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Hot Stuff
Dear Reader,
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If you like hot men, hot action and hot attraction you’re going to love this HOT new series! HOT STUFF introduces Cate Madigan, a Boston native from a large and crazy Irish family. Cate has far too much going on to get involved in extracurricular activities, like men and marriage. She spends all day in school, earning her teaching degree, and all night working as a bartender in Boston’s South End. Ex-cop Kellen McBride has decided to make Cate’s bar his nightly haunt. He likes Cate’s sassy Irish spirit and wild red hair. He also has an ulterior motive for getting close to her. Cate has sworn off all things romantic, but when she comes home to a ransacked apartment, a roommate who has flown the coop, and a sleeping bullmastiff named Beast, Cate has no choice but to ask Kellen for help. Can Kate resist the charming Kellen McBride while keeping herself out of danger? Or will Kellen turn up the heat on Cate and everything in her life?
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We know you’ll have a blast with HOT STUFF!
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Janet & Leanne
Manufacturer: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged
Price Range: $22.77 - $29.95
 Hot Stuff
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| User Reviews |  | That was fun....
rating: 4
Now, this is from someone who has never read any of Evanovich's or Bank's books, so I wouldn't know, if this is better or worse than their usual stories.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was the perfect read for those long and rainy fall nights, a little bit of love, a bit of crime, some crazy characters mixed in, and to top it off, a big slobbering dog named "Beast". Light entertainment, as much fun, but with a lot less calories than a box of pralines...
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Patrick Pugg is Quite a Crazy Character!
rating: 4
This is a romance novel with a bit of mystery mixed in to spice it up! Crazy characters from Patrick Pugg (whom always refers to himself in the 3rd person) provides lots of humor while you read this novel. I also enjoyed the character Julie, Cate's neighbor, with her wacky stories about her family life back home!!
Cate & Kellen are the main characters and it is fun seeing them fall in love all the while trying to find out what is going on with Cate's roommate Marty who's gotten himself in a tight spot!
Looking for a quick escape from reality? Then this novel is the quick fix you'll need!
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Not quite Plum, but not a prune either
rating: 3
I love Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books (the numbered ones, not the in-betweeners) because the characters are entertaining and vivd, the dialogue is lively and believable, and the writing is crisp. Hot Stuff was more like lukewarm. The characters were up to Evanovich's quality and the story had a fun twist to it, but the writing was rushed and the dialogue was ridiculously sophomoric at times. I could take a highlighter and show where Janet was doing the dialogue writing versus someone else. You can't fake witty!!!
Having grown up in the Boston area, the descriptions of the locations were familiar but could have been in just about any U.S. city. Janet and her co-author, Leanne Banks (who I suspect did most of the book) failed to capture the flavor of Boston, and particularly "Southie", the Irish neighborhood where the main character grew up.
While the actual outcome wasn't 100% predictable, it was close. The happily-ever-after ending for all seemed rushed. I would have been open to a sequel to tie up more loose ends. Hopefully, in a second installment, Janet and Leanne could have developed Cate Madigan into an up-and-coming Stephanie Plum.
Even on her worst day, Janet Evanovich is more entertaining than so many other writers of her genre. "Hot Stuff" may not live up to its name but it's still a fun, quick read.
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Recycled Plum
rating: 3
I don't think this one was as bad as the typical non-Plum Evanovich books I've read - the ones that are romance novels with not a whole lot more thrown in (I'm talking about the ones with the Knight-Rider-like car that talks? Not worth reading but I did for some reason).
I'll probably read the next one in this series but from the library or borrowed - mostly because the Plum books keep me hopeful. The characters were all familiar but none stood out as especially great. None were all that likeable or interesting. The southern one was definitely Lula rehashed but not laugh-out-loud funny like the original Lula. The romantic tension was zero and I didn't find myself rooting for the main character or even caring what she did.
I actually probably liked Pugg the best even though the "Pugg this" and "Pugg that" stuff got on my nerves and I was happy when his new girlfriend told him to knock it off (he did thank God). I know I'm probably the only person out there who liked him at all but I thought he had a few hidden redeeming characteristics after you got past the third-person way he had of referring to himself. That got old QUICKLY. Kellen was too fake and uninteresting and definitely not a Joe Morelli.
Who out there didn't know the dog bowl had something hidden in it as soon as it arrived or that the cross-dresser wasn't dead? I don't even remember all the final resolutions - it wasn't a very memorable book. Even after reading the other reviews on here I've forgotten the names of most of the characters. Before reading the reviews I didn't remember any of the names other than Pugg - gee, I wonder why I remember that name?
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More predictable romance than suspense
rating: 2
If you like feel-good romance, you will like this book. If you are a fan of Janet Evanovich's suspense novels you will be disappointed. This book is extremely predictable and the character development is uninspiring. Take it to the airport, read it on the plane, then leave it for the next person.
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