
This was another fun entry to the Mile High Firefighters series by Mariah Ankenman. *Thank you to NetGalley and the author for a ARC of this book* Thanks to Entangled, wildfire marketing and NetGalley for this arc in exchange for my review. This will be a perfect beach read this summer, but in the meantime you can grab it to warm you on a cold day! I really enjoyed how they didn’t just dive right into things despite their obvious attraction for one another and the fact that they both had background noise that they needed to overcome helped add depth to the story. It starts out mutually beneficial and turns into so much more than they both ever anticipated. (I know, enough with the fire stuff lol) Once they sort out what’s really going on, they learn that they can be of help to each other-Dyson can help get the center up to code and Lexi can pretend to be his girlfriend to get his sisters off his back about dating. Dyson is a fireman who’s been burned by love ) The day before her birthday, Dyson comes to the center to do an inspection and Lexi mistakes him for a strip-o-gram because he’s so hot. Lexi is a hardworking, selfless woman who runs a center for kids to keep them busy and off the streets.

To learn more about Mariah and her books, follow her on social media or sign up for her newsletter.Fun, fake dating, family and friendship are all at the heart of this story and it’s fully engaging (see what I did there? Alliteration and a fire pun all in one lol:) Her favorite thing about writing is when she can make someone’s day a little brighter with one of her books. Mariah loves to lose herself in a world of words.

And where there’s smoke, someone’s heart will definitely be going down in flames…īestselling author Mariah Ankenman lives in the beautiful Rocky Mountains with her two rambunctious daughters and loving spouse who provides ample inspiration for her heart-stopping heroes. Because that means the heat between Lexi and Dyson is real. Now their sizzling kisses are far from fake, and it’s a disaster. But one kiss in and he’s in over his head. He’ll help her youth center pass a fire safety inspection-if she’ll pretend to be his girlfriend.

But between his reputation as “One Night O’Neil” and his matchmaking sisters, he needs to make a bold move. Aaaand excuse me while I burn in the fires of humiliation.ĭyson hasn’t believed in love for a long time. Except that Dyson O’Neil isn’t a stripper. So maybe she might be excused for thinking the extraordinarily hot fireman in her office might be an early birthday present from her roommate. Lexi Martin is on the eve of her birthday and all she has to show for it is debt, a crappy apartment, a nonexistent social life, and a somewhat evil cat.
