A wounded smokejumper with abs of steel. A curvy biologist who has no interest in dating. One explosive moment that changes them forever.
Wounded smokejumper Aiden Blackshear has lost everything. His job. His comrades. At thirty-six, living alone on the mountain keeps him from getting hurt again.
Ph.D. candidate Eva Mendoza is ten years younger and wants nothing more than to save a rare bird species. She has no time for men. But nobody knows the forest better than the gruff firefighter. When she proposes a deal he can’t refuse, neither see what’s coming next.
One moment of unbridled passion creates a surprise neither could have imagined. Can these opposites see past their differences to embrace the future?