A steamy, opposites attract, second chance romance.She does NOT need a man to rescue her. He disagrees.Harper Peters wants three things. An accomplished man, funding for her treatment center, and to catch a glimpse of that hot firefighter on her morning runs. Even a doctor needs her guilty pleasures. When she falls and breaks her knee at the feet of the very fireman she’s been ogling, she has no … fireman she’s been ogling, she has no choice but to accept his help. The only problem is, she doesn’t want help. Especially from a flirty man who doesn’t fit her dating criteria.
It’s been years since Jakub Wojcik failed to save his wife’s life, but he’s still not ready for a relationship. When the pretty jogger falls at his feet, he can’t resist the urge to help her—it’s what he does. But keeping a cool distance from the feisty doctor isn’t easy. Her uptight manner radiates a need for tenderness that he—surprisingly—wants to give.
As the heat between them rages, Jakub realizes he’s risking his heart on a woman he can’t protect, and Harper is losing hers to a man who doesn’t fit her plan. But sometimes love finds us when we least expect it . . . and need it the most.
A Beautiful Fire is the 4th book in the Love at Lincolnfield series, heart-warming, hot page turners about the love lives of men and women who work at a Chicago hospital.
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Fourth book in the series. The characters are interesting and well developed. He has a sad history, she’s a little uptight. There’s humor and drama as these to diverse individuals come you for the HEA.
This was the first time I’ve read work by this author. The story line is well written and easily pulls the reader in. Characters are strong and well developed, there’s humor and romance and a book that’s worth the time to read it.
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Harper was an infectious disease doctor and Jakub was a fireman. They were each admiring the other from afar. But Jakub had lost someone and she didn’t want to take the chance. But fate had other ideas by a fall and a busted knee. Fun read.
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I absolutely love this series. This book makes you have all the feels, just like you expect. I mean, who doesn’t love a hunky fire fighter taking care of an injured woman? It almost has a Chicago Fire feel to it. You don’t have to read these books in any order so I highly recommend starting with A Beautiful Fire. If you love strong males and the even stronger female who make the Heroes fall in love, this book is for you. Can’t wait to read the next one!
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Harper has held herself back romantically ever since a crappy college beau proved to love her and several other women at the same time. With each man she saw, she added additional requirements for a man and what she needs from him to her list.
Jakub is a hot looking fireman who works out of the firehouse next door to her run down fixer upper day dream house. A day dream man, until the day she literally fall to his feet.
In the process of her recovery, the physician and firefighter reluctantly discover what they need and have in each other. He may not be the man her checklist tells her she should want most, but he seems to be the one her heart wants.
Past hurts and present dangers and jerks might stand in their way, but there is some great potential between them, if they can grasp and hang onto it.
Dramatic and emotional!
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This was a good read. Harper goes running and makes sure to run past the fire station. She finds herself attracted to him. One day she hurts herself and he is there to help her. The both want each other. However, he is dealing with his past and he doesn’t meet her requirements. In the end they have to decide if they are worth it.
This book hooked me from the get go I just couldn’t put it down I fell in love with these characters and omg what a story just a perfect
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I enjoyed this new “Love at Lincolnfield” story! It’s a heartwarming story between a doctor and a firefighter. The story is nicely developed and well written. Love the characters! Harper and Jakub are great. Neither looking for a relationship or love reluctantly find more. She is a doctor who runs by the firehouse every morning. One morning she lands in front of the hot firefighter. Overall good story with some interesting twists.
This is the 1st book I’ve read written by Colette Dixon; she has done a great job at writing a good book; I can’t wait to read more of her books.
The story line caught my attention at the very beginning and kept me interested throughout the entire book.
I loved the chemistry between the characters.
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This is a beautifully written romance story.Harper is a Dr. I’m rare diseases an doesn’t believe in love.Her father was a drink an her mom worked too hard.She has a list of who she feels she needs to marry an have children.She does have fantasies about a firefighter she calls hot fireman.She jogs by the fire station every morning at 5:15_hoping to see him.Jakob has not been interested in women since his wife died due to a medical screwup. Until he sees the beautiful woman jogging by the fire station every morning.The morning Harper is jogging she sees the big old house next to the fire station is still up for sale.Only this morning she trips falls into a couch bounces off onto the sidewalk she hears a crack an the pain takes her breathe away she curls up holding her leg when she looks there are a pair of tan boots standing there a deep sexy voice asks if she’s ok.It’s hot fireman an she’s embarrassed so she says I’m ok give me a minute he holds his hand out to help her up she starts to get mad because she’s never admit she needs a man’s help but finally takes his hand.When she tries to stand on her injured leg everything goes black.She comes too on a bunk in the fire station.She says she has to go give a presentation at work when Jakob says look at your knee in not a doctor but if bet you have a fracture.There are so many twists and turns to this story will keep you riveted until the very last page and leave you begging for more.I love the way this amazing author brings the characters to life before your eyes and you can feel their emotions and their pain.I can hardly wait to see what’s next by this multi talented author.
A Beautiful Fire is the fourth book in Love at Lincolnfield . If you like hospital/ fire station setting with hot Alphas don’t miss this one.
Jakob, hot sexy firefighter and Harper, uptight rude doctor. They are both strong characters .Their attraction was strong and sparks were flying.
