Heidi Rice: The lady from RT, she say 'Yes!'

Thursday, 30 July 2009

The lady from RT, she say 'Yes!'

Whoo-hooo, just found out I got a whopping 4 stars for Hot-Shot Tycoon in the September edition of Romantic Times Book Reviews. So nice to break out of my three-star doldrums at last.

The reviewer Sandra Garcia-Myers (she of the fabulous taste!) called Daisy and Connor's story 'emotional and heartfelt' and pointed to the 'amusing opening'. Cool to know I made her smile with Daisy's satin knickers...

Also while surfing the usual blogs (as you do when you ought to be writing) I discovered this vote of confidence from the fab Waiting For the Call blog which said Hot-Shot 'could just be my new measure for the ideal Modern Heat Story.'

I'll be posting more snippets from the RT review on my website soon, but until then I'm going to go bask in the golden glow of my own fabulousness.... Smug? Full of myself? Just a tad.

Now if I could only wrestle Leo and Issy's story into shape I'd be over the moon.

14 comments:

Kimberly Lang said...: Oh yay! And I totally agree! Loved that story.; 30 July 2009 at 08:27
Janette Radevski said...: Hi Heidi

I just finished your book yesterday. Can def see why it got 4 stars - I loved it.; 30 July 2009 at 08:57
Heidi Rice said...: Cheers you guys,

The old golden glow just went 24 carat!!; 30 July 2009 at 09:10
Aideen said...: Fabulous stories deserve fabulous credit and 4 stars is surely a just decision. It is such an easy pleasurable book to read and pulls on the awld heartstrings at the exact right moments. Jane, the lady who's blog you refer to has mentioned that comment to me before, it is a great example of what Modern Heat ought to be.
Here's to more 4 star reviews winging their way to you,

Aideen.; 30 July 2009 at 11:14
Felicity Roger said...: Congratulations. I am sure there will be many more stars coming your way.; 30 July 2009 at 12:50
mulberry said...: LOL Heidi, I wondered why click-throughs to my blog had skyrocketed today!
I loved the story, no BSing. It's so good to find that combination of a laugh out loud funny heroine voice, with a genuine depth of emotion. Your new stories will be going on my must-buys, and I'm looking out your back list too.

Aideen, fancy meeting you here! Thank you for the kind comments, but I think I know someone else whose voice is even more MH than I hope mine will become...
What's that delicious man Robert doing now?; 30 July 2009 at 13:36
mulberry said...: Oops, posted as my other ID! mulberry and waitingforthecall and janemulberry are all the same person.; 30 July 2009 at 13:41
Heidi Rice said...: Aideen, you're a star!

Felicity, thanks for the kind words, so glad you like Connor and Daisy's story too.

And Mulberry, as much as I'd love to take the credit for your blog hits, I doubt it... But thanks so much for sticking Hot-Shot up there on your blog, it's always a real thrill to get a good review.; 30 July 2009 at 14:24
Jackie Ashenden said...: Great review, Heidi. And thoroughly deserved. I too loved the book (as I think I've posted here before).
Connor is soooo sexy! You certainly give great hero. ;-); 30 July 2009 at 14:51
Lacey Devlin said...: Oh I love Connor and Daisy. It was tough to have to say goodbye. I wanted more! MUCH more! Ahh well back to impatiently waiting for your next book...; 30 July 2009 at 15:29
Heidi Rice said...: Aww thanks Jackie, now I'm blushing.

And Lacey, you'll be glad to know Connor and Daisy do have several key scenes in my next book (because I just couldn't let them go either), and I will of course be doing a comp here on the blog when I get my hands on some author copies in September or thereabouts... So you never know!; 31 July 2009 at 01:47
Heidi Rice said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1 August 2009 at 07:38
Joanne said...: Congrats on the great review!!

I'm currently reading it "Hot Shot.." and am lovin' it :); 3 August 2009 at 20:21
Heidi Rice said...: Cheers Joanne! so glad you're enjoying it.; 4 August 2009 at 00:30

My Book Recs!

Dirty Secret by Mira Lyn Kelly
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

So I know absolutely NADA about ice hockey, I'm a Brit after all. But when I saw my old writing mate Mira Lyn Kelly had written a series of HAWT hockey romances I hit the insta-buy button because I know what a fabulous writer she is – and I had a week-long holiday in Spain with lots of lounging-around-a-pool time to fill. I'm happy to say I was not disappointed. Because this book hit all my sweet spots hot hero, smart savvy heroine, snappy dialogue and deep deep emotion wise.... (Although I still know nada about hockey I feel I can now talk quite knowledgeably about how hot ice hockey players are at least!)

Dirty Secret is the first of the Slayers Hockey team stories (although Greg and Julia feature in Dirty Player, in another series, which I will sooo be checking out after I finish this series). Anyway Dirty Secret features team captain Greg Baxter's arch rival Vaughn Vasser and Greg's little sister Natalie, who is absolutely OFF LIMITS to the rest of the team. But most of all to Vaughn, who recently threw a punch at the cap, is not much liked by the Chicago press, the Slayers fans or nearly all of his teammates either, and has his sights set on a trade back to Oregon ASAP...

But what Vaughn does not know is that the "Allie" he had an uber hot one-night stand with eight months ago in Vancouver, and who ran out on him without leaving a number and who he cannot forget is none other than the guy he hates little sis. Natalie is so busted when Vaughn turns up at her door, after discovering who she is... And that she knew who he was all along, and that's why she was using an assumed name. To say he's pissed is putting it mildly, but the truth is he is also hurt. WTF was she thinking, leaving him in the lurch like that after pretty much the best night of his life? Ofc, it's only a matter of time before pissed gives way to provocative, because these two really cannot keep their hands off each other, or any other crucial parts of their anatomy tbf. But while the secret sex scenes are the perfect blend of explosively intense and toe-curlingly spicy, the real secret in this book is that the hard-nosed (and hard everything else) Vaughn, is actually a really sweet guy. But only Natalie ever gets to see that side of him...

Not all that surprisingly, given their explosive chemistry, it doesn't take long before their under-the-radar romance is impossible to keep under the radar (or anything else for that matter).

Once Greg finds out that his rival is secretly dating his kid sister, all hell breaks loose, leaving Vaughn's career in the crosshairs and Natalie having to deal with her big brother's ego explosion. So how is Vaughn not gonna blow up his career and get over the girl he can't have but still wants all the damn time? How is Natalie gonna get her big bro to back the hell off and give her space to figure out that Vaughn is the guy for her? Which is a big ask for her, because she spent her whole life living in the shadow of Greg's career. And she does not want to risk living in the shadow of another man's career - however right he seems....

I'll leave the answers to those crucial questions for you to find out, but I was rooting for them both throughout the fallout, even when they made mistakes. I loved the underlying theme,too, that love is never easy, that chemistry can be dangerous as well as delicious but that ultimately it's the compromises you make and the secrets you are brave enough to share about who you really are, and what you really want that give you the greatest rewards.

What a terrific start to this series, I'm already three books in and I am TOTALLY ADDICTED which is good because I'm now back in a cold and rainy London, and some Slayers Hockey heat is the perfect antedote. So thank you Mira Lyn for giving me my summer back, I appreciate it.

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Thursday, 30 July 2009

The lady from RT, she say 'Yes!'

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