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Heat Of The Night

by Donna Kauffman

Published 2001224 pagesISBN 978-0-3732-5946-5

SHE MAKES HIM AN OFFER... Detective Brady O'Keefe doesn't want a relationship--doesn't believe in relationships. Especially now that he's knee-deep in a murder investigation that threatens the mayor's reelection campaign. An investigation that would go much more smoothly if only he could concentrate on more than the mayor's sexy PR consultant.... ...HE CAN'T REFUSE! Erin Mahoney can't afford to lose this job, but working day--and night--with Brady O'Keefe is driving her to distraction! How can she focus on press releases when all she can do is fantasize about the two of them giving each other some release? So what will it hurt to offer him one night of sex to get it out of their systems, with no strings attached? Little does she guess that being tied up by Brady will be way too appealing...

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Romance, Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Romance · Fiction

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Content notes

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Urgent pace

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Who it may suit

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ToneBalanced
LuminousDark

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Heat Of The NightDonna Kauffman
Powerful4.5/5

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A quick reading snapshot

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Reading lengthA shorter read224 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 2001
Primary categoryRomanceAlso cataloged under Fiction
ISBN-13
978-0-3732-5946-5
Language
English
Edition record
OL9323306M
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A more thoughtful way into this book

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Good to know

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Begin with its place in Romance, then notice where the book resists that label.

Try this reading approach

Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What must each character learn before the relationship can become believable?
  2. How do work, family, friendship, or identity shape the central relationship?
  3. Does the emotional resolution feel earned by the choices that came before it?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.