

But the mishaps keep coming.Īt Jordan's insistence, Dylan checks up on Kate.

Once she knows that Jordan is going to be fine, Kate abandons her calm facade and allows herself a major meltdown, doing something that is totally uncharacteristic: She has a one-night stand with Jordan's brother Dylan.Ĭoming to her senses, Kate returns home determined to get back on track and save her business. Though stretched to the limit, Kate immediately rushes to her side. Slow burns can appear in all kinds of fiction, but romance is renowned for its mastery of this kind of prolonged building of emotion. A slow burn is when the romantic attraction between characters builds slowly over the course of a novel or series. Then Kate receives a call from her best friend, Jordan Buchanan, who is hospitalized and scheduled for surgery in Boston. There are a few crucial elements every slow burn needs. Kate's still reeling from this devastating news when her younger sister's volatile ex-boyfriend shows up and threatens her.
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Once home, Kate is hit with the news that the prosperous fragrance company she has nurtured from the ground up is in jeopardy: It turns out that her late mother used the business as collateral for a huge loan, and full payment is due in three weeks. While attending a reception at a friend's estate for a controversial artist, Kate is nearly killed by an explosion. But now the fates seem to be lining up against her.in lethal fashion.

Living a successful life just outside of Charleston, South Carolina, Kate MacKenna has always been able to turn her challenges into triumphs.
