Burn It Down (Bring the Heat #1)
Jillian D. Wray
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
3.92
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 22 ratings · 387 pages · Published: 26 Jan 2025

I’ve been bred for success.
As the CFO of my father’s wealth management firm, I know exactly what’s expected of me and the image I must uphold. To the outside world, my long-term girlfriend and I are beautiful, powerful, successful…and rich.
However, the suit I wear hides more than my cut physique. Living a lie has been the norm since I was a teenager. Although not ideal, I have a great woman by my side and a promising future. Everything is as it should be.
Until I cross paths with Dylan Ryder.
One look and everything I’ve worked so hard to conceal comes rushing to the surface.
One taste and I’m ready to burn my life as I know it to the ground.
Dylan Ryder
I’m used to being judged.
My Mexican-American heritage earns me some looks, my tattoos earn me others, and of course being on a date with another man ensures whoever wasn’t staring because of the first two things, definitely is now.
But I haven’t been on a date in a while.
With my family’s automotive shop under attack from vandals I’m working longer hours to try and make ends meet as business keeps waning.
So, when I crumple the front-end of a Maserati at the grocery store, I really don’t have the time or money to deal with it.
But knowing it’s the right thing to do, I offer to fix it anyway.
Wholly unprepared for the onslaught of lust as Jacob Ellington enters my life, I struggle to maintain control.
However, as our paths continue to cross, I become unsure if I even want control anymore.
And when our mouths inevitably collide, he lights my world on fire.
Literally.
Tagged as:
- multicultural 2
- gay romance 2
- queer romance 2
- contemporary 1
- rich hero 1
- cheating 1
- friends to lovers 1
- hurt/comfort 1
- found family 1
- other man/woman 1
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- content warnings
- queerphobia 1
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- Audiobook
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The 'Bring the Heat' series
28 ratings 4.04 ·
queer · lgbtqia hate · m-m · contemporary · found-family · length-medium · angst · friends to lovers · forced proximity · super rich hero · from hate to love · western · cowboys · multicultural · other-man-woman · hurt-comfort · men in uniform · cheating · explicit-open-door · second chances
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