When Dr. Alyssa Foster is taken hostage by a prison inmate, she knows she's in deep trouble. Not just because Teague Creek is desperate for freedom. But because the moment his fingers brush against her skin, Alyssa feels a razor-sharp pang of need...

A man with a life sentence has nothing to lose. At least Teague doesn't, until his escape plan develops a fatal flaw: Alyssa. On the run from both the law and deadly undercover operatives, he can only give her lies, but every heated kiss tells him the fire between them could be just as devastating as the flames that changed him forever.

Review

I want to state up front that I only read the first 42 pages of this book before I had to put it down. There were several things that I had a problem with in those 42 pages.

• The “Hero” has swastikas tattooed on his body and head. I can’t get behind a man who has that type of tattoo. I’m not sure if there was a legitimate reason for him having the tats, but it wouldn’t really matter to me. It was a deal breaker.

• The “Hero” kidnaps the “Heroine” with scissors against her neck cutting her in the process. Again there might have been a legitimate reason for the kidnapping. However, I’m not sure what kind of woman would fall in love with someone who had scared her so badly. (Unless it’s a case of Stockholm syndrome.)

• The other inmate that escapes from the prison with the “Hero” says several derogatory and racist things. He calls the “Heroine” a name. I understand that this character isn’t a part of the romantic story, but as the saying goes – You are known by the company you keep.

This book might have turned out to be wonderful in the end and there might be an explanation for why these things that I pointed out happened, but I wasn’t willing to invest the time to find out. Fever just wasn’t the book for me.

Reviewed by Carrie

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