Tyler and Abbi had undeniable chemistry, but being on opposites sides of the fire break that brings them together is only one of the obstacles in their path. Abbi's traumatic past has made her very independent and leary of trusting people, especially when it comes to them doing something for her. Tyler is all about what he can do to help, but when he tries to help Abbi when she is vulnerable, she reacts very negatively. I enjoyed their story, but did deduct a few points for Abbi's behavior. I can understand she would be very defensive at first, but would have preferred her attitude to change as their relationship progressed. They did have a happy ending, so it made it up for. Overall a sexy and entertaining read.

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book via NetGalley. I was not compensated for this review, all conclusions are my own.

I’ve really been enjoying the entire Men of Gold Mountain series and this book is definitely no exception. I love Rebecca Brooks’ writing style. She pulls me in with interesting characters and beautiful scenery and fun storylines. Make Me Want is sexy and exciting from beginning to end. I love fake relationship storylines, especially between two people who have wicked chemistry, but have so many conflicting issues that they really shouldn’t be together. This book played that storyline perfectly.

I really liked Tyler from the start, I was intrigued by his background and the heartbreak he was still dealing with. There were moments I wanted to shake some sense into him, but I love the way he came to Abbi’s rescue time and time again. Abbi is by far my favorite of the female characters in this series. Despite her past she is strong, fun and independent. Of course, she has a few issues regarding men, but who wouldn’t after what she went through. I loved watching her learn to trust again.

This book was a lot of fun, but it was also ridiculously sexy and had me on the edge of my seat. There were some elements of suspense in there too which I really enjoyed. I can’t wait to read more by Rebecca Brooks. I know there is at least one more book in this series and I am crossing my fingers that it is a book for Claire.

Arc provided by the publisher via Netgalley for an honest review

Make me Want is the story between Abi and Tyler. Both characters are struggling with trauma that has changed them completely. Tyler is running away from memories and heading to Gold Mountain to build a fire break that could potentially save lives...there is no guarantee though. 

Abbi will do whatever in her power to stop the fire break from being built. These two have a love hate relationship that sometimes just gets a little old. The story itself was good but you just get tired of the butting of heads all the time. WHen they are together and happy it's great, but man sometimes its a little too much.

Make Me Want is a good, suspenseful, sexy, romance.  The characters Tyler and Abbi were complex, but likeable.  Great read!


I received this from Netgalley!

I was so excited to read this because who doesn’t love a sexy fireman? This book follows Tyler and Abbi, who both have their own issues but hopefully together can overcome them.  I will say that their journey is very much like a roller coaster –  some moments they were on the same page and some they weren’t.  I was very excited to see how these two were going to work out their differences.  Abbie’s character is probably one of the most stubborn females I have ever read about, but once you hear her story you will understand why.

This is a fairly quick read, and there were a few parts that almost felt rushed, but overall I give it 4 stars.  The author gave a good background for the two main characters, as well as letting the readers catch up with the couples from her previous books in the series; this can be read as a astandalone so you do not have to read book 1 and 2 before this.  Also there was enough drama and action to help balance out the steamy love between Tyler and Abbi.

Abbi is all about the big bad guys. She keeps them long enough for a little fun then cuts them loose. The only problem with that is that the most recent one doesn't want to take no for an answer. Abbi's best friend sees her struggle and sends a well meaning stranger to the rescue. Tyler figures pretending to be the new boyfriend might be the best way. He has no way to know how complicated that small choice is going to make his life. The even bigger complication is that when Tyler shows up for his new job, he finds himself opposing Abbi at every turn. Outside of work, he wants to be anything but opposition.

The story starts off pretty quick and keeps a good pace. There is some suspense related to the work project which keeps this couple on opposite sides of the fence, and more than enough chemistry to go around. Both Tyler and Abbi are pretty stubborn and convinced they are right, so sparks fly while they try to figure out if they can work together and if they can make a relationship work.

I received an ARC from Net Galley for honest review.

There was something about the blurb that made me think that this book might be a fun, sexy romp; while it was sexy, lots-and-lots-of for you fans of books laden with sex scenes, the fun and romp were unfortunately missing.

This book is dead serious, although I did spot a moment of lightening up midway that didn't last long enough.

Make Me Want begins with Tyler saving Abbi from her ex-hookup, Russ, and then they have a one-night stand in a gazebo near where she works at the nature center because that's where she generally takes her hookups.

At this point I really needed to care about Tyler and Abbi to be invested in their story. While I did like Tyler, I never really liked Abbi. I truly felt like this was one character who, because of a taboo relationship that occurred when she was fifteen, desperately needed to have therapy and I don't mean that as snark. All of these years later, she still obsesses, which is never healthy.

