ve have EVER read, and you have the masterpiece, ‘one click must’ HEAT STROKE! Yep, Jamie and Marcus’ story deserves ALL the stars, and became one of my all time fav reads: TOP FAV!!!
Ms. Bailey was already my queen of dirty talkers, therefore an auto read for me, but this book… WOW, just wow! Even though not being an avid MM reader, I’ve been counting down the days for this book, first because I’ve been dying for these two’s story since the first book of the series, and second because I can not resist TB’s brilliant writing. Already imagining liking even before actually starting, I did not expect this level of LOVE tale, seriously SOULMATE deep – yes, not unusual with Ms. Bailey, but for me, wow, this was taking MM to a whole new level, because I truly felt it was not about sexual gender, but soul coupling! – , that’s how it felt with Jamie and Marcus’ love.
Such different souls and characters, but so, so well match, I could not believe, they both tried to resist, but this level of connection couldn’t be ignored. Both Jamie and Marcus were incredible characters, and of course I adored seeing again other Prince brothers and their match, but Marcus… He stole the show for me. The rawness of his feelings, the conflict of his emotions, the struggle both emotional and physical were so stellarly accounted and exposed, I. FELT. EVERYTHING!!! And loved every word of it!
I will not say much more, because I truly believe this beautiful and unique love story should be experienced to the fullest and without much prior unveiling, because the surprise of the events and reactions is half the experience. Heat Stroke, will on doubt leave you hot and bothered – it is a Tessa Bailey’s, after all, lol, so unparalleled hotness -, emotionally touched and on cloud nine with Jamie and Marcus HEA after their bumpy journey. They so deserved this HEA, and the conclusion was spot on! Ms. Bailey outdid herself again, so now I am even more anxious and psyched to have Andrew and Jiya’s story!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
My heart doesn’t care if he’s a man or a woman, he’s just Jamie.”
“I was going to say you can keep my heart in a cage. But the truth is, I think it was in a cage before. Before I let myself love you,” Jamie said, his throat working. “You turned the key and let it out. Now it feels…like it has so much more room to beat. Like it could keep growing forever because you’re around to fill it up.”
ARC kindly provided by the author for an honest review
MOUTH TO MOUTH ( Beach Kingdom #1)
Mouth to Mouth, which will be on sale for 99 cents during the week of March 11th-March 17th leading up to the release of Heat Stroke.
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Tessa Bailey is originally from Carlsbad, California. The day after high school graduation, she packed her yearbook, ripped jeans and laptop, driving cross-country to New York City in under four days.
Her most valuable life experiences were learned thereafter while waitressing at K-Dees, a Manhattan pub owned by her uncle. Inside those four walls, she met her husband, best friend and discovered the magic of classic rock, managing to put herself through Kingsborough Community College and the English program at Pace University at the same time. Several stunted attempts to enter the work force as a journalist followed, but romance writing continued to demand her attention.
She now lives in Long Island, New York with her husband of ten years and six-year-old daughter. Although she is severely sleep-deprived, she is incredibly happy to be living her dream of writing about people falling in love.