He pulled her from the flames. Now he has to convince her she deserves to burn for him. Olivia Reed rebuilt her life from ashes, new town and a new job, for the woman who refused to die. But when her past returns with smoke on his breath and violence in his eyes, the only man standing between her and the fire is the young firefighter who already saved her once. Darren Cole lives for split-second choices, run in, carry them out, don't look back. Until Olivia. Twelve years older, soft where the world told her not to be, fierce where it tried to break her, she's the only risk he's never been willing to walk away from. He fell first and he fell hard. Training turns into touch. Protection turns into obsession. And when Olivia's abusive ex comes back to finish what he started, Darren will burn the world down before he lets her be hurt again. She thinks she's too broken. He thinks she's everything. And some hearts aren't ruined by fire, they're forged in it.