Fire Captain, Kel Jones, suspects an arsonist is active in his town of Bindarra Creek. But he’s distracted by his newest recruit, petite Greek goddess, Thalia of the divine-baklava. When a callout to an accident gives him his first break in the case, he’s shocked when the investigation throws up an unexpected suspect. Sparks fly as the search for truth pits him against his newest recruit.
Bindarra Creek is a place that has it’s own mystique and All the books are great reads. I would recommend this series to anyone who likes to see a town emerge as a character in its own right.
This is a fast paced story, with a fabulous feisty Greek heroine, who knows how to keep a hero on his toes and that would be the local fire captain. I thoroughly enjoyed this story a lovely journey to a beautiful HEA that had me smiling and I hope that you will too.
Fire captain Kel Jones is sure there is an arsonist in town and he and his crew are doing their best to catch the culprit but he is struggling to keep himself from being distracted by the new recruit Thalia who has him on a dare. The more time they spend together the harder it is for Kel to refrain from kissing those beautiful lips.
Thalia works with her family in the Greek café in Bindarra and she and Kel have always had a pull that has them shooting barbs at each other and taunting one another and when a dare is made for Thalia to join the fire crew things heat up even more, but when her brother is involved in an accident the pressure is on them both, but good Greek food and Kel’s dad helps to bring them together.
Who doesn’t love a fireman and Kel is such a great guy and Thalia is just the heroine for him, this one had me cheering them both on and wanting to go to a Greek café with the beautiful food that they were having, MS Bellamy has done a fabulous job of bringing Kel and Thalia together in a sensual and moving journey that had me turning the pages, I am really enjoying this series. Thank you MS Bellamy, this is one that I highly recommend.
Book two in the Bindarra Creek A Town Reborn series that was a surprise I did not see that happening. This is Fire Captain, Kel Jones and Thalia Levonis’ story, a well written story with a very good storyline. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Kel’s the fire brigade captain, and gorgeous. He’s a player, doesn’t have to beg any woman to go out with him, and doesn’t do relationships. Thalia’s parents own Cyprus Cafe where she works. She has a big crush on Kel, but that’ll go nowhere since he’s a player. What he really enjoys is pushing her buttons. He says he’ll join the book club when she joins the volunteer fire brigade. After a string of fires, he suspects they have an arsonist in their midst. But the person he suspects will rock the town. I love this book – it was easy reading, with a compelling story line that grabbed me from the first page. Kel is a likable hero – gorgeous and strong, a capable leader to solve the fire mystery, and devoted to his father. Thalia is beautiful, smart, strong, stubborn, and caring to a fault. This is my first read from this author, and I’m very much looking forward to the rest of this series.
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Thalia and Kel have known each other since high school, though Kel was older and finished before her. He has a reputation of serial dating and lack of seriousness. Kel enjoys teasing Thalia until the day he challenges her to join the fire crew, a challenge she rises to. Along the way they individually battle rising feelings for one another. Enjoyed the story immensely as it doesn’t follow the routine boy meets girl formula and the supporting cast are a lovely addition to giving insight to who Kel and Thalia really are.
This is a great read with an awesome storyline that has well developed and engaging characters that have lots of chemistry. The smooth flow of the storyline makes for a good reading time.
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In The Heat Of The Night – This is my first read by this “author”. There seems to be a misunderstanding about what an independent and strong woman is and a stupid woman that thinks she’s strong and independent making idiotic demands. The stupidity hangs on young women thinking being I&S means no man will tell them what to do in all situations. Here Thalia will not have “some big, muscly” man give her orders; she’s joining the local fire brigade without experience. Please, don’t send that eejit to my house in case of fire or to get my neighbor’s cat out of a tree.
I tried so hard to enjoy this story since it sounded like a fun romance with magic, but the constant prejudice against men bothered me too much to ignore. I made it to page 24 before giving up to the disappointment of having found another male basher giving bad examples of female behavior towards men.
Watch the movies of the 70s, which will give you an example of male behavior that I experienced from the 60 – 80s, and I was one female soldier working WITH 74 males when the military mindset was females were considered either whores or lesbians. Never had any disrespect because I respected myself and them, and would calmly let the occasional Neanderthal know his behavior would get him in trouble. Usually a coworker would step up and defend me when needed, but none of my coworkers were guilty, these were guys from other companies that we supported. (We were all from the same division, which consists of companies. ) Now it seems the shoe is on the other foot.
A good example of a I&S woman is Samatha Stevens, a modern witch married to an unreasonable pinhead human. She stayed true to herself while making their marriage work; that is being strong and independent. Watch the original TV series Bewitched from the 60s, not that movie with Nicole and Will, which made a mockery of I&S women everywhere.
I found this dribble on Booksprout. 1*