Hometown Heroes

But to be fair, Jake Hansen is no ordinary ex.=He’s the boy who taught me how to love, the breakup I never stopped regretting, and the only person in the world who hates me with the force of a thousand roaring house fires. Which is how I end up buying a month of Friday nights with the man. It’s the only way I can get him to stand still long enough for me to apologize. Jake makes it clear he would rather run headfirst into a burning building than spend time with me, but the longer we’re forced to play nice, the harder it is to pretend the old feelings aren’t still there.

Love is overrated, and I have the third-degree relationship burns to prove it, courtesy of my ex. I'm done with romance. Then I meet the world's funniest, sexiest lady firefighter, and all my staying-single plans go up in smoke. The problem? Faith's even more gun-shy when it comes to love than I am.

Thou shalt not bang your best friend. That commandment would be a lot easier if Maddie wasn’t the sexiest siren ever to wade into a tide pool. Or if I was good at resisting temptation. I’m the troublemaker, the firefighter who enjoys getting a little too close to the flames. And the trouble is double, since Maddie’s sister is about to marry my brother. That makes a tryst even riskier. But it’s cool—we’ll keep our bang-a-palooza a secret from our siblings and keep things casual, so no one gets hurt.