Despite the fact that she claims to be self-sufficient, there is always someone to save her. Her personality felt stunted to me.

Tyler on the other hand just suffered an incredible loss, his best friend, Scott, of many years. I liked his character because he wasn't afraid to show his emotions or try to do the right thing. Although he was also broken, I felt like he was a deeper character because of it. He was a truly nice guy.

While I get that this is fantasy/fiction, I was a little sad that the author had Tyler reflect that despite the fact that Scott had been like a brother to him and it seemed like Scott was the one person who was always in his life, that his few weeks of knowing Abbi meant more than Scott. Really? For me, Tyler and Abbi would have had to have gone through something tremendous for those feelings to be established within such a short time and sex isn't it no matter how good it is.

The "love" part of the relationship also didn't feel right to me because frankly it was all lust. There was little meaningful interaction between them. No fun dates. No chances for companionship. No witty dialogue.

Because of the blurb, I also thought there would be some fireman action, other than him putting out fires in the bedroom, car, etc. Alas, there was one short scene that did not sate this reader.

While Make Me Want didn't live up to my expectations, I know that there are readers out there for whom this lust-mance will light some fires.  It's well written with lots of steamy scenes. By now, you know my motto: your mileage may vary and I certainly know we all look for different things in the books we read.

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

review upcoming on https://saschadarlington.me on September 5

This book was fun and had a great idea, but I had a difficult time in connecting with the characters. 
Tyler and Abbi are both interesting people with tragic and sad moments in their pasts, moments that almost make them the exact wrong person for each other to begin with. There was just something about both of them that made it hard for me to relate, especially to Abbi. 
I think the lack of connection also made it harder for me to appreciate them as a couple. I did like them together more as the story went on and a real relationship started to develop. 
The secondary cast is what saved this story for me. We don't get to know the secondary group well, there is obvious back story in previous books, but they do shed some light on Abbi and Tyler that make them more sympathetic and likeable. 
Overall, this is a decent read. It wasn't a favorite, but I enjoyed it enough that I will read more of the author's work in the future.

This read was a nice break from my usual MC romance genre. A sexy fireman and a nature conservationist. What a hot cover that is too!!

Enemies to lovers…or maybe it was lovers to enemies to lovers anyways!

A quick easy read, a good read! I would have liked to see a certain event that happens towards the end to have been written out instead of the reader learning about it after the fact. I know that is vague but I hate giving away spoilers.

 

♥♥♥♥ 4/5 Hearts

Mixed feelings about this book. It was definitely sexy; I'll give it that. However, I just didn't feel the chemistry between Abbi and Tyler. Books that start out with a one night stand are tricky when it comes to establishing sexual tension between the two characters and this story just didn't do it for me. I also felt like it was way more drawn out than it needed to be. I did like the fact that Abbi and Tyler both went through tragic events and they helped each other get past those things holding them back. That certainly made their relationship seem more realistic. For me that was the redeeming part of this book. So I didn't love it and I didn't hate it. If you're looking for something easy, this may do it for you.

Cute but predictable.

This review is going to be a short one, due to the fact that I'm trying not to include spoilers.

Make me want is the story of a firefighter with a tragic past and festering guilt a mile high working with a female humanitarian. The two are at odds on the subject of a firewall being built to help give safety to firefighters fighting wild fires in the mountains. 

This novel was really cute. The back and forth banter between the two characters and their very different opinions on the firewall had me intrigued. Even though I liked this novel, i had a little trouble staying with the story line. My attention was lost in a few parts. some parts were extremely predictable.

I enjoyed the angsty moments Tyler's character brought to the book. His story was heartbreaking. The guilt he is constantly living through and what not broke my heart. I had trouble connecting with Abbi's character. I wanted to slap her and tell her to look at the bigger picture.

Throughout this novel I felt like there were holes in the story. One major hole is when Abbi finds herself on the mountain in trouble. I wanted more from this part of the story. I wanted to feel her actual fear and see her survival instinct kick in. I was disappointed more detail wasn't added into this one scene.

Overall, this novel was good and I liked it, but sadly I didn't love it.

A fake relationship that turns into a one-night stand that turns into something so much more makes Make Me Want an incredibly fun read. Rebecca Brooks’s third Gold Mountain story is a sexy, fast-paced read that I hated to put down.

