| Corinne Westerfall is a classical guitarist under contract
with her father and manager, John Westerfall. She just
wants to escape now after many years of following orders,
but does not know that her father is determined to control
every aspect of her live - forever. She has agreed to do a
track for a charity album with the lead guitarist of Pure
Wildfire, Aidan Hawthorne, and her twin sisters. She never
expects magic to happen during the music. Aidan Hawthorne
is much, much more than just the lead of Pure Wildfire. He
and the entire band are shape shifters - Firebirds. But he
has an even more important secret than that. To protect
themselves, shifters keep that part of themselves secret.
Aidan meets Corinne and is instantly drawn to her, knowing
that she could be his destined mate. He also discovers just
how Corinne's father is holding on to her. Aidan is
determined to not only get Corinne as his mate, but to
release her from her father's grip.
Aidan suggests marriage to Corinne, who misunderstands
exactly why, and at first, she doesn’t want to go through
with it. Auditioning for a chance to play with Pure Wildfire
is just the beginning of the changes for Corinne. While she
craves Aidan, Corinne wants freedom foremost. When Corinne
and Aidan end up in a life-threatening situation, will the
love, respect, and trust that has developed between them be
enough?
Sunfire begins the series of Pure
Wildfire. In this story, I saw the ways power can corrupt
and also how not accepting all the gifts given to you could
hurt you. Aidan has been born into a position of power, but
he has been reluctant to accept all that goes with it.
Corinne has been dominated by a power-greedy father for the
majority of her life and now just wants to be free of it
all. While I expected the passion that heated between Aidan
and Corinne, I was very happy to see the extreme eroticism
that showed their true connection. I admit to reading the
first version of Corinne and Aidan’s story and while I loved
it, Sunfire is just bigger, better, and so
much more fulfilling. Ms. Connolly kept me turning the
pages quickly, wanting to see what would happen next with
Aidan and Corinne and the band. The only reason I did not
finish in one sitting was that nasty day job, but I did
finish it as soon as I got home. Ms. Connolly is an auto
buy for me anyway and Sunfire has found its
way firmly on my keeper shelf to be read over and over
again. Now I can’t wait for the rest of the members from
Pure Wildfire to arrive. |
