Discover New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Anne Marsh’s small town California firefighter series! For former Navy SEAL Kade Jordan, coming home is a miracle. Captured by insurgents in Khost, Afghanistan, he survived months of captivity when his SEAL team believed him dead. Now he’s back in Strong, California—ready to rejoin the local smoke jumping team and rejoin the living. Falling … rejoin the living. Falling hard for a team member’s pregnant widow isn’t part of the plan.
Abbie Donovan isn’t ready to move on. After a fast-moving fire kills her husband, she’s left alone and with a baby on the way. She doesn’t need another husband and dating a firefighter would be crazy, but her rough-around-the-edges SEAL has a way of getting under her skin… and into her bed. Her life. And her heart.
For more SEAL fire fighter romances, check out the Strong, California series! All books are standalone books.
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This was a good read. Abbie being a harpy got a little old.
This second chance romance was a pretty good read with a decent storyline. I liked Kade a lot and Abbie was okay but I feel like she was often undeservedly b*tchy to him. The story is kind of slow paced, character driven with no action to speak of. I am a fan of this author but I prefer her supernatural romances with the more dominant MMC and more exciting storylines. 3.75 stars
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Loved it!
Annie and Kade had been high school sweethearts; however their breakup resulted in bad feelings. He became a SEAL but was subsequently taken prisoner suffering debilitating injuries that ended his military career. He returned home to find that Annie’s husband had been killed fighting a fire and that she is pregnant just wanting to be left alone. He tries to pull her out of her depression for both her and the baby’s sake. When old feelings are revived he is determined to renew the relationship they had before he left for the military. Although the story could have been “sappy” it is compelling instead.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
Complete miss in this shape. Needs editing, proofing and beta reading for continuity errors between books. A newish author for me but once I got the arc, I did buy the first couple of books and read them. Those books also had far too many edits which continually took me from my read and frustrated me. This story is about Kade and Annie. They were high school sweethearts but broke up. It’s now many years later and Kade returns home from his military service. Annie’s husband was killed in fire. Kade tries to be there for her and help her through her grief. Issues: I really dislike when an author doesn’t properly edit their book. I expect a couple that may have been missed but this book needed serious editing and at this price point, there is no excuse. On top, and more frustrating was the continuity errors between books, if the author can’t keep track how does she expect readers to enjoy. I just really take issue with books that are sent out to readers in sloppy shape. It’s disrespectful. I am well aware that some get by and was prepared for that but this was much more add to that the mistakes with the story and not keeping track what was previously written just annoyed me. I voluntarily received an arc copy of this book from HiddenGems
Third time’s the charm for this second chance romance
Her Firefighter SEAL (Strong, California Series Book 6) by Anne Marsh is a well written second chance romance in which both the alpha hero and the independent heroine are convinced love is not for them even though they loved each other once. Chemistry explodes and steams up the pages as this couple discover all the ways things were good the first time around even though they were young.
The plot of this book speaks to me, featuring a Vet no longer able to serve before ready to stop. Kade’s got baggage in his baggage and yet he can’t seem to stay away from Abbie. Abbie thought romance, love and happily ever after is not for her after losing her husband. Spending time with Kade is making her feel things, good things. Both of these characters are flawed and both speak before thinking creating problems.
Overall, this is a sweet second chance romance with plenty of steam that bring this couple back together despite the reasons from the beginning. All’s well that ends well and Kade and Abbie end very well with a very promising happy ending.
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When I picked this book to read, I didn’t realize that it was part of a series or even how deep into the series it falls. Not having read the previous books, I can safely say that this book stands on its own, though it would be much better if I had read them. There’s some context and relationships that aren’t quite as clear as they could be without knowing more about previous events. I also wonder if I would have connected better with the characters if I had more history with them. I pretty much loved Kade from the very beginning. He’s survived tragedy and he only wants things to go back to normal. They can’t, but that doesn’t stop him from wanting that. Abbie kind of wasn’t my favorite character. She seemed very selfish and I felt like she was just using Kade. Don’t get me wrong, I loved seeing these former high school sweethearts get a second chance, and I really liked where their relationship is at the end of the book. However, this really needed an epilogue because there’s a lot that gets left up in the air with where the story stops.
I received a complimentary copy of this book through Hidden Gems Books.
Heartwarming second-chance romance
Kade and Abbie were high-school sweethearts who went their separate ways for years. Now, Abbie’s five-months pregnant and widowed for less than that time, and Kade is back in town with his military service behind him but his injuries are keeping him from the career he loves.
Abbie is tired of everyone pitying her and treating her with kid gloves, so she rebuffs all the care and concern with surliness and sarcasm. One of her best friends asks Kade to intervene and make sure she’s OK – both physically and emotionally – and his determination to befriend her despite her lack of cooperation begins to crumble her walls and their old flame reignites.
I loved the chemistry between these two and could easily see how they were destined to be together. They settled into their friends-with-benefits arrangement as expected, and their eventual HEA was based more on their familiar and comfortable relationship rather than any dramatic tension or obstacles. I really enjoyed the story, though it lacked some of the intensity and wit that I’ve found in this author’s other works. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
The book is a small-town romantic read with a decent story line.
The characters are good, and they have good chemistry.
I received a free copy of this book via Hidden Gems and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This read was pushing toward ok but didn’t make it as far as I was concerned. It wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t great either. There was no smooth flow to the story for me. It seemed choppy, uneven. I felt no connection between Kade and Abbie. No heat, no chemistry, no sexual tension, no nothing.
Kade seemed like he was into Abbie, but she really came across as if she was just using him for sex, his handyman skills, or whatever else she wanted. To ease her loneliness because a man she was married to that was really just her friend died, and she was pregnant, alone, and horny. I felt like Abbie was mostly angry and unpleasant. Kate came across as a good guy for even wanting her. She was perpetually unsatisfied.
Not to mention, the story felt unfinished. What was the point of spending the effort of talking about Kade’s knee, smoking jumping, him being an EMT, and the discussion about firefighting when we have know idea about him making any decisions?
I didn’t even feel like this ended an an HEA. A fire raging close to the house Abbie didn’t want to move into anyway, a marriage proposal, the first and only (if I remember correctly) declaration of love, and the book is over. It would have been better had there been an epilogue.
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They were once a high school couple then they went their separate ways. Now Kade is back from two tours in the military and is now a firefighter. Abbie is experiencing becoming a mother without her husband after he is killed battling a fire. When Kade becomes a firefighter, their paths cross again only this time Abbie doesn’t want to move on from her loss but Kade is determined to bring her back to life. Will Kade and Abbie get a second chance for a happily ever after? I voluntarily agreed to receive an ARC of this book for an honest review.