I adore well-drawn characters who are flawed and vulnerable and Tyler and Abbi fit the bill perfectly. Tyler is a hot as hell firefighter with a good but damaged heart. Tyler’s past has left him with a desire to be needed for fear of being left otherwise. To make things worse, he has recently lost his best friend to a wildfire and he’s grieving heavily when he takes on the job to oversee a firebreak in Gold Mountain. He doesn’t expect to pick up a woman his first night in town, but the sparks he and Abbi strike off one another are hot enough to burn. The only problem is, she’s the lead naturalist whose promotion depends on fighting the firebreak. Abbi is a strong-willed, independent heroine whose past has left her fearful of ever fully trusting a man. The fact that she’s drawn to Tyler – a man standing between her and her dream job – only exacerbates the problem. Usually I can take or leave stories where the hero and heroine are on opposite sides of a fight because it leads to a lot of false drama, but Ms. Brooks does a really good job of showing where Tyler and Abbi are coming from. Neither of them is fully in the right or wrong, and though they argue the arguments are logical, not just emotional.

I really enjoyed watching Abbi and Tyler play off one another, both in bed and out. Make Me Want is definitely sexy good fun, but Ms. Brooks doesn’t pay lip service to the emotional obstacles Tyler and Abbi have to face if they want to have a chance. As with the last Gold Mountain book, Make Me Beg, I enjoyed the downs as well as the ups in the romance because the characters’ strengths and weaknesses were showcased really well. I thoroughly enjoyed Make Me Want from beginning to end and I cannot wait to read more Gold Mountain books.

DNF

I'm clearly the odd one out with this book in reading the other reviews.  

The first 25% grabbed me and held me; it was interesting watching how their relationship turned from an intense, hot one night stand to that of working on opposite sides.  

However, the constant back and forth "I like you, I hate you" just became too repetitive for me. 

As I said, my opinion is not shared by most who read this book so keep that in mind.

4 Stars!

Oh.. you're going to love this steamy, new release from Rebecca Brooks! 

This is the story of two people who are very attracted to each other but happen to be on opposing sides of a sticky issue.  They meet one night in a bar and have a sexy encounter, only to find out they are rivals.  Tyler and Abbi scorch the pages with their relationship.  Bring on the love-hate relationship.  They are like fire and water and yet they can't fight the attraction.  Tyler has a hero complex.  Abbi is fighting to save the beautiful land she loves.  They let their jobs and their personalities get in the way of what could be a beautiful relationship.

The writing is good.  The story is told in 3rd person, which isn't my favorite, but I thought it was good.  The bickering between Tyler and Abbi was a bit much at times, but it built the tension as it climbed toward the climax of the story.

If you love and angsty, sexy read, this one is for you!

Rebecca Brooks brings out the big guns with Make Me Want.  Tyler is a tall drink of water with a sexy swagger and a thirst for danger.  Abbi is a wannabe bad girl that craves independence despite that lingering fear of the unknown.  In no way is this a hearts and flowers romance.  Ms. Brooks thrives on creating tension and the hot and cold temperatures permeate every interaction between the main characters. Abbi and Tyler are not easy, but the unpredictability delivers a scrumptious reward.

It was an easy read but it was hard for me to get into the story. It didn't fully grab my attention from the beginning but overall it was a nice read. Abbi and Tyler might have started pretending they were boyfriend and girlfriend to keep Russ away but one thing led to another and soon the fake relationship spiraled out of control. Abbi and Tyler are great together and it's nice that they have each other after their traumatic experiences in their past. Overall, Make Me Want was a nice easy read. 

Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review by NetGalley, Entangled Publishing, LLC.

Just not for me. I found her to be obnoxious and stubborn to the point of stupidity. And he was a bit of a sad sack. I did finish the book, but it was fairly predictable.

Two wounded hearts collide in what is just supposed to be a quick dash of fun, but neither can resist the magnetic pull towards each other when life keeps bringing them together! Rebecca Brooks always brings us a sexy read filled with passion, angst and a fun group of characters. Always a joy to return to Gold Mountain and see what they have in store for us this time.

Wildland firefighter Tyler McCall is running away from memories he can't handle right now and has taken a temporary job in Gold Mountain, Washington. He's got his sights set on getting in, doing the job and getting out with the lead on a future job to head for immediately afterward. His priorities just might change when he gets set up for a short-lived rescue of a damsel in distress at the local pub ... and ends up ready to hook-up with her before the night is out!

Abbi Haas doesn't need any man to rescue her, but when the hottie that her BFF sends over to ruffle her exes feathers turns out to be smokin', she's willing to take him for a ride before she sends him on his merry way too ... only her best of intentions are thrown for a loop when he shows up at her job the next day as a consultant in the project she's determined to cancel before it gets off the ground!

I had a bit of a problem investing in these characters and their story. While I felt the bones were certainly there, the execution was a lacking. My main issue was the switching back and forth of POV, sometimes right in the middle of a chapter. Many times I had to retrace my steps and reread to figure out whose thoughts I was reading. Unfortunately, this distracted from the rest of the story.