When you hear opposites attract...you better believe it applies to Ethan and Lily. Ethan is the type of guy who has a routine, every day it is-- up before dawn, run, come home, shower, go to work, come home, workout, go to bed. That's his life, boring as it may be. As an Air Force pilot and now instructor, his life has always revolved around a routine. A routine makes it easier for him to forget his past and block out his feelings. At first, Ethan saw Lily as a way to break his dry spell; someone to have fun with until her insurance paid and she could find a new establishment and place to live. He was doing his duty and, in the meantime, having fun with a beautiful woman. His problems-- she was half his age, he couldn't love anyone, and once their relationship sizzled he would find an ideal sex partner. Not someone completely different than him. But Lily brought out the best in him, and a side he never knew he possessed.

Lily is spontaneous; a gypsy who reads aura's, practices yoga naked, and feels it is her destiny to help a man unblock his chakras before moving on to help someone else. Ethan Grady walked into her shop as someone who needed her help. When Ethan burned her place down leaving Lily no where to go but to his home, having to move in with him, Lilly saw the perfect opportunity to work on this man. She would loosen him up and teach him to have fun, so that he may enjoy life. When her relationship with Ethan comes to an end and he volunteers for a training mission in Iraq, Lily has a bad feeling. When she warns him about it, he of course doesn't believe her and goes anyway.

This story was refreshing for me, the heroine wasn't the normal heroine you would read in a Harlequin Blaze novel, and I don't mean that in a bad way. The story itself wasn't typical, at least to me as an avid reader of this line of books. Jillian Burns is an author who can take an ordinary, everyday story and make it her own. She has the ability and talent to put her special ingredients into the mix and make a story everyone will love. Burns fans will love this beautifully woven story and new readers will become life long fans!

Book Summary

Lieutenant Colonel Ethan Grady is having his very first massage with a rather eccentric but smokin'-hot redhead, Lily Langford. But her touch isn't so much calming as it is very distracting. When he accidentally sets Lily's business and home ablaze, Ethan can't tell if the smoldering is from the fire…or their attraction to each other!

But now Ethan's condo is invaded by the free-spirited Lily, who's convinced that he's the one who really needs to be rescued. And Lily's methods? Well, they're not so traditional. Still, Ethan can't remember having his chakras aligned so…er, intensely. But will this be rescue—or retreat?

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