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🔥 What Makes It Hot
⭐ Amazon readers rate this even higher than Goodreads
📚 Book 11 of a completed 12-book series
🧊 What Might Cool You Off
📊 Readers are divided — ratings range from 4.8 AMZ to 4.3 GR to 3.7 R.io
🔍 Still under the radar — fewer than 1,000 Goodreads reviews
About this book
When a corporate pilot and a smoke-jumping firefighter find themselves battling a raging wildfire together, old flames reignite in ways neither of them expected. Taylor and Brian have both sworn off love after being hurt before, but there's something about facing danger side-by-side that makes you reassess everything you thought you knew about a second chance. With the heat of the flames matching the chemistry between them, this contemporary Western romance asks whether two guarded hearts can find their way back to trust—and maybe even forever. Joan Johnston delivers a sizzling story about surrender, redemption, and discovering that sometimes the person who once broke you is exactly who you need to put you back together.
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