From USA Today bestselling author Sedona Venez comes a new, intense stand-alone firefighter romance about overcoming breathtaking losses at a young age, first love and second chances.A friendship torn apart by fire… shortly after his mother’s tragic death in a fire, I always wondered if we could have been more.
Back in New York City, working the beat, I got the wind knocked out of my sails—and found out what happened to the boy I’d known.
Even when we tell ourselves it’s just catching up between friends, I can’t deny that Lukas feels like home, even more than the place I grew up.
But I can’t be the carefree girl I once was.
I can’t trust myself to know what I want, or how to get it anymore.
I can’t trust anyone, even my grandmother, to understand my scars.
What happened to me as a cop haunts me, makes me question whether I chose the right career—but when a crime spree starts in my hometown, I can’t help but jump in.
And when Lukas shows me his scars, I know he can handle mine.
With a career with the NYPD beckoning me back to the city, and obligations pulling me back home, how can I know whether things with Lukas can even work, no matter how much we care about each other?
Heart of Fire is a stand-alone, Second Chance, Firefighter Romance.
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Kendra was a NYPD detective. She went home to her grandmothers to recuperate after being involved in a shooting that she ended up being injured and was experiencing PTSD. Lukas had moved back to town and became a firefighter after he got out of the service. Kendra and Lukas were best friends in school. Now they were all grown up. Lukas knew that he wanted her. He needed to convince her along with her grandmother and the sheriff. But a bit of danger mixed in with a lot of love might get to an HEA for these two. Interesting and exciting
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Detective Kendra has return home due to a near fatal incident at work with the NYPD. She is home to recuperate I need the time off because she definitely believes she’s displaying PTSD. Grandma is there to help. She helped raise her and she is willing to do everything she can to help her grandbaby. Well celebrated her grandma‘s 78th birthday the firefighters bringing her birthday cake. And lo and behold her best friend, Lukas is one of the man carrying a cake. He hasn’t forgotten Kendra or what they meant to each other before he left. They both have secrets or things that need to be aired out. Are they going to get a second chance when there are a stream of escalating B&Es? No cliffhanger. Great character development
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This book is a quick romantic read about two friends that lost touch during Highschool and a tragic fire. Now Kendra is back in town after a shooting incedent she needs to recover from it before going back to being a detective in New York but while at her grandmother’s birthday party her best friend Lukas showed up he’s now a firefighter and he’s back home after leaving the Army. The reason that Lukas left was some childhood trauma in his family and a fire that killed his mom. Kendra and Lukas renew there friendship but there’s obviously more going on now that there grown up they have allot of chemistry and it leads two some sexcapades but then her job causes conflic her boss wants her back in New York and Lukas wants her to stay and work at the local sheriff’s office. But one intruder will help Kendra decide weather she wants to go back to her past or embrace what she has with Lukas. This book is good there were some things that I felt were left unresolved like the whole thing with the fire and what really happened that night there was allot of speculation but no answers and it bugged me but the rest of the book moved at a fast pace sometimes to fast.
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Solid 3.5 star
This was a good read I just feel like it was missing something, Lukas and Kendra were good characters but I just didn’t fully connect with them and I know it wasn’t a long book but yeah didn’t quiet hit the mark for me. In saying that, it was a good quick read with some suspense, romance and darn good laughs especially where Kendra’s grandma is concerned as she is an absolute hoot!
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Heart of Fire by Sedona Venez is a great quick read. exciting,interesting,sexy,enjoyable,steamy with a bit of action romance story of Lukaz and Kendra,a sexy firefighter and the detective story that you will love and enjoy,loved it! well done!
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I enjoyed this story. It’s a relatively quick read but I’m also a fast reader to your mileage may vary. It kept me entertained for several hours over two days. I’ll definitely be looking for more books by this author.
Kendra comes home to visit her grandmother and recuperate from a bullet wound she obtained while on duty as a cop with the NYPD. While at her grandma’s birthday party she runs into Lukas, a close friend from high school. Lukas left town to join the Army. He came home to join the fire department after he left the military. They meet up for coffee and realize they’re attracted to each other. Kendra isn’t sure what she wants. She’s suffering from PTSD and not sure if she wants to go back to the NYPD. Lukas is looking for something permanent in a relationship. Kendra feels she needs to go back to New York because she worked so hard to get to where she was in the department. Can they make it work? Will Kendra give up her career or will she realize that her dreams are changing?
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Lukas and Kendra grew up together until a fire tore them apart sending them away from each other. They reconnect by chance and finds that their relationship is still as intense as it was before. Kendra is dealing with an incidence that happened to her on the job and as a result remains closed off but with Lukas she is comfortable. Lukas has his own scars that he is handling. Can these two souls reconnect and forge ahead to a happily ever after? I voluntarily agreed to receive an ARC of this book for an honest review.
This is a friends to lovers romance. Lukas and kendra were best friends till he vanished. Now he is back and trying to make things right. Can they forget the past?
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I absolutely loved this book and was honored to have been able to read and review. It was such a phenomenal read and had amazing characters as well as an amazing story line. I just could not get enough of it and once I started reading it I could not put it down. I recommend that you read it.
