Ethan hawkes novels the hottest state and ash wednesday are both available from vintage hawke . The hottest state finds a character based we may assume on hawke himself newly arrived in new york seeking acting jobs he meets a girl falls madly in love and suffers the ups and downs of the relationship the story itself is fairly predictable the outcome never in much doubt. The hottest state finds a character based we may assume on hawke himself newly arrived in new york seeking acting jobs he meets a girl falls madly in love and suffers the ups and downs of the relationship the story itself is fairly predictable the outcome never in much doubt. The hottest state was all about a guy named william that never really cared too much about anyone things kind of just came easy to him he got whatever he wanted until he meets a girl named sarah and all that changes williams relationship with sarah takes him on this very unexpected journey of emotions he had never felt before