I’m the only female smokejumper in Northern California. Fighting wildfires surrounded by sweaty, chiseled, ax-wielding hunks.I could usually ignore the gorgeous men around me…Until I met the three of them.Foxy, the tattoo-covered goofball who’s always making jokes–and who smiles like he wants to tell me a secret. Derek, the pretty-boy blond who has been flirting with me since jump school… … flirting with me since jump school… And who harbors a dark past.
Trace, the shredded six-foot-six weightlifter. Thighs like ripped tree trunks, with the ability to easily lift me with one arm.
Now we’re all living in the same barracks. Eating together. Fighting wildfires together.
Playing together.
But if we’re not careful?
Getting caught will be the least of our worries.
Because the raging wildfires in California aren’t the only dangers we face.
Someone is sabotaging our gear.
Sending us on missions too dangerous for normal smokejumpers.
And if we don’t stop them soon?
Our sizzling love affair will go up in smoke.
SMOLDER is a scorching, stand-alone Reverse Harem love story filled with humor, suspense, and a race-to-the-finish ending that will leave you sweaty and breathless. HEA guaranteed!
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Hailey is a former Air Force woman who left and went home to become a firefighter in her home town. At the jump school she meets two other jumpers, former military men, Fox(y) and Derek. After they pass they;re sent to the hottest spot for jumpers..California where a fire has been going off and on for years. There their commander, Trace, is a hard nose but has to be because he does;t think of himself as a leader. Now these four are together working while Trace sizes up these rookies. But with the wild fires burning it;s all hands on deck and things get hot not only because of the fire but the fire that starts to heat up between these men and Hailey.
Fantastic story to read with lots of action. There is alot that is learned about what it takes to be a jumper as well as a firefighter.
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I absolutely love Cassie Cole’s books. This one is no exception. This one revolves around four smokejumpers and their life. The plot had a nice bit of intrigue and as usual the action was pretty hot. I enjoyed the interactions between all the characters and how well they got along. Another hit by Ms Cole!
I very much enjoyed reading this book! It had a good story and the buildup of the to the four of them being in a relationship was gradual and didn’t just happen all at once!
Plus the sexy times were indeed more real and so much fun to read about!
Our men and leading lady were friends and then lovers and were all invested in a way that makes it work even when things in their life are dicey!
Too Hot To Handle.
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Cassie Cole is an awesome writer and this just proves it again. Fantastic plot with a sexy heroine and her sexy Trio
of hunky heroes, fighting wild fires and sabotaging backstabbing creeps. I can’t waited for her next book.
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Smoulder by Cassie Cole is a standalone reverse-harem style romance. Haley, Derek and Foxy are smokejumper’s who have just completed their training and are sent together to work together with a new team out in California where they come up against dangerous fires, a new team who doesn’t like them, a hot, new team leader and sabotage.
Haley is one of the only women who has become a smoke-jumper and she works hard to keep on top in a male dominated job. She’s strong willed and strong minded and knows her place in the world. She and Foxy have a good friendship before things start getting more serious and they start of as friends who sleep together. Foxy can’t deny the attraction, but as the less serious smoke-jumper, he is often overlooked as the sexy but jokester of the group. Derek has a past that has come with him into the smoke-jumping academy and on his new assignment. Believing that the Commander of the training facility has it in for him, he is determined to not start something with Haley that he can’t finish, although he can’t deny the attraction. The comes Trace, the new ‘leader’ of the group who is thrown in with the rookies and has to look after them, much to his displeasure.
What I really liked with this story is that we saw all of the characters as individuals who came together not only because of attraction but because of mutual respect for each other. I particularly liked Haley as she was a strong female character who owned her sexuality and wouldn’t apologise for it. The story-line was strong and showed you the work that smoke-jumpers have to do and how dangerous the job is.
There were a lot of twists and turns in this book which was enjoyable and because you knew who was causing the issues you were basically following the story along until he got his comeuppance. It was a really well written book with lots of steamy sexy scenes. It was certainly intriguing to see how the four of them would work and I liked the additional scenes at the end which showed you more of the relationships and didn’t just put a bow around it.
If you like your harem’s hot and sexy, then Cassie Cole is an author for you!
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Another great story by Cassie Cole. It has suspense, drama, adrenaline, and of course, steamy romance. All the protagonists were excellent, but my favorite was Derek. I feel sympathy about him, and how much guilt he carried during the story. However, I’m happy that it gets resolved at the end. I was excited about Commander Calloway at the end, and how he was actually the hero in the story. I like how Cassie was able to make Commander Wallace a suspect during the story until the very end. She didn’t need to show us how evil he was.The only thing that I was a little unhappy was the amount of chapters in the book; however, it was a great story. Even though it’s a fictional book, I wonder how many firefighters risk their lives during a wildfire in real life. I will always respect them.
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First book by Cassie Cole and I loved it. There was so much action, suspense, excitement and the steam was burning up the pages. Loved it. Definitely a book you will not want to put down once you start reading it.
The story line is great but the physical aspect of the characters are out of this world. This well-written story about smoke jumpers was full of humor, emotional connection and action. This author brings you right in with little warm-up, right into the steamy goodness. Must read for RH enthusiasts.
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Hailey, Foxy and Derek all trained together to be fire jumpers and when they get their assignments they are being sent to the same place in California. Hailey has an easy relationship with Foxy so she ends up with him first. Derek has had a crush on Hailey since they started training but never acted on it. When he finally gets up the nerve to approach her he learns that she’s also with Foxy. This begins a new relationship[ for all three of them. While keep their personal life out of their work life they continuing being paired up on team together with Trace as their team leader. At first little things that could be explained away started happening then when bigger things happened only to their team Derek knew it had to do with him and his past. When he shares this with Hailey she starts watching out to see if he is right and when yet another bad situation occurs to their team she agrees with him. Especially when its her and Trace that almost dies in a fire because of it. She and Trace end up sharing a heated moment together and she tells him about what she has going on with the others. Will someone else see that someone is out for revenge? Can they all be together and work together?