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Kendra is home to recover from her “incident” with the NYPD.. She’s still healing and needs the time to overcome her injury and the PTSD. At her Grandmother’s birthday party she sees her best friend Lucas. He left her life after a fire killed his mother and didn’t say goodbye. Lucas can’t believe that the beautiful women standing there is Kendra. She is HOT! Kendra thinks Lucas is just as hot. They pick up with their friendship as if they had seen each other yesterday. Now there is a twist. The Sheriff in the town want’s Kendra to work for him. Will Kendra go back to NYC? Will she give everything up that she and Lucas have? There is also a mystery going on, can she get over her PTSD to find the B&E perp? Great story. Steamy, action, drama, and plenty of love. I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
She came home after an injury while she was on duty. She is a detective at the NYPD. She comes to stay with her grandmother and she reunites with her high school sweetheart. Good read and romance.
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This is a fairly short read and consequently there isn’t a huge depth to the story line but it is still a great fun friends to lovers romance
Kendra and Lukas where best friends at school but he left when his mother died in a fire she went on to become a detective with the NYPD. Now she has returned to her small town to recuperate form an injury received in the line of duty to find that Lukas is now a fire fighter in her small town The attraction between them is still strong but will they get a chance to act on it when someone is starting to not only r\commit robberies but murders in their town.
This is a well-written sizzling hot, second chance at love story with great characters. These characters are very well written with chemistry and have a compIicated history. I look forward to reading more stories from this author. Must read
A recent line of duty injury leaves her a bit hobbled and gun shy. Seeing her hunky former best buddy might just set her on fire. Good thing it would be his job to hide her down, she Lukas had joined the local fire department after leaving the military
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Ghost decided to make a home near his friends, he was getting tired of the life he was living. Most of the pack hated Mac for turning her ex husband into to the Alpha for the things that he was doing and now he is in prison. Kellen was having problems at school and his shift. One day it got too much because his wolf wanted out but didn’t know what to do, Ghost saw that he was having problems so he helped him. Kellen loved that someone took the time to help him and he was a lot better. Ghost went to the garage where Mac was a mechanic and neither of them could deny that they were mates and Kellen thought that was great. They got everything worked out and were mated. A happy ending!
Wonderful story with strong leading characters!
Kendra and Lukas have been friends since high school. After his mother’s tragic death, Lukas left town immediately.
Kendra went through college and became a detective in the NYPD. Unfortunately, she was injured in the line of duty and has returned to her grandmother’s home in the town Kendra grew up in. Who does she see shortly after she arrives? Her old friend Lukas who is now a firefighter in town. As they catch up, they realize their friendship from the past could be so much more.
Part of this story is a wonderful romance, watching as Lukas and Kendra reconnect. Both have scars, physically and emotionally. And it’s that second part, dealing with the scars, that makes this story even richer.
Kendra has decisions to make about her future. While she’s healing physically, she emotionally must face her own demons from her line of duty incident. Luckily, she has Lukas and her grandmother as sounding boards – and that too is very heartwarming to watch!
Such an enjoyable story at a time when we need something positive and uplifting!
This book was sweet in its own way, but sadly there wasn’t really anything in it for me. I mean, I’m a big romance fan and Heart of Fire sure was a romance. However, I just could not get into the story nor enjoy the relationship between the main characters as I wanted.
Considering the book is short I didn’t exactly expect an epic plot and relationship, but I did expect at least a heartwarming story with an impactful romance. I guess in a sense that’s what I got with the two close friends reuniting and reconnecting after years of separation. Both of them having gone through traumatic events on their own and having to get past that together. This is exactly the kind of thing I like to read about, especially since it is a recipe for drama and conflict as well as a strongly developed relationship. Too bad that the plot never really took advantage of any of this.
For having the plot it had the story was surprisingly drama and conflict-free. Sure, Kendra was suffering from PTSD and Lukas came from an abusive past. This however felt more like a mention in passing since neither of this seemed to impact any of the characters nor their relationship. I mean, Kendra did get some flashbacks of the shooting incident a time or two, but that was it. In between that there wasn’t much of any indication that neither struggled. The book was instead very focused on them getting it on and on Kendra’s future as a detective. Hell, Lukas traumatic past was just left as it was with no real explanation about what happened that night, why he really left without a word or what happened to his dad.
I thought perhaps his dad was somehow connected to the crimes happening in the book, you know going full circle, but that had no connection at all so Lukas trauma is pretty much as unresolved as when I started reading the book. Catching the perp did have a good conclusion though, making Kendra lock in her future and a HEA with Lukas, so all in all it ended on a good note. It also had a good note throughout the story with charming personalities (I especially liked her grandma), a sweet reunion and a happy ending.
I wanted more from the story when it came to drama and conflict, and perhaps a bit more personality from the main characters, but as it was I enjoyed it enough to give it three stars.
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The promo for this friends to lovers romance intrigued me. Old friends turned cop and firefighter reuniting when sparks fly. A quick read with some hot scenes and drama lurking around the corner. At the same time I felt the story was a bit rushed and there could’ve been a bit more to it. All in all I will be checking out more by this author.
Kendra was happy to be at a big birthday party for her beloved grandmother, who raised her after her mom died from cancer.
A recent line of duty injury leaves her a bit hobbled and gun shy. Seeing her hunky former best buddy might just set her on fire. Good thing it would be his job to hide her down, she Lukas had joined the local fire department after leaving the military
Unfinished business on multiple fronts leave some choices, and a dangerous thief picks up some bad habits in addition to reckless thefts
Action, romance and recovery
Kendra and Lukas were best friends until he left town, after the death of his mother. Kendra went on to became a detective with the NYPD. After she’s injured in the line of duty, she returns to Wampanoag where her grandmother still lives. At her grandmother’s 75th birthday party, Lukas and Kendra reunite. What will happen between the hot, alpha firefighter and the injured detective? Grab your copy of this sexy read and get ready to fall in love with Lukas.
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