Simply Sexy by Carly Phillips

Emma’s matchmaking again. This time her victims are Colin Lyons, a reporter who’s returned to save his father’s newspaper and Rina Lowell, who’s the newspaper’s newest columnist who’s lifestyle column is the talk of the town. Soon, Emma has the couple making sparks. Unfortunately, when the advertisers demand a return to hard news, Rina’s column is first on the chopping block. Now Colin is faced with a choice, watch his father’s newspaper destroy itself and enjoy his new relationship with Rina or save the paper, but lose the love of his life forever?

The last Simply book features characters from the previous novels. Like the rest of the series, Simply Sexy emphasizes characters over the story. But while the idea of Emma working at the newspaper seems to me to be a bit out of character, you can practically feel the steam rolling off the hero and heroine before they even meet. Definitely a hot read and if you love a spicy books, this one should be in your to-be-read pile.

Details: Temptation, December 2002

Excellence Rating: Very good

Steaminess Factor: Yummy