Christmas Heat

by Devon Vaughn Archer

Book Overview

A season of miracles...and second chances Audrey Lamour was a successful artist and devoted mother, forever indebted to the heroic fireman who pulled her from a blaze twenty-five years ago on Christmas Day. She honored him by painting his portrait--never dreaming her picture would become a lifeline to love.... Conrad Pearson was driven to meet the woman whose emotional painting of his father seared his soul, even if it meant returning home to the...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373860471
• ISBN13: 9780373860470
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Harlequin Kimani Romance
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Cute

Christmas Heat is a really cute book. I've never read any of this author's other books, but for a male author, he isn't half bad. I think the male character Conrad really had no merit in what he set out to accomplish. But non the less, the way it ended was great.

Chrstmas Heat

This is the first book I have read by this author and I have to say that I really enjoyed reading the book. CHRISTMAS HEAT is about two individual as children did not really know each other. But each of there lives change forever due the tragic fire that killed her parents and his father. You will see that Conrad is still having a hard time dealing with his father death. After several year Conrad return to his home town to try and bring some closure to his life. Audrey Lamour is raising her daughter but not a day goes by that she doesn't think of Grant the man who saved her life as a child. Audrey has kept in contact with Grant's wife but she often wonder what happen with his son. Can't give to much of the book away, but you will not be disappointed this is a great romance story where you believe in the love again also with the season of forgiveness and love how can you miss. Smile :) Louise

Touching Story

This was a touching story of love. The one thing I didn't like is I felt Conrad should have been honest in the beginning. My motto honesty is the best policy. This is a story of how life brings us full circle. I was glad the story showed how Audrey moved on with her life despite her loss and Conrad was able to get the closure he needed to move forward. It also shows that you have to do what you need to do for your own sake despite the feelings of family and friends. He needed the closure so he decided to go back to the town. This was my first book by this author and I enjoyed her writing style. It is an easy read.

terrific contemporary romance

Seven years old Audrey Beaumont is excited as she expects presents from Santa Claus having been a good girl for the most part all years. She says goodnight to her parents and goes to sleep so St. Nick can come and do his job. However, she awakens to the smell of smoke and the sound of fire. Pearson the firefighter rescues her but dies when he goes back to bring her parents out; they die too. Over two decades later, Audrey raises her seven year old daughter Stacy by herself; the father ended their relationship once he learned she was pregnant. Audrey honored the courageous firefighter who saved her life with a portrait of her hero. Conrad Pearson has come home after years away to visit his late father. He holds the little girl that his dad died rescuing culpable for his father's death. Unable to let go he meets Audrey and Stacy, but hides his identity from the two females. He learns how much Audrey honors his dad by listening to Stacy tell him the story of the brave firefighter who saved her mom at the cost of his life as much as by the hero worshipping portrait. As he falls in love with mother and daughter, he found closure with his dad, but will never obtain closure with Audrey and Stacy once they learn who he is. CHRISTMAS HEAT is a terrific contemporary romance starring two individuals who never met before but are connected by the tragic fire that killed her parents and his father. Audrey and Stacy are perhaps too well-adjusted with all that has happened to them especially the mom. However, Conrad steals the show as the audience will know early on when he talks to his dad at the cemetery how much he still hurts and misses his father. Fans of deep character driven tales will want to read Devon Vaughn Archer's strong story of love coming out of the ashes of tragedy. Harriet Klausner

Ghosts From Christmas Past

Conrad Pearson is a man plagued by his past. He lost his father, a firefighter that was attempting to save the lives of others. In need of closure, Conrad returns to his childhood home in search of the last person whose life he saved, the last person his father spoke to just minutes before dying...Audrey Lamour. Not a day goes by that Audrey Lamour isn't grateful for the heroism and sacrifice of Grant Pearson, the firefighter who saved her life. She's often wondered what became of his family, particularly his son. Tragedy bonded these two lives. Will fate keep them together? Can their past make way for a future? From the beginning, we are teased by a secret, a secret that could adversely affect the feelings of one. CHRISTMAS HEAT is filled with anticipation. Devon Vaughn Archer has crafted a well-written story of love and loss. CHRISTMAS HEAT is a satisfying read. Reviewed by: Toni