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I haven’t updated the blog in a few weeks, mostly because I’ve been lazy. I apologize. One of these days I will get on the ball. I have read though. Here is one of the books.


In England, Harlequin/Mills & Boon publishes a line of books called Modern Heat. In the U.S., these books are packaged as Harlequin Presents (Extra). This is significant because Modern Heats have a different sensibility than your typical Presents. As a reader, you just have to “know” or be able to figure out which books are Modern Heats and which ones are regular Presents.  I like to think of Modern Heats as cousins to Harlequin Blazes.  

I became aware of Ms. Hunter earlier this year. I bought her March Presents, Misbehaving with the Magnate, the first in a duet, and stuck it in my “to be read” pile. One day while looking at the RITA nominees, I discovered that the second book in the duet, Revealed: A Prince and a Pregnancy, was nominated. I instantly became more curious about the book I’d just bought. She had to be a great writer if she was nominated for a RITA, right? Needless to say, I loved it! I actually liked Misbehaving with the Magnate better than the RITA nominee. Isn’t it funny how subjective these things are?

Anyway, I’d been on the lookout for more of her books. And this was published in November.

I know there’s a difference between regular Presents and Modern Heats, but Untameable Rogue still threw me for a loop. The heroine, Madeline, has more money than the hero, Luke. He struggles with this, even more so with the fact that she doesn’t apologize for her history. She married an old guy for the stability and money he brought (she didn’t have a good childhood). In a regular Presents, the hero is a billionaire and the heroine needs his help for something. Madeline doesn’t need Luke's help for anything. She’s running her very successful business and living her life. Their mutual goal is to have a fling and go their separate ways. Like I said, very Blaze-like.

It was an adjustment for me. I enjoyed the book, but I kept thinking how different it was, which distracted me sometimes. It was nothing Ms. Hunter did. I can’t wait to read her next book.

I'd planned on writing about the other book I read, but this post was a little longer than I thought it would be, so I'll save it for tomorrow.

How's that for a tease?

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