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August 3, 2022

REVIEW: The Second First Chance by Mona Shroff

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewschildhood friends / Contemporary / family relationships / Firefighter / friends-to-lovers / Indian American / Maryland / POC / POC author / sexual harassment / veterinarian2 Comments

Strength comes in many different forms. Riya Desai and Dhillon Vora grew up together. Sharing secrets, hiding in their tree house, they were playmates, best friends and later—as teenagers—almost something more. Until the devastating house fire that ripped them apart, claiming the life of Dhillon’s father and Riya’s big brother, ... more >

April 30, 2022

REVIEW: The Ex-Wife: A Muslim Romance by Lyndell Williams

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsanxiety / Contemporary / depression / discrimination / divorcee / family relationships / Firefighter / Holiday / holiday novella / interracial marriage / Islam / mental health / Muslim / novella / POC / POC author / Ramadan / Ramadan Nights series9 Comments

She wasn’t looking for love, but it found her. Zaynab flees a dysfunctional marriage, saving herself from an emotional breakdown. After two years of therapy overseas, she returns to reconnect with the son she left behind. She is not interested in remarrying, but then a sexy firefighter pulls her from ... more >

November 30, 2021

REVIEW: Shine a Light by Rebecca Crowley

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsactress / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Firefighter / Hanukkah / Holiday / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / Missouri / Orchard Hill series / self discovery4 Comments

When Ellie Bloom’s life literally goes up in flames after an apartment fire, she slinks back to her sister’s house in the St. Louis suburb she’s avoided since her mom died. Ellie quickly caves to her nephews’ pleas to direct the temple Hanukkah play—her mom’s pride and joy—and by the ... more >

Rear view of a shirtless hot white firefighter in turnout pants against the background of flames
August 11, 2020

REVIEW: High Heat by Annabeth Albert

KaetrinB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / disability / dog / Firefighter / Gay / pansexual / queer4 Comments

Dear Annabeth Albert, High Heat is book 2 in your Hotshots series, set in and around the firefighting/forestry community in the fictional Central Oregon town of Painter’s Ridge. I haven’t read the first book, Burn Zone (it’s on the TBR), but it’s not necessary to have done so to enjoy ... more >

Hot shirtless firefighter
January 29, 2019

REVIEW: Flare Up by Shannon Stacey

KaetrinB Reviews / Book ReviewsBoston / Contemporary / Firefighter / second chance / stalker ex5 Comments

Flare Up is book six of your Boston Fire series, which is kind of two loosely linked trilogies, featuring firefighters from Ladder 37 and Engine 59 of the Boston Fire Department. Books 4 (Hot Response) and 5 (Under Control) made reference to Grant Cutter’s burgeoning relationship with Wren Everett. It ... more >

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September 11, 2018

REVIEW: A Firefighter’s Christmas Gift by Vivian Arend

KaetrinB Reviews / Book ReviewsCanada / category length / Christmas / Contemporary / Firefighter / single mother2 Comments

Dear Vivian Arend, I was so happy you decided to branch out into holiday novellas as well as your full length romances. Although, A Firefighter’s Christmas Gift is really more category-length than novella, clocking in at around 140ish pages. There is something special about holiday novellas to me. I expect ... more >

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