Raintree: Inferno - Linda Howard

Well, that sucks. Here I am, trying to read down this mountain and at the same time attend to that stash of numbered romances I'd picked up for varying reasons and I pull out one that's so interesting that I feel the need to hunt down the other 3. This is the opposite direction of reading down; this is adding to. (mutter)

 

Oh, it had its issues...

 

Our H, powerful fire mage or whatever, runs a casino. A suspiciously successful player is spotted and dragged into his office. The h - gifted in ways she's not really sure about and trying to ignore - finds herself meeting him, getting tested by him, questioned by him, etc. A fire breaks out in the casino. He drags her with him, forcibly links her power to his to help put the fire out, and drags her home with him.

 

Or rather, compels her to go with him. He manages to forget things like the need to relieve oneself. She's understandably pissed off (and he was almost pissed on, but don't think he thought about that)

 

This takes half the book - issue one.

 

Somehow over the next couple of days, they manage to fall for each other (or perhaps it was insta-love, not sure). - issue two

 

And they figure out there is a bad guy and he starts heading for the home fort.

It ends in a cliff hanger - issue three

 

And I wanna know what happens next.