Hot Zone Series 1. Hot Stuff 2. Hot Number 3. Hot Item  Reviews 4. Hot Property Reviews ... "A fun series."    —Knight-Ridder Newspapers   "HOT ITEM is the third novel in the Hot Series. Carly Phillips has scored a touchdown, homerun and winning scores with this series. As always when picking up a Carly Phillips novel, be ready for an exciting read of fun and sexy men. The Florida swimming pool is one of the funniest scenes I have read in a long time. This novel will make you smile and laugh out loud. It will also make you sigh as Riley finally learns how to be a real parent."    —Dawn Myers, Writers Unlimited   "HOT ITEM is a great conclusion to Phillips' sports trilogy. Sophie and Riley are both engaging characters who definitely fit into the opposites attract category. Phillips gives them both plenty of baggage to work through, including dealing with Riley's teenage daughter Lizzie, who balks at having to share her doting dad with another woman. The author does a sensitive treatment of both the teenager's fears and society's views of homosexuality, especially within the macho sports arena. She balances these more serious topics with nice doses of humour, particularly with Atkin's eccentric and fun-loving sisters. HOT ITEM works well as a stand-alone but if you enjoyed the story as much as I did you'll want to hunt up the first two books as well."    —Martina Bexte, Bookloons.com "HOT ITEM is the third and final book in the Jordan sister's trilogy and I had been waiting impatiently for it. Without a doubt I wasn't disappointed! HOT ITEM delivers exactly what I am looking for in a contemporary romance. Sophie and Riley steam through the pages while Sophie's Uncle Yank appears to add his unique humor and foibles to the story. Readers who loved the first two Hot Zone books as much as I did will want to immediately pick up and devour HOT ITEM. Readers can't go wrong with any of the Jordan sister's trilogy and readers who haven't read them yet have missed three wonderfully romantic and sexy stories."    —Melissa, JoyfullyReviewed.com "I'm sorry to see this trilogy come to an end. The sexual tension between Riley and Sophie is way beyond hot and is made even more interesting by the interplay between these two very different people. Secondary characters add color and spice to the novel. This latest novel ties up many loose ends and talks about Sophie's sisters, who we got to know in the previous two novels. This is a delightfully satisfying romance with excellent character development and a very interesting plot line. Carly Phillips has a winner with this one and the book does not disappoint. I'll miss the Jordan sisters!"    —4 plugs, Jeri Neal, TheRomanceReadersConnection.com "Although this book is the last in a series, the prologue and other details woven into the plot make it stand well on its own. Of course, the reader will want to go back and read the stories of Sophie's other sisters if they have missed them. Carly Phillips never fails to entertain and delight readers and HOT ITEM is another gem in her growing body of work."    —4.5 stars, ARomanceReview.com "HOT ITEM is a winner."    —Jennifer Bishop, Romance Reviews Today "HOT ITEM is sadly the end of the Jordan sister series by author Carly Phillips and she has definitely saved the best for last. It was fun to meet up again with the entire Jordan clan and you just gotta love Uncle Yank, who does everything in his power to make sure his girls are taken care of. If you are a Carly Phillips fan like I am, you will definitely have to add HOT ITEM to your collection."    —Barb Hicks, The Best Reviews "Saving her best for last, Phillips wraps up her jocular Hot Zone trilogy with Sophie, middle sister of the Jordan clan and co-owner of the prestigious Manhattan-based sports management agency (and family business) the Hot Zone. After a gossip columnist reveals him as gay, big-time sports agent Spencer Atkins, whose PR firm recently merged with the Hot Zone, goes MIA—just three weeks before the pro football draft. With her entire family on leave, Sophie must deal with the crisis on her own. Enter star quarterback Riley Nash, Uncle Yank's client and Spencer's son from a failed marriage. Riley wants his biological father to keep their familial ties under wraps, and Sophie wants to ensure they don't lose any of Spencer's clients. Together, they track Spencer to Florida, while Sophie tries to suppress her attraction to "jock nightmare" Riley and things go haywire back at the agency—giving a Hot Zone adversary the upper hand. Followers of this smart series will slip right into this final book, but newbies might want to check out the earlier two first."    —Publishers Weekly "HOT ITEM is a terrific closer to a fabulous sports romance trilogy. The story line stars two individuals attracted to one another, but she wants nothing to do with a jock and he prefers short term relationships though he loves to tease and taunt her. The tale is a stand-alone, but newcomers will appreciate Carly Phillips' talent that much more by reading the siblings' tales first. This is one hot mini series that is a winner from start to finish."    —Harriet Klausner, The Best Reviews "A pleasant read to enjoy while soaking up the sun on the beach this summer."    —Marilyn Rondeau, RIO (Reviewers International Organization) "As with every book by Ms. Phillips I've read, HOT ITEM promises to be a hit as well. For highly controlled Sophie Jordan, co-owner of THE HOT ZONE, star quarterback and bad boy Riley Nash should be nothing more than eye candy. But we all know that we can only resist a really yummy candy for only so long."    —Chrissy Dionne, Romance Junkies