Nick Devane.  Navy SEAL. Bad boy. Secretive.  And he likes it that way.  When the ex-wife of the one man he owes a favor to shows up out of the blue and wants answers, Nick’s entire psyche goes on red alert.  There are things in his past that he never wants revealed, but Kaylee Smith, the woman in question, is a journalist and just her presence in his life threatens to blow up right in his face.

Kaylee Smith knows that something big has happened to her ex-husband.  She has never felt he was actually dead and she knows without a doubt that sexy SEAL Nick Devane has some of the answers she needs.  What she uncovers with her research, however, shows her exactly what type of danger Nick deals with on a daily basis.  Her attraction to this tightly controlled man is undeniable. Now if they can only live long enough to see their passions ignite.

Stephanie Tyler upped the ante on Too Hot to Hold.  Nick was already my established favorite since meeting him in Hard to Hold, the first installment of this series.  Nick’s secrets are his alone and his trust level is nil, except Kaylee slowly shows him exactly what love means.  It comes with no guarantees but it does come with a price – he has to care for her just as much.  With danger on their trail and love in the air, these two wonderful characters just clicked.

Stephanie Tyler’s Too Hot to Hold is definitely scorching hot.  Bad guys, missions, secrets, love, passion – there is nothing about this ‘hawt’ book I didn’t like.