A hometown hero. A secret crush. One kiss that changes everything.
Returning to Cedar Ridge was supposed to be simple for Lieutenant Grant Olsen. After years as a firefighter in Chicago, the rugged fireman has come home to join the Cedar Ridge Smokejumpers, reconnect with his roots, and finally move on from the past--including watching his high school sweetheart marry someone else. But one reckless night in a Seattle club changes everything when Olsen kisses a stranger who leaves him questioning a part of himself he's never examined before.
Evan Holloway has spent years turning his boyhood crush on Olsen into harmless fantasy. Now a successful mystery author living in Seattle, Evan is confident, flirtatious, and far removed from the shy teenager Olsen once knew. The problem? Olsen has no idea who Evan really is when they meet at the club--or that he's the younger brother of the woman Olsen once planned to marry.
When Olsen arrives back in Cedar Ridge and discovers the man he can't stop thinking about is standing beside his ex at the altar, the attraction between them becomes impossible to ignore. As wildfires rage across the Pacific Northwest and Olsen's dangerous new career keeps pulling him away, the two men find themselves caught between desire, change, and the risk of wanting something neither of them expected.