Warm Heart

Warm Heart is a gorgeous story. You’ll fall in love with these characters as they try to get themselves and their injured friend safely home. Tevyn and Mallory have a wonderful chemistry and all the angst in this story comes from their environment, rather than their feelings for each other. Amy Lane is fabulous, as always, and keeps up a fast pace with lots of emotion and hot sexy times to revel in. This is definitely going in my reread pile.

4.5 Stars ~ I love winter. The cold and the snow. Hot chocolate, roaring fire, homemade chowder… all of it. Of course, my liking of that season is predicated on the fact that I don’t have to leave my home very often, and I’m safe and warm at all times. This is not the situation Tevyn and Mallory find themselves in, however. They end up perched precariously on the side of a mountain in their crashed helicopter, during a blizzard, while their good friend, Damien, who is also the pilot, has a broken leg with the bone jutting through the skin… oh and their helicopter is sliding off the rock face.

Mallory is everything I love. He’s kind, gentle, considerate, loving, has a logical mind, and truly cares about his clients. Granted, he’s been in love with Tevyn practically since the young man stepped into his office five years ago with his grandmother, but Tevyn isn’t the only professional athlete Mallory’s company represents and he makes a point of going to several of their competitions throughout the year. He’s just a nice, good man. Mallory feels the ten-year age gap means Tevyn could never be interested in stuffy, boring, three-piece-suit-wearing him, but he is so very wrong.

Tevyn is a professional snowboarder and the only two people in his life who’ve always stayed are his grandmother and Mallory. Tevyn isn’t as head-in-the-clouds as some might think, so he’s very aware of his grandmother’s deteriorating health. He is shocked that Mallory would fly all the way out from San Francisco to Donner Pass to tell him in person so Tevyn doesn’t have to be alone. Just one more reason Tevyn loves him. Tevyn may be a pro in a crazy profession but he is grounded in the important things and he wants a life with Mallory.

Even with the drama happening all around them, I never once lost sight of the fact that this story is about two men who have danced around each other for much too long. I really enjoyed the survival aspect of this story, but seeing these two men realize what they mean to each other – and express it – was the best part of this entire book for me. ‘Warm Heart’ is missing this author’s usual angst but sometimes it’s really nice just to read an old-fashioned love story and Amy Lane has definitely produced that with this latest release. I can’t wait for Damien and Preston’s story because I have a sneaky feeling it’s going to be amaze-balls!

NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews

Though there is a fight for survival going on for most of this book, I found this to be one of the quieter stories I've read by this author, who is one of my favorites. Ms. Lane knows how to engage my heart, mind, tear ducts, and funny bone - sometimes all at the same time. While I didn't laugh out loud over this one, I did cry. I also smiled and sighed dreamily a few times. Tevyn and Mallory, as well as their friend and pilot Damien, showed such great qualities as they worked together to save themselves, knowing their chances were slim of being rescued. I fell in love with these three men, and I was so worried about the author's plans for them. (She's hurt me in the past!) But despite the fear and freezing temperatures, there was a very sweet romance going on between Mallory and Tevyn. It was absolutely lovely.
I adored Mallory's quite determination to take care of Tevyn, even when he didn't believe they could be a couple. And I loved Tevyn's fierce heart and his desire to make Mal his. These men were adorable together, and I felt their love from the very first page. This is a great story with characters who are easy to connect with and root for. I recommend this book and hope that there will be a sequel so that Damien can get his own happy ending. For now I will be happy reading this one again. Excellent!

Amy Lane did it again. What a fabulous story.

I will say that I wish there had been more of Tevyn and Mallory from the first five years of their relationship. I would have liked to know more about Missy an Charlie from the past. But that is just because I'm greedy!

It was sweet to watch Tevyn and Mallory dance around each other. Then, what did Amy do? She threw them into a life or death adventure! Both men are strong and loyal.

Tevyn and Mallory are forced to really look at their feelings as they struggle to survive, not knowing if it would be the only time they had together. Tevyn has some trust issues and Mallory wants to make rue Tevyn really lives. The way Mallory cares for Tevyn shows through from the very beginning of the story.

I hope this is't the last we see of Tevyn and Mallory. It does look like there could be at least two more stories. My fingers are crossed.

This was a sweet romance wrapped in a life or death disaster.
Tevyn Moore is a famous snowboarder. He's a daredevil, virtually fearless. Mallory Armstrong is the man Tevyn trusts to manage his money and by extension, his life. Tev and Mal have worked together for five years, both harboring feelings for the other that have never been voiced. When Mal gets word of a Moore family emergency, he goes to Tevyn. Not a phone call, no. He gets in a helicopter and flies to Tev. Who is on a mountain. With a massive blizzard on its way. UGH even typing this is getting my heart pumping again! It's all swoony and terrifying!

Needless to say, trying to fly off the mountain was going to have some complications. But Tev, Mal, and their pilot Damien were not expecting a crash that would leave them stranded with said blizzard trying it's hardest to kill them. With Damien unable to help due to his injury, it's up to Tev and Mallory to get them off the mountain in one piece.

This one was a nail-biter folks! There were a few scenes that really displayed Tevyn's ingenuity and Mallory's bravery. After these I couldn't help but go out to the garage to check my family's hurricane survival kit. Hurricanes are the blizzards of the deep south right? Amy Lane is a remarkable storyteller. Page after page, I was there with these guys as they fought for their lives. I could feel the biting cold. I could hear Tevyn trying to guess Mal's middle name. I could see Damie. I could see him getting sicker and sicker from the infection. She paints such vivid pictures that you can't help but fall into them.

For me, this is going in my re-read pile because I LOVED IT. Oh and it's the first in a new series??! Hell Yes! Can't wait to see what's next in this story!