When Sparks Fly

by Lynnette Kent

Book Overview

Someone's deliberately setting fires in Durham CountyAnd firefighter Ray Minnetti has no choice but to team up with the newest member of the squad, T.J.—Tess—O'Connor. Not that he has anything against... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000FMIMH6
• ISBN13: 9780373707935
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Harlequin Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

REALLY A GREAT ROMANCE - WITH CAREER CONFLICT!

Yup! introduce a woman into a man's world and there is conflict - especially hormonal. Firefighting is a dangerous job. Not exclusive to men but a woman adds another element of danger. T.J. O'Connor is looking for a change in her life from Philly and has decided to return to her father's home town of Durham, North Carolina. Her dad had told so many stories of his growing up here. [one of her major emotional conflicts.] While being interviewed by Captian Bobby Logan, in walks Ray Minnetti on the pretext of delivering some reports. T.J. decides for herself that this man is trouble with a capital T. Ray is not in favor of adding a woman to the team. [You will find a reference on his coffe cup "Italian Stallion"] It is interesting to find out that he also owns a restaurant. His family have several restaurants in the area. T.J. accidently makes contact with Gina, Ray's sister, in asking for a place to rent. She soon locates in Gina's neighborhood, unbeknown to Ray. Gina tries to do a little promoting of a romance. Ray is still recovering from the death of his friend, Mark Tilden, a year ago and helping out Mark's wife with two little sons. Tess soon gets the impression that Ray is a love-em-and-leave-em sort of guy. That he is not big on commitment. Little does she know. The department seems to be having a rash of arson fires but so far no one has died. We meet some of the men on the team, Alan Peel, the rookie Duff Green and the paramedic, Jack Reid. Soon Tess and Ray exchange their least like situation of a fire - Tess hates the water, especially going down her back and Ray seems to have a fear of basements. Of getting trapped in them. There is a lot of great exchange between these two characters. And their relationship includes the dalmation, Barney that Tess has brought with her. Neither wants to trust the other - but soon develope a good working relationship in meeting one emergency after another. The fires add the element of danger, the fire bug adds the element of mystery and the hormones do the rest to make an enjoyable story. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED --M - might be a keeper to those that enjoy this intrigue.

When Sparks Fly

This book is wonderful. I do not like to read books but I picked up this book at the store and could not put it down. This book is an awesome romance book.

WARNING: This book will keep you reading until 4:00 am.

I can honestly say that"When sparks fly" was one of the best romance novels I've ever read. It kept me interested from the minute I beggan reading it, until I read the last lines. It had a mixture of all the things that make a book great, mystery, comedy,tragedy, and of course romance. I think Lynnette Kent did a truely amazing job, it's ovious that a lot of time and effort was put in this book from reading just the first page. After reading this book, I treuly admire her amazing talent and I'm really looking forward to reading some other books she's written.