Playing With Fire by Sam Crescent and Stacey Espino

Playing With Fire by Sam Crescent and Stacey Espino
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Short Story (75 pgs)
Other: M/F
Rating: 3.5 stars
Reviewed by Fern

Blue Collar. Filthy as Hell.

Are there any good men left in the world?

After her boyfriend dumps her for a younger, prettier, thinner woman, Eva decides to hit the road without looking back. She has no destination in mind, and she’s determined never to trust a man again.
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Dalton is a firefighter in Hope Springs. At thirty-nine, he’s settled in for a lifetime of bachelorhood—until Eva drives into their small town. She’s skittish, angry, and refuses to give him a chance. But he’s never been a man to give up easily.

Eva quickly learns that small town boys like to play dirty. She can’t seem to say no to Dalton’s strong body and wicked imagination. Giving him her heart is another story. The more she falls for him, the more she wants to run.

They both have demons to face. Can Dalton convince Eva to settle down and give them a chance at forever?

Eva couldn’t tell if she’d gone crazy or made the best choice of her life. Selling her apartment and most of her worldly belonging she was determined to leave her boring life – and heartbreak – behind and just drive until she found a new adventure. When Eva hears an advertisement for seasonal rodeo work it sounds like exactly what she needed. Dalton was a fire-fighter and despite the fact he was ready to be in a serious, long-term relationship he’d not yet found the right woman and he refused to settle. When they meet by chance each is instantly smitten. Will this just be a fling or can they each find what they’re looking for?

I could both sympathise and empathise with Eva’s dilemma – because who hasn’t wanted to sell everything and hit the open road once in a while? I thoroughly enjoyed the pacing of this story – both giving me as a reader enough time to get to know Eva and Dalton’s characters, but not dragging along slowly. I felt the co-authors did a great job letting Eva and Dalton’s relationship flourish and show me how they connected and grew together, but still kept the heat and sensual level high. Although they both fell in lust quickly, and the chemistry between them was intense, I was pleased to see they also connected on an emotional level and that made the story both more enjoyable and believable to me.

While I admit I found it somewhat unusual that Eva wanted to run *away* from the sexy, stacked and wanting-a-serious-commitment Dalton, the authors managed to convince me Eva was commitment-shy and not crazy. Once I got my head around that aspect of the plot, I found it actually quite intriguing that (for a change) it was the hero who wanted to settle down and start a family and the heroine who had itchy feet and wanted to travel and live a carefree life. Watching Dalton convince Eva that small-town living wasn’t a bad thing and that settling down wouldn’t be the end of the world was really quite interesting.

There’s a decent sub-plot of a fire-bug and a whole bunch of smoking hot sex between Eva and Dalton. Overall this story really ticked the boxes on all the stuff I love in my steamy romances. With interesting characters, a few plot twists and a lot of sexy fun this was a great short read.