This is an amazing story once I started it I couldn’t put it down. The chemistry between them all is off the charts hot. This is a well written and very entertaining story. I would recommend this book to any book lover.
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Wow this book get so hot you may need a cold shower I absolutely could not get enough of this I was hooked from the first page great writing job bravo loved it and if anyone is looking a steamy wonderful read then add this one to your list you will not be disappointed I was not, I loved it
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Definitely smoking
Smolder is yet another sizzling hot RH romance story by Cassie Cole. However, a lot of the smoldering in the story comes from the lengthy descriptions of smoke jumpers jobs and such instead of smoldering between the characters. I just found the book to be to long and found myself losing interest and skimming over portions, which is not what I am used to with a Cassie Cole RH book. The story still contained danger, suspense, romance, drama and sexy erotic scenes I just wish some of these elements were dealt with more. With this being said I am still glad I picked it up as I do love to read the erotic scenes by this author as she does have a way of bringing them to life.
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Loved the book it was great, the story was well written and the characters were interesting. Cassie, Derek and Foxy just graduated and was sent to the fires in California that is were they meet Trace and he was added to the group not that Derek and Foxy were to happy. The chemistry between them only get stronger, there is a few laughs while emotions hang around.
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This is another great story by Cassie. Haley is a smoke jumper that has had to work harder and develope a tougher skin than her male counterparts. She knows she can’t get involved with any teammates. But there are three men who are determined to show her that she has their respect and their love. Is there a HEA times 3 in it for Haley? I highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys RH. I received an ARC copy thanks to Booksprout
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I really loved how it followed a strong women through a job that is not common for females to be in. This book shows how strong women can be and how hard it is for her through it. Then you meet the men in this book and are amazed at their beauty. This book was really good and I really liked the scenes it had throughout the book. I also liked how it had a story-line and a mystery throughout the book. I rated it a three because I felt like some of the main characters were a little flat. Also really three men at one time isn’t really my thing.
Suspense, danger & challenges galore
—>>> Review Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars – Sent to one of the most dangerous locations after graduating smokejumper school and earning their “wings,” Haley is glad she is going with Foxy and Derek, where all her hard work and pushing the limits as the lone female will pay off in the “real world” of fighting wildfires, the most challenging point thus far in her life. Along with their achievements, however, and whatever small inroads they make to become part of the team there, the extraordinary dangers experienced on their missions seemed sparked from a sinister intent, which strikes a cord with at least one of these graduates as they do their physical best to maintain a strong and united front under the leadership of Trace to combat the out-of-control fires raging across their region of California.
Cassie Cole is a new author for me and wow what a read this book is really hot. Being a girl in a lot of jobs but being a smokejumper thats got to be tough. But Hayley Hinch does it with pride and stamina like the bad@ss that she is. After training and receiving her assigned post she lucky enough to be assigned with two other classmates to the countries hottest spot. Derek has been assigned there for other reasons but Foxy and Hayley due to being top of their class. They are welcomed with the usual hazing but very quickly prove they have got what it takes. And with team leader Trace whose welcomed them without any fuss they prove that they really do have the guts and determination to pull off any task thrown their way. But this book isn’t just about bad@ss guys and bad@ss girls jumping out of planes and fighting fires. It’s about romance that blossoms and some may say is of a taboo kind. Overall its a great story that I can say instead of sleeping I kept reading for me this book was a one more chapter book that saw me finishing the book. A great story, great characters.
This book is smoking hot! The story and characters very well developed, the attention to detail during the fire scenes were scarily well executed, and the adrenaline rush from trying to outrun the fires had my heart pumping. This book has it all – sexy times, action, suspense, comedy and tragedy. Must read. Highly recommend.
Haley, Foxy, Derek and Trace are all former military and current smokejumpers for the National Forest Service. Being the only woman in training and then on the team, Haley works twice as hard to pull her weight just as she had to do in the Air Force. Against her better judgement but giving into her loneliness and need for physical touch, she and Foxy start a sexual relationship. Derek who has had a crush on her throughout training is soon brought into the relationship. After a near death experience with Trace, he too is brought into the relationship. While trying to bring the Shasta fire under control, the team is also dealing with outside forces who are trying to kill Derek for an incident during his your of duty in Syria and the rest of the team is setup as collateral damage.
Well if the cover is any indication of this story then understand this, this book is H.O.T!! I really enjoyed the MFM story line and think the fact that they are all smoke jumpers/firemen makes this story even hotter. The story is well written and the dynamics were great. I found myself very invested in this relationship. This is my first book from this author but not my last! I received an ARC via Hidden Gems and am leaving an honest review.
Extremely hot, camaraderie
Smolder by Cassie Cole is a smokin’ hot reverse harem romance with suspense and danger. The characters in this Cassie Cole book are equally interesting with similar backstories that anchors their connections in addition to their jobs of Smokejumpers. This, in itself, was very interesting to me. One of those essential jobs that is in the background, taken for granted and not given much thought to, but oh so necessary and often dangerous. This added to the danger element of the plot, a hook for me, and completely invested me in the outcome of this book and the characters.
Exciting from the beginning, this book has no shortage of action both in relation to the Smokejumper aspect as well as the interconnections between the characters, especially the chemistry. Whether it was two, three or all four, this reverse harem burned as hot as the Shasta Wild fires.
Overall, a very exciting reverse harem in all ways that leads to a satisfying conclusion and a promising HEA.
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