The storyline was engaging ,fun and emotional. Their relationship brought more than we’re dreaming about.
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I read all the books in this series, but they’re all complete stand-alones. This one was just as good as all of the others. It was more dramatic and it even had me holding my breath for a little while. I really liked Jakob, I wouldn’t have minded if the story was a little longer. The epilogue ended too quick for me
This is the first book by this Author that I have read and I want to read more by her. This is book four in the Love at Lincolnfield series a well written story that kept me turning pages. This is doctor Harper Peters and sexy firefighter and widower Jakub Wojcik two very different people that should not find love but do. They will have so much to go through, I enjoyed reading their story. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
A Beautiful Fire is the first book I have read by Colette Dixon and it is the fourth book in her Love at Lincolnfield series and it was good read that offered a small town charm, misunderstandings. This is Jakub, hot sexy firefighter and Harper, uptight rude doctor’s story they are both strong characters along with all of side characters that are well written. Their attraction was strong and their chemistry generated lots of sparks. The storyline was engaging and fun but offers a solid amount of drama and emotional turmoil as this couple relationship evolves into more than they ever imagined.
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The good character and storyline development kept me totally glued to my kindle until the turn of the very last page!
This is the first book I have read from this series and I cannot wait to check out the previous books. This was a good well-written book the storyline was good and quickly sucked me in. I liked Jake I thought he had a great sense of humor but I will admit it did take me a little longer to warm to Harper but that could just be me. This was a good book and well worth a read.
I enjoyed this story a lot. The characters are well developed and engaging and plenty of chemistry from beginning to the end. Storyline flowed smoothly.
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Since relationship angst often leads to the sweetest types of HEAs, I’m not afraid to jump right into the fray of it, folks. A Beautiful Fire had all kinds of sparks of attraction/chemistry between this main couple, but they both on numerous occasions were on and off again conflicted as to whether they should pursue being together. This lead to some knuckleheaded thinking/heated exchanges and even at times total silence/distance between them. Despite all that, I still hung on every word and loved seeing them choose each other when all was said and done.
As a young, widow, firefighter hero, Jakub has known loss. My heart ached for him. Harper is the first woman to grab his attention since his wife’s unexpected, sudden death. He openly admits he still grieves for her, but Harper has pulled at his heart’s strings in such a way she feels like a new kind of love, not a replacement. So, yeah, he’ll always still love the memory of his late wife, but Harper does seem to have his heart now.
Surprisingly, Harper became more wishy-washy than Jakub. She even contemplates long term dating another guy in another city who was previously always asking her out. In fact, she goes out to dinner with the guy after she and Jakub appear to part ways. She claimed to be decisive and knew what she wanted in a guy. However, I couldn’t help but visualize her as a daisy petal plucking decision making type of person..”I’m going to love him”..”I’ll love him not”. We are told her past baggage and are lead to believe that is her justification.
Anyhow, my fellow romance book loving friends, I’m glad these two knuckleheaded lovebirds finally come to their senses and let love be the best medicine and consume them heart and soul.
Title: A Beautiful Fire, Series: Love at Lincolnfield (Book 4), Author: Colette Dixon, Pages: 279, stand-alone but part of a series, relationship angst, widow firefighter hero, doctor heroine, a couple very graphic smex scenes, conflicted main couple, heroine even more wishy-washy, knuckleheads falling in love, writing flowed well, list making type heroine, not a manho, celibate since wife’s death.
Book 1 – A Beautiful Risk
Book 2 – A Beautiful Touch
Book 3 – A Beautiful Match
Book 4 – A Beautiful Fire
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One of the more serious and reserved romances I’ve read, I enjoyed the bulk of this book but never moved into love territory. The story is complex and realistic, infusing real life insecurities and doubts with a love that blooms slowly between two somewhat broken individuals. I loved how these two made each other better, but the romance itself is a little cold (and not just because of our heroine’s personality).
The story follows Harper, an uptight doctor with a list of criteria she’s looking for in the perfect partner. She runs past the firehouse in town every day to catch a peek at the hot firefighter who is always around, but she would never consider him as a potential date. When she injures herself on her run, Hot Firefighter (Jakub) comes to her aid. As he takes care of her, going above and beyond the call of duty, she begins to see what a great guy he is – and over time comes to realize she may need to throw out her criteria if he doesn’t fit the bill.
I really liked Jakub – he’s a caring and protective guy, widowed at a young age. He hasn’t fully moved on from his wife’s death but he also sees an opportunity for something good with Harper. She’s a little more difficult to like, and every time I warmed up to her something got in the way. While I enjoyed the book overall, I didn’t love the repeated lack of communication between these two. Every time there was an obstacle thrown in their path, they would stop talking for weeks at a time. I’m not sure how you can be so into someone and still decide you don’t need to even text or call for weeks at a time, so that threw me off a bit. I would definitely check out more of this author’s work in the future though, because perhaps that was just a personality issue with our couple.
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This book had a wonderful male character, but the female lead was unsympathetic. Harper has a fairly rigid list of attributes required for a partner, and Jakub doesn’t make the cut on several. She is relatively obnoxiously surprised about his appeal and intelligence at times, while he is uniformly pleasant and caring. There is, though, significant character building of Harper’s character, which redeems both her and the story. The story just felt a bit sterile, which made it difficult to really identify with.
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