How
can she forgive him for what he didn't do?
SAVED BY THE FIREFIGHTER
Templeton Cove #6
Rachel Brimble
Releasing Nov 1st, 2016
Harlequin Superromance
384 Pgs. |Heat: 2| Series Info
How can
she forgive him for what he didn't do?
Photographer Izzy Cooper feels as
frozen as her pictures. Trent Palmer might be the hottest firefighter in
Templeton Cove, but she can never face him again. Not after he failed to save
her brother. But when they're forced together by a calendar shoot, the sparks
between them are undeniable.
Izzy knows it's not fair to blame
Trent for the tragedy, but opening herself up to loss again isn't something
she's prepared to do, no matter how determined Trent is to show her that pain
is part of life and that love—their love—can make any suffering bearable.
Izzy concentrated on
selecting the appropriate lens, desperately trying to dispel the images of what
Trent was doing from running through her imagination. Each image was more
pornographic than the one before. Her heart skipped as the shower abruptly
stopped, followed by his footsteps as he re-entered the studio.
She raised her head. Oh, for the love of God…
His black firefighter-issue
trousers were tucked into steel-capped boots, red suspenders dangling, leaving
his torso and chest bare. His thick, glossy hair matched the dark line running
from his navel to the waistband of those stupidly, sexy trousers. Izzy licked
her lips as her body hummed with arousal.
Mr. April…
The idea to douse Trent
in an April shower had come to her in the middle of the night. A sexily
splendid idea. She’d battled with the decision to change the design over and
over––but had kept to her creative plan. How the hell was she to know how much
his glistening skin would turn her on?
“You want me on the
sheets, right?”
“We’ll start there,
yes.”
He grinned, his eyes
dancing in such a happy and sexy way, Izzy fought to maintain every ounce of
willpower not to jump him there and then. Instead, she stepped forward and put
her eye to the camera lens, taking in more of what her mind and body had
already been exposed. Her mouth drained dry. God, he was beautiful. The
golden-bronze sheen of his skin, the hardened ridge of his wide shoulders
leading down to arms, sinewy with muscle and tendons. A body like his wasn’t
something a woman saw on a daily basis.
She took a few shots,
before pulling back and meeting his cool, green gaze. “Step toward the back a
little. That’s it. I need a bit of breathing space.”
He smiled. “Got it.”
Biting back her smile,
Izzy returned to the camera, her heart beating out of control. His voice––and
smile––were torture as she continued with her plan of slow seduction. The plan
wasn’t working in quite the way she anticipated. Trent had the benefit of being
covered in water, whereas she was burning up…everywhere.
When I saw that Rachel was
releasing a book by this name, I could not get my hands on it fast enough. Between being a huge Rachel Brimble fan and
adoring most things firefighter thanks to my sweet daddy being one for most of
my life, well, this was a match made in Heaven for me. And while that’s a huge amount of
expectations I was placing on Rachel and her writing, she really came through.
Having felt profound grief, I could appreciate what Izzy was going through. In SAVED BY THE FIREFIGHTER, we watch as the heroine Izzy has to
work through her crippling grief over her brother’s death as a firefighter and
we see our hero Trent move Heaven and earth to help her and show her how much
he loves her. Rachel did a fabulous job of showing that
feelings like that often seem illogical, can be somewhat self-destructive and
that everyone must work through them in their own way and time. She did an equally good job of showing the
frustration of those who are trying to love and support the grieving
individual. Many times it seemed like
Trent would make a step forward then two steps back when it came to getting
closer to Izzy. They did a lot of
pushing away and pulling in with their relationship throughout the book a la ‘love
me, love me not’. Hmmm, I wonder how it shall end. ::grin::
This book is emotion-filled and
thought provoking. The romance is sweet
and Rachel reminds us that the journey to love is not always on a straight
road. It takes a certain individual to be able to take on the many dangerous
professions we have in our society and a certain kind of person to be their
spouse as well. I for one am so very
grateful to all the First Responders and those who lay their lives on the line
regularly for me. I am grateful for
authors who are willing to write about said professions in our romances and
always give us hope along with our reality.
If you are not familiar with Rachel Brimble, this is a perfect chance to
get to know her easy to read style and HEA endings.
****4 Stars****
***I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader
Copy of this book. I received it in exchange for my honest review and all
opinions are my own. ***
Rachel lives with her husband and two teenage daughters in a small town near Bath in the UK. After having several novels published by small US presses, she secured agent representation in 2011. Since 2013, she has had six books published by Harlequin Superromance (Templeton Cove Stories) and recently signed a contract for two more. She also has four Victorian romances with eKensington/Lyrical Press.
Rachel is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association and Romance Writers of America, and was selected to mentor the Superromance finalist of So You Think You Can Write 2014 contest. When she isn’t writing, you’ll find Rachel with her head in a book or walking the beautiful English countryside with her family. Her dream place to live is Bourton-on-the-Water in South West England.
She likes nothing more than connecting and chatting with her readers and fellow romance writers. Rachel would love to hear from you!
Thank you for taking the time to review SAVED BY THE FIREFIGHTER today!
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Oh it was my pleasure Crystal. Thank you for dropping by!
DeleteHappy Rachel! I am so glad you enjoyed SBTF - this was an emotional book to write and it means the world to me that you feel I capture things as they should be. Thank you! x
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DeleteAnd you made mine with such a wonderful review! X
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