Heatwave

by Ember Cole

Under Fire · Book 3

I kissed the first man I saw. Panicked. Shaking. Just trying to breathe. He didn’t flinch—just braced his arm against the wall and said, “I’ve got you.” Turns out, he meant it. Mason Cole is six-foot-five of silent strength and steady hands. A firefighter who doesn’t talk much— But makes me feel safe for the first time in years. He offers me his guest room. Then a fake relationship. Just until I’m not scared anymore. But then he holds me during a nightmare. Makes me breakfast after the first time we fall into bed. And looks at me like I’m not broken at all. Then my ex shows up. Mason steps between us— And I don’t run. Not this time. Because when he walked out of a burning building, ashes in his hair, and whispers, “I’ve got you” I finally believe him.

19 chapters