Playing with Fire
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Annaleah Prestley grew up in a small town where she was a loner. Often by herself Anna became independent at a young age. Straight out of high school she started writing. She moved to Seattle to work at the Holt and Burke publishing house.
She was commonly overlooked by her bosses or men in general. One day her office building needed some repairs that went badly resulting in a fire. During this fire a hot firefighter had to carry her to safety, if only she could have met her knight in shining armor when there wasn't a disaster.
Trenton Montgomery is a firefighter in station 13, after some bad choices made in his youth Trenton decided to try to redeem himself in the eyes of people who knew his secret.
His 1st 6 months as a firefighter, Holt and Burke publishing caught fire. His first big fire. During his walk through the 21st floor he found a woman who got trapped from fallen debris he didn't know at the time that she would change his life-
(A 'He fell first' romance.)
Ranking-
#18 Love-struck (May 13, 2024)
#12 Firefighter (August 21, 2025)
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