Burning Up

USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Blackwood fans the flames of desire in her smoking-hot series about firefighters and the women who want them

Unemployed schoolteacher Erin Jenkins is back in Portland, the town she hasnt called home for more than a decade. Its not the way she wants to spend her last days of summer: in between jobs and avoiding her mothers snooping by escaping to the ice-cream aisle. But when the opportunity arises for her to accompany her brothers best friendher lifetime crushto a wedding, summer gets a whole lot more interesting.

Firefighter and single dad Jake Bennett has built a nice, safe wall around his heartno romance, no getting burned. That doesnt mean hes ruling out a fling. Considering Erins visit is temporary, theyre the perfect fit for a scorching no-strings one-night stand. Or two. Or five. Until the worst thing happens: Erin and Jake are feeling more. Damn that four-letter word.

Now their hearts are on the line, and when their smoldering summer comes to a close, its going to be harder than ever to put out the fire.