Slow Burn: The unputdownable debut spicy romance novel from Strictly Come Dancing star Oti Mabuse

Author: Anise Starre

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Book Rating: ⭐ 8.5/10

Spicy Rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5

Description

For Lira, Latin Ballroom has always been more than dance — it’s identity, ambition, and unfinished dreams. Thirteen years after one unforgettable night in Paris, she’s buried her desire for the spotlight under responsibility, family expectations, and running her dance studio.

Until a secret audition changes everything.

When Lira lands a role on Slow Burn, a glamorous European dance tour, she comes face-to-face with the man she’s never truly forgotten — Gabriele, the magnetic bad boy of the Latin Ballroom world. On stage, their chemistry is electric. Off stage, it’s combustible.

As old sparks reignite and buried ambition flares back to life, Lira must decide whether she’s ready to risk her heart — and her future — for the dance, the spotlight, and the man who still sets her world on fire.

Trope / Mood

Second-chance romance • dance partners • forced proximity • European tour • bad boy hero • undeniable chemistry • ambition vs love • glamorous setting • emotional slow burn • very steamy