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Series/Standalone: book one in a new series.I do think I will continue with this series though-I am kind of curious about the other siblings because I really didn’t like Peggy or Aaron at all! I am curious to see how Bailey redeems them. I liked Jasper, but he wasn’t one of my favorite book boyfriends. I didn’t dislike her, but I didn’t love her either. I am still not sure how I feel about Rita as a character. While this book felt a bit slow to me, I think that was partially due to it being book 1 in a series.

Too Hot to Handle has the dry humor I love about Bailey’s writing, the hot romance I expect from her books, and the right amount of angst to keep you reading. Rita is kind of a hot mess (there was an incident on a TV show where she went after someone with a knife, then shortly there after she burned down her mothers restaurant). Jasper is trying to change his tarnished image in his tiny New Mexico town and wants to keep Rita long term. I think that is because Rita doesn’t seem to know how she feels about anything. That being said, I am still not sure how I feel about Rita.

The others really seemed difficult to like. This book is really the story of Rita and Jasper, but you meet all the siblings. Too Hot to Handle sets up the new series by Tessa Bailey all about the 4 Clarkson siblings. And Jasper has only a few days to show Rita that he isn't just for tonight-he's forever. The moment he sees Rita, though, Jasper knows he's about to be sorely tempted. Jasper Ellis has a bad boy reputation in this town, and he loathes it. When rescue shows up-six-feet-plus of hot, charming sex on a motorcycle-Rita's pretty certain she's gone from the frying pan right into the fire. Having already flambéed her culinary career beyond recognition, Rita Clarkson is now stranded in God-Knows-Where, New Mexico, with a busted-ass car and her three temperamental siblings, who she hasn't seen in years. Also in this series: Too Beautiful to BreakĪlso by this author: Thrown Down, Raw Redemption, Worked Up, Risking it All, Disorderly Conduct, Too Beautiful to Break, Follow, Indecent Exposure, Mouth to Mouth, Sink or Swim, Reborn Yesterday, It Happened One Summer, Window Shopping

Too Hot to Handle by Tessa Bailey