Burn It Down

Bring the Heat, Book 1

By: Jillian D. Wray

Narrated by: Liam DiCosimo, Logan Anare

Jacob Ellington

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 to 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.

©2024 Jillian D. Wray (P)2025 Podium Audio

Hot hot hot

Dylan and Jake were just as hot in audio as they were when I eyeball read. Liam and Logan truly brought these guys to life and I just adored them! The Spanish was great and I truly appreciated the dynamic between classes. Both of these men had hurdles to overcome and watching them do it together was so good!

Great characters

I really loved the characters, the narration was great. I really got into the storyline, it didn't seem to drag and lose my attention. I would definitely recommend this book.

The Heat Is On 🔥🔥

Jillian D. Wray is a new to me author and after listening to this title I totally dig her style. The heat between Jake and Dill was intense from the get-go and both men are the type that I would love to have in my life - and Jake? Is there anything that man couldn't do? CFO by day, firefighter by night and he is totally self aware for a wealthy young white man and has empathy for those who are not like him - in a nutshell he is what we would call "woke" had this word not been demonized by right-wingers in U.S. politics. I was worried about Dill for a moment though: his refusal to give BJs or be penetrated because of his homophobic grandfathers views that this was emasculating. But when he finally got his head out of his @$$ then all was well. I loved the mystery involving the vandalism surrounding the burgeoning love story so this was a satisfying m/m contemporary romance for me. The ooooonly issue is that Dill was written to have a spanish accent - which Liam DiCosimo did a good impression of when he listened to Dill from his own Jake's POV. Logan Anare - although a very talented performer - was not the best performer for this title because he is unable to affect a spanish accent at all...but I didn't mind or let this keep me from enjoying the title.

4.5 Starz - worthy of a repeat listen

So much going on

Ok, sooooooo I'm not sure if I liked this book or not. So much going on like they had to put every type of plot twist imaginable into this story. Dylan and Jacob's romance was kinda cute and I like how once Jacob made up his mind he was all in. Cora was obviously going to be a villain by the end of the book. No chicks that understanding lol

Now, nothing to do with story and about narration... OMG Logan read everything so slowly and was so hard to listen to

Liked it

I did like the story, but I feel like it took me quite a while to get into the story and like the characters. There’s lots of pining, and it’s a bit of a slow burn. I feel like it picked up in the second half of the book, especially towards the end.