Ivy York hosts a talk radio show called Economic Sex Hex. The radio show allows her to give advice to men and women on how to protect their economic assets while in a relationship, and the whole idea stemmed from her personal experience. She was stupid and gave away too much information to the man she loved, and he took advantage of her trust. Her stupidity cost her a job and almost resulted in her losing her freedom. Her true passion is accounting and she does forensic accounting on the side to make sure people obtain the money that is due them. The subject of much rancor on her show is someone referred to as the Urban Legend, a man who is known to retrieve stolen objects. Ivy is convinced that his website is set up to lure in women for purely sexual purposes. What would she do if she came face to face with the Urban Legend?

Luke Sterling is a private investigator whose specialty is recovering stolen objects. He is currently on the trail of a couple of stolen statues known as the Jade Goddesses of Fertility and Virility. His trail has led him straight into the office of Ivy York. Rather it led him to her mother, but he is confident that Ivy has to be the mastermind behind the thefts. He figures that anyone who can steal three million dollars, and have someone else take the fall could easily maneuver the theft of a couple of statues. He goes undercover as her assistant to get close to her since she has a little bit of a hostility against the Urban Legend as he has come to be known. Will he be able to get the infallible Ivy York to make a mistake and lead him to the statues? Or is she as innocent as she seems to be?

Jennifer Apodaca has written another fabulous novel. Luke and Ivy both have their hang-ups about each other, but that makes for an extremely charged atmosphere and the right conditions for their looming attraction to explode. The other characters each have their quirks that make them charming and add to the entertainment of the story. This story seems to have it all -- romance, suspense, humor, and murder. EXTREMELY HOT is a swiftly moving romantic mystery that constantly keeps you guessing.