Flirting With Fire
(Blue Collar Brothers #1)
By Piper Rayne
Release Day: Sept 13
DESCRIPTION
Everyone knows that if you play with fire you’ll end up getting burned…
What happens when you attend a first responder’s bachelor auction with your best friends? Well, if your name is Madison Kelly like me, your friends end up bidding on a date for you with your high school crush.
That’s right. Even back when I was ‘Fatty Maddie’ to all my classmates, I had eyes for the quarterback of our football team. Not like I was the only one.
Mauro Bianco may fight fires for a living, but he still sets my heart ablaze. One look at the rugged, muscular man he’s turned into and I want to slide down his pole.
One date. That’s all I’m committed to. A few hours and I can tuck him back into that tattered old shoebox in my closet.
As always, the universe has other plans. I never would’ve predicted that in a matter of days he’d turn from my dream guy into my enemy.
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REVIEW
Oh my, my, my! I still remember when I stumbled upon my first Piper Rayne book...Dirty Talker.
I was hooked immediately, and I've been a huge fan of their books ever
since! Each time they introduce a new series, I get excited all over
again, and I've been eagerly waiting for their Blue Collar Brothers series ever since we met the Bianco brothers in their Bedroom Games series...let me tell you, this series was completely worth the wait! ;)
As the oldest Bianco brother, it makes sense that Mauro's book came first, and I'm so glad that we got to got to know him better because he is absolutely amazing! He's more than just a super sexy firefighter, he's also sweet, caring, and willing to do absolutely everything he can for the people that he cares about. I loved every single second of Flirting with Fire, and I loved every single moment between Mauro and Maddie! Maddie was also phenomenal! She was caring, considerate, and just genuinely nice! As someone who identifies as "nice" and can sometimes fall into the "people pleaser" territory, I completely related to her, and I loved seeing her find happiness with Mauro. I also loved that with these two we got a bit of snippets into their past because they're crossed paths in high school. It made for an unexpected, but very sweet addition to the story and I loved it!
As far as the romance goes, it was everything I could have possibly hoped for! It was sweet, and the pacing of the story was perfect for these characters! I also loved that along with the romance, we got to see Mauro's relationship with his family, and Maddie's relationship with her besties! I'm really looking forward to seeing how that evolves in the rest of the series, and I definitely cannot wait for the next book...October 25th...hurry up and get here. ;)
Overall, I thought that Flirting with Fire was amazing! It was sweet, sexy, super funny, but still full of so much heart! I absolutely loved Mauro and Maddie! Their romance was so freaking wonderful, and I can't wait to dive into the next two books in this series, Crushing on the Cop and Engaged to the EMT featuring Mauro's younger brothers, Cristian and Luca, and Maddie's best friends, Vanessa and Lauren. If you love sweet, yet sexy rom-coms full of heart, then you definitely don't want to miss this book! ;)
As the oldest Bianco brother, it makes sense that Mauro's book came first, and I'm so glad that we got to got to know him better because he is absolutely amazing! He's more than just a super sexy firefighter, he's also sweet, caring, and willing to do absolutely everything he can for the people that he cares about. I loved every single second of Flirting with Fire, and I loved every single moment between Mauro and Maddie! Maddie was also phenomenal! She was caring, considerate, and just genuinely nice! As someone who identifies as "nice" and can sometimes fall into the "people pleaser" territory, I completely related to her, and I loved seeing her find happiness with Mauro. I also loved that with these two we got a bit of snippets into their past because they're crossed paths in high school. It made for an unexpected, but very sweet addition to the story and I loved it!
As far as the romance goes, it was everything I could have possibly hoped for! It was sweet, and the pacing of the story was perfect for these characters! I also loved that along with the romance, we got to see Mauro's relationship with his family, and Maddie's relationship with her besties! I'm really looking forward to seeing how that evolves in the rest of the series, and I definitely cannot wait for the next book...October 25th...hurry up and get here. ;)
Overall, I thought that Flirting with Fire was amazing! It was sweet, sexy, super funny, but still full of so much heart! I absolutely loved Mauro and Maddie! Their romance was so freaking wonderful, and I can't wait to dive into the next two books in this series, Crushing on the Cop and Engaged to the EMT featuring Mauro's younger brothers, Cristian and Luca, and Maddie's best friends, Vanessa and Lauren. If you love sweet, yet sexy rom-coms full of heart, then you definitely don't want to miss this book! ;)
EXCERPT
My brothers widen their stances, share a look of amusement and cock their eyebrows at me.
“Hate to break it to you, but Maddie didn’t bid on you. Lauren did.” Luca laughs while Cristian chuckles.
“I’m going out with a Madison and she didn’t go to our high school. Which reminds me.” I pull out my phone.
“Maddie is Madison, you idiot,” Luca says. “Her and Lauren were in my year.”
“I went to high school with Madison?” I try to let her face come back to me, and though I can picture her bright blue eyes and long chestnut hair, nothing about her is familiar from high school.
“Yes, but she definitely wasn’t hanging out at the bonfires and football pep rallies.” Luca grabs his helmet off his bike. The only responsible thing I’ve seen him do in the last few years.
“Well, shit and she doesn’t even want to go out with me? Her friend bid on me?”
Luca straddles his bike with a grin. I look over to Cristian, but he’s putting his shirt back on and starts fiddling with his earbuds. They obviously think this conversation is over.
“Yeah, but we’re all in the same boat.” Cristian’s thumb moves over his phone screen. “Maddie’s awesome and I think you’ll have a good time with her.”
“She seemed pretty quiet and way too accommodating,” I say.
Luca kicks his stand up, letting the bike rock a little under him.
Cristian’s hands freeze on the screen of his phone. “And that’s bad?” he asks.
“I want a woman who knows what she wants. Has her own damn opinions. Doesn’t just agree with everything I say.”
Cristian peeks over his shoulder, a look of amusement that matches Luca’s. “You want a girl to come up and grab your nuts?”
“I want a girl who knows what her favorite food is, has an opinion about where she wants to go for dinner, likes whatever sports team she likes and doesn’t default to my favorites.” I stuff my hands into my pockets, digging out my keys for my truck.
“Well then, Maddie might not be the one. Like I said, she’s nice.” Cristian slaps me on the shoulder.
“Treat her good though, okay?” He inserts one earbud.
“What do you think I’m going to do, leave her in Garfield Park?”
He puts his other earbud in. “That’s not even funny man. I have a friend in that district and the shit that goes down there...” He shakes his head.
Cristian loses the entire point of my statement—the fact I’m not a jackass. I’m not Luca.
“It’s one date,” I say. “And who knows, maybe she’s nice but still has a wild streak.”
Christian again glances over to Luca who’s smiling like he’s fucking Mickey Mouse.
“Well, good luck on your date,” he says.
Cristian jogs away and Luca’s bike starts up.
I head to my truck.
The conversation is over, but I’m curious now.
Where’s my damn yearbook?
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Well, well! I've finally read the first book in the Blue Collar Brothers series, which I've been excited for since I first met the Bianco brothers in Piper Rayne's Bedroom Games series, and they were certainly worth the wait! :D
I'm super excited for more of this series, but what about you?
Does Flirting with Fire sound like something you'd enjoy?
If you've read it, what did you think?
I'm super excited for more of this series, but what about you?
Does Flirting with Fire sound like something you'd enjoy?
If you've read it, what did you think?
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