Beat of the Heart by Katie Ashley

    

Overall Rating: ♔♔♔♔ (4)

Romance: ❤❤❤❤(4)

Humor: ✌✌✌✌ (4)

Drama: ★★★ (3.5)

Goodreads Synopsis:

After years of bad relationships and a cheating ex-fiancé, twenty-eight-year-old Mia Martinelli prefers healing her patients’ hearts on the Cardiac Care floor rather than risking having her heart broken again. But that all comes to a screeching halt when caring for the head roadie for Runaway Train puts her into the orbit of drummer and Latin Lover, AJ Resendiz. After a scorching weekend of steamy passion, Mia’s intention of getting out with her heart unscathed is challenged by the stud with the wicked sense of humor, especially when he wants to continue seeing her. But when the harsh reality of AJ’s hoard of female admirers sends her insecurities into overdrive, Mia bails, leaving him handcuffed to his bathroom shower.

AJ never imagined that after two weeks of the best sex and female companionship he’d ever experienced, he would need rescued by his band mates from his shower prison. Although he tries to forget the sensual brunette whose curves made his mouth water, AJ can’t get her out of his mind…or his heart. Months later when he finally seeks Mia for answers as to why she left, nothing could prepare him for their life-altering reunion.

Can AJ prove to Mia that regardless of the women after his body, his heart belongs only to her?

My Review:

Mia is a cardiac care nurse born to a star athlete and surrounded by Italian men she has always been well taken care of except in her romantic relationships. Just recently she walked in on her fiance and her friend on the kitchen counter. She has sworn off men until one night on shift she meets AJ.

After an interesting first meeting AJ knows he has to get to know Mia one way or another but she puts of plenty of resistance. Once she gives in and agrees to a date the steaminess begins and let me tell you there is no lack of steam. Katie Ashley knows how to write amazingly hot sex scenes but she the characters she creates are so compassionate and realistic that the book has more depth than just those steamy sex scenes.

But that's not happy ever after for them. After a misunderstanding Mia leaves AJ handcuffed to the shower and refuses to speak to him for months. Will they each be able to overcome the past to look forward to a future together or will the both be to stubborn to admit what they have known all along.