Title: Firestorm
Author: Amy Knupp
Released 2/13/2018
Source: ARC
Firefighting has been Captain Joe Mendoza’s passion since the days his firefighter dad let him climb on the trucks. When the chance for a promotion arises, he’ll do whatever he can to secure it. Accepting the fire chief’s request to take the newest hire, Chief Peligni’s daughter, under his wing is a no-brainer. What Joe doesn’t anticipate, though, is the way Faith storms into his life and becomes a monumental temptation.
Faith Peligni may be the first female in the department, but she’s not interested in making waves. She’s determined to fit in as just another firefighter. However, being a woman and the chief’s daughter, she has to work twice as hard to gain half the respect. She burns for that respect, and she’ll take help from no one—least of all the sexy, dark-eyed captain who sends a spark through her with just a look.
She has a lot to prove. He has everything to lose. Can they find a way to be together without their careers going up in flames?
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Firestorm is Book 4 in the Island Fire series, but it can definitely be read as a stand-alone. This book delivers a take on the forbidden romance angle, and pairs it steamingly with fire-fighters. But even better it has a sassy take-no-crap heroine who happens to fight fires just as well as the hero does.
Faith has always had to be extra - extra tough, extra fierce, work extra hard, do twice as much to prove her worth as a female firefighter, being the ONLY female on the Island squad means she's up against a lot more - but it's all worth it to her. Until she finds herself drawn to Captain Joe - drawn in ways she can't comprehend at first as she knows things can't work out between them as is.
Joe's life has always had one goal in mind and it hasn't changed, so for him it was easy to go for the assistant chief position, so when he's asked to look out for and help bring in the first female firefighter to the squad - he's all in. That is until he sees Faith and somehow his heart skips a beat and he finds himself wanting her. But there's so much that stands in their way - so many reasons why they can't be anything more than co-workers - or is there?
Firestorm will grab hold of you and suck you in, in to the world of Faith and Joe, and all of the guys at the fire station. It will make you feel the flames flicking to life between these two and leave you rooting for a way for them to be together and still maintain their lives. There's a lot going on in both Joe and Faith's personal lives and those issues sort of compound their current lives, and add to the present - but they are handled in such a way that they just sort of mesh with rest of the story. It gives a deeper grasp of the struggles they are facing when they think of how much they want each other and the risks that might be involved.
Knupp's writing style will pull you in easily, bringing the characters to life and emotions to the forefront. The story is delivered with just the right balance of chemistry, heat, and love, blended with a touch of drama, the job and family and friends.
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