Most women can't get over the fact that John Roper is
undeniably handsome and hot but Amy Stone quickly realizes
that there is much more to this sports hero and all around
hunk. These well hidden qualities are what is slowly
affecting his career and jeopardizing his financial well
being. He cares. Well you might not think that is a bad
thing but in his case it has taken over his life. Faced with
an injury that could sideline him in the coming season,
physical therapy that isn't getting the job done in time for
spring training and continued bad press of a disappointing
performance last season, not to mention a distraught overly
zealous fan -- well desperate times call for desperate measures.
Enter Hot Zones newest team member Amy whose first
assignment is to help John get his priorities straight and
ready for the coming season. Problem one is John's rather
needy and quirky family who all depend on him for just about
anything. He is so busy with their lives he can't garner
time for his own. Watching them tackle each others families
is like watching a vintage I Love Lucy episode and
sure to entertain. Amy realizes she needs to take charge --
something John is not accustomed to and rather at odds with.
Amy is used to managing people, a talent she honed at a
retirement village. But handling and managing a man like
John is well, certainly going to test her abilities -- not to
mention her emotional well being.
So Amy decides to kind of kidnap John and sequester him at a
remote lodge, virtually out of communications with any of
his distracters so that he devotes his time to his needs.
Amy has a reckless side she diligently represses but
spending all this time with John is quickly removing all the
safeguards she has in place. Both Amy and John realize their
professional relationship is going to be deeply affected by
the growing attraction. The gnawing question is whether
either one of them is ready to accept the direction their
powerful feelings are taking them.
There is no denying the sparks that fly when they are
together or how bereft they are when apart. But Amy has some
demons to conquer before she can commit to life with a
sports figure that lives in a glass house under scrutiny of
the public.
True to the integrity of all Carly Phillips stories HOT
PROPERTY lets you see how vulnerable even the most powerful
people can be especially when there is love involved.
Falling in love with John Roper and Amy Stone is easy. It
was also nice to be around other familiar characters from
the Hot Zone previous stories. But getting to know two very
different but equally dysfunctional families was great fun.
How intuitive of Phillips to illustrate how easily our
family frustrates us and yet how we can somehow find the
humor in someone else's. Great summer read.
How can he keep his eye on the ball when she's in view?
Just one short season ago, major league center fielder John
Roper had it all: the looks—and personal life—of a sports
hero and the public's adoration. But this hot property's
lucky streak has run out. After a World Series disaster,
fans diss him, shock jocks mock him and his dysfunctional
family hassles him for money he really can't spare. Now it's
up to him, and Hot Zone publicist Amy Stone, to get his life
back on track.
Amy finds it's easier said than done. What with the constant
intrusions of his nutty family, a crazed fan playing
stalker, and Roper's refusal to put his own needs first,
she's starting to think that life in the fast lane isn't all
it's cracked up to be. But when the two retreat to a
secluded lodge, the sexy center fielder throws Amy a
curveball—one she never saw coming...
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