Name: Playing with Fire
ISBN: 9781635554335

Lesley Davis

When Takira Lathan and Dante Groves meet at Takira's restaurant, love may find its way onto the menu.

Playing with Fire

Megan Cooper

2.5 

This is the third in a series - set in the same town with recurring characters but thankfully not a continuing story line that would leave you lost if you didn't read the other two books. This works well enough as a standalone but there were a number of secondary characters (from previous books) that had obviously larger backstories.

A nice romance between Dante, an older butch who returns to her hometown after travelling for years and recovering from a bad break up, and Tanika, a workaholic restaurateur who is struggling to rebuild her business and take on the care of her young nephew. 

It was a nice change to see such a old-school butch character in a lesfic - and Dante's character bucked the traditional stereotypes with gentle but wounded soul. Tanika was actually a bit harder to get a read on - but they worked as a couple, especially with the inclusion of the too sweet for words nephew, Finn. The inclusion of young Finn (and his best bud Harley) gave the story some humour and sweet moments that helped define the MCs. 

At times there was a bit too much tell - mostly through the dialogue - as backstories and motivations came spilling out in longish dialogue scenes.

Playing with Fire

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