A Hearts On Fire Review

3.75 HEARTS- If you're like me and haven't heard of Rob Colton until recently, let me tell you about his stories. They are hot, not too complex and usually features romance between bear-like and cub-like main characters. I have seen his name a lot recently and learned he wrote a good number of erotic stories online. So I checked his work out and was pleasantly surprised. And I have developed a liking towards his writings especially his paranormal work.

The stories follow a basic formula - the cub-like MC meets the bear-like MC, there is minor struggles or protests while falling in insta-love, the bear-like MC sort of courts his cub, hot sex is had and they have a HEA.

Did this story follow the Rob Colton formula? Yes. Sometimes books like this one make for a nice comfortable read. You know what you're going to get. But with an editor, there's a different vibe but the same Rob Colton tone.

American dental hygienist Jamie Anderson has left his apartment, job and life in New York to search for his missing younger brother, Rudy, in the Czech Republic. The local authorities have notified Jamie that Rudy is dead and have misplaced his body. But Jamie was not hearing that and needed answers for himself. On his search in the foreign country, he meets Tomas, a mysterious, bald headed giant of a man with ice blue eyes that entrance. Tomas saves Jamie from being robbed and the two search through the seedier part of town searching for Rudy.

Tomas has a secret, not everything is looking as it seems. The more time Jamie spends with Tomas, the more he dreams some pretty erotic dreams, vampiric erotic dreams. Tomas introduces Jamie into the vampire world and learns his brother was caught in its web.

The story started out pretty strong. The mystery of Tomas and the clubs was a nice touch. Learning about the vampires and the turf war was interesting. I wish more information was given about how the vampires function in this world (are they immortal? what constitutes a human/vampire bond? what happens if a human bonded to a vampire dies? do they age? etc.) It was bare minimum.

There were some parts of the story that read stilted, especially in conversation. Thankfully not too much. The author certainly can write hot sex scenes and did not disappoint. I particularly liked the first and the last scenes. Yum.

There's a little action thrown in and the bad guys are defeated. Overall, I liked the world created. There are werewolves and vampires, I wonder what else is lurking in the shadows?

The story ends with a HEA and an obvious setup for secondary characters in a future book (which I definitely plan on reading whenever it is published). Hopefully with a little more elaboration on this paranormal world introduced.

Recommended for paranormal fans that don't care for complexity to their plots." ( )