FICTION

Packing Heat

by Zuri Day
Dafina: Kensington. (Blue-Collar Lover, Bk. 2). Mar. 2016. 358p. ISBN 9781617734274. pap. $7.99; ebk. ISBN 9781617734281. F
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Love finds a way even in Los Angeles's Normandie post office where supervisor Doug Carter keeps work loose and easy. When new employee Jan Baker arrives, Doug knows she is the one for him, but Jan has other plans. Jan loves to sing and just knows her talent is good enough to land a spot on Nick Starr's reality show, but each week she's passed over for younger, untalented girls with man-made breasts. Doug has no choice but to keep showing Jan his caring and trustworthy personality. Eventually Jan sees Doug for his fine qualities but still can't shake her dream of music stardom. What she doesn't know is that in every workplace there are haters. Plus the Hollywood entertainment industry will spit out any unworthy candidate, giving Jan a doubly steep hill to climb.
VERDICT This second installment (after Driving Heat) in Day's "Blue-Collar Lover" series starts as a by-the-numbers romance in which a standoffish woman is blind to the great catch of a guy right in front of her. Yet there are some unpredictable surprises. When Doug and Jan surrender to their palpable lust, the bedroom turns into an erotic playground. Great escapism for African American romance fans.
Reviewed by Staff , Dec 17, 2015
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