ROCKY RIDGE FIREHOUSE: SECOND ALARM
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A Steamy Firefighter Romance by Thea Shaw
Blurb
Smoke. Heat. Heart.
The men of Rocky Ridge deliver all three—and the women who challenge them aren’t backing down.
If you love protective heroes, fierce heroines, small-town charm, and high-heat romance, dive into Rocky Ridge and let the Second Alarm crew set your heart on fire.
Each book is a standalone with a guaranteed HEA—but once you meet these firefighters, you’ll want to follow every single one straight into the flames.
📑ROCKY RIDGE FIREHOUSE TROPES
🔥 WELCOME TO ROCKY RIDGE 🔥
Where the fires burn hot and the firefighters burn hotter. 😏🔥
🏔️ Welcome to Rocky Ridge, where the fires burn hot and the firefighters burn hotter. In the heart of the Colorado mountains, the Rocky Ridge Firehouse is more than just a station; it's a sanctuary, a battleground, and a home for a brotherhood of men who run toward the flames. These heroes save lives by day and steal hearts by night, but the toughest fires they face are the ones that ignite in their own hearts.
🚒 This series leaves the isolated cabins of the Rocky Ridge Rescuers and brings the action into town, focusing on the fire station as a central hub of found family. From the grumpy, by-the-book Lieutenant to the widowed single-dad Deputy Chief, each man is about to meet the strong, resilient woman who can handle the heat and challenge him in ways a five-alarm fire never could.🔥👩🚒
💥 Get ready for adrenaline-fueled passion, emotional rescues, and men in uniform who are fiercely protective of the women they claim. If you love steamy, town-centered stories packed with found family, sizzling chemistry, and heroes with hearts of gold, you'll fall for the men of the Second Alarm crew.
This high-heat romance series is perfect for readers who love:
👶 Single Dad & Nanny Romance
😤 Grumpy Sunshine
🚒 Heroes
🏠❤️ Forced Proximity & Workplace Romance
• Emotional Second Chances 💔➡️❤️🩹
💕 Protective, Possessive Heroes with a Soft Spot
• A close-knit found family of first responders 🤝🔥
📚 Each book in the Rocky Ridge Firehouse: Second Alarm series focuses on a different couple and can be enjoyed as a standalone with a guaranteed happily-ever-after. The series begins right where the Rocky Ridge Rescuers series left off, but no prior reading is necessary to dive into the flames. 🔥💞
💞🚒He lives by the rules. She trusts only her instincts. When a raging wildfire traps them together, the only thing more dangerous than the flames is their explosive attraction.💓👨🚒
FEAR THE FLAMES:
A FORCED PROXIMITY, FIREFIGHTER ROMANCE
Rocky Ridge Firehouse: Second Alarm Book 1
He lives by the rules. She trusts only her instincts. When a raging wildfire traps them together, the only thing more dangerous than the flames is their explosive attraction.
Ryan Kane is a lieutenant in the Rocky Ridge Fire Department, and his life is built on a foundation of order and control. It's the only way he can keep the ghosts of his past as an Army combat medic at bay. When an elite, and infuriatingly reckless, smokejumper defies his command at a dangerous fire scene, his control is pushed to the absolute limit.
Phoenix "Nix" Blackwood is one of the best smokejumpers in the country because she's fearless, independent, and trusts her gut above all else. She doesn't have time for arrogant, by-the-book lieutenants who think they know her job better than she does—no matter how distracting his broad shoulders and intense gaze might be.
But when a sudden shift in the wind leaves them cut off from their crews and forced to take shelter in a remote cabin, the fire outside is no match for the heat building between them. With no way out, the disciplined lieutenant and the impulsive smokejumper must trust each other to survive. As their professional masks begin to crumble, they discover a raw, desperate connection that threatens to burn brighter and hotter than any forest fire.
Can two people who clash at every turn find common ground before they're consumed by the flames? Or will their stubborn pride be their downfall?
Fear the Flames is the first book in the Rocky Ridge Firefighters: Second Alarm series. This steamy, standalone novella features a grumpy ex-military firefighter, a sunshine smokejumper, forced proximity, and the found family of a small-town firehouse. Get ready for adrenaline-fueled action and a happily ever after that is just as filthy as it is sweet.
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Praise For The Series
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fear the Flames ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fear the Flames: A Forced Proximity, Firefighter Romance is book 1 of Rocky Ridge Second Alarm series. This was a great start to a series and will have you wanting to read more of the series. The story was great, steamy, sweet, intense and enjoyable. The characters are likable, interesting and have outstanding personalities. I really enjoyed reading this one and can't wait to continue with the series..
- Amazon reviewer
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ AMAZING HOT Firefighter Romance Book⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Buckle up because this romance book is going to explode with heat and romance right off the bat. This is my first book I have read by Thea, and I am telling you this book is FREAKING AMAZING..
- Amazon reviewer
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nix and Ryan⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Nix and Ryan are firefighters that are tasked to work together to figure out who is setting fires. Ryan doesn't want to work with her, but he'll do what it takes to make sure everyone is safe.
This story is good and has some spice in it as they navigate how to work together and stay safe.
- Amazon reviewer
SECRET BURN:
A SECOND CHANCE FIREFIGHTER ROMANCE
Rocky Ridge Firehouse: Second Alarm Book 2
He promised his best friend he’d never touch me. For ten years, that promise was the only thing keeping us apart.
Returning to Rocky Ridge was supposed to be a fresh start, a quiet retreat from the burnout and heartbreak of the big city. As a trauma nurse, I’m used to chaos, but I wasn’t prepared for the one complication I’d spent a decade avoiding: Tyler Hutchinson. The steady, quiet firefighter I’ve loved since I was sixteen. And the one man who is completely off-limits.
Tyler "Hutch" Hutchinson is the rock of the Rocky Ridge Fire Department—loyal, kind, and steadfast. He’s the man I’ve secretly wanted my entire life. But years ago, he made a solemn vow to my overprotective like-a-brother, Ryan, to keep me safe... even from himself. He’s held to that promise like a sacred oath, building a wall between us that I’ve never been able to break.
Now, we’re thrown together by the town’s chaos—a mass casualty incident that forces us to work side-by-side. In the heat of the moment, every stolen glance and accidental touch ignites a spark we can no longer ignore. One reckless, desperate kiss in a hospital supply closet is all it takes to shatter that promise and pull us into a secret, white-hot affair.
We’re hiding in plain sight, stealing moments in the shadows of the small town that watches our every move. But our secret is a ticking time bomb, threatened by a bitter family grudge and the fear of destroying the one friendship that holds us all together. He’s breaking his word for me. And when the truth finally explodes, the fallout could burn everything we love to the ground.
Secret Burn is a steamy, second-chance, brother's best friend romance set in the world of the Rocky Ridge Firefighters. It is Book 2 in the Second Alarm series, but can be enjoyed as a complete standalone. Get ready for a story of forbidden love, found family, and a happily ever after forged in fire.
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THEIR BLAZING SPARK:
A SMALL TOWN SINGLE DAD FIREFIGHTER ROMANCE
Rocky Ridge Firehouse: Second Alarm Book 3
He needed a babysitter. What he found was a fire he couldn't control.
As a single dad to twin daughters and the Deputy Chief of the Rocky Ridge Firehouse, my life is a carefully controlled burn. I have seventeen minutes between school pickup and council meetings, and zero room for error. My life is a house of cards, and I’m one breath away from it all collapsing.
When the seventh babysitter in four months quits—citing glitter in her cat’s food and toothpaste art as the final straw, I’m out of options. Late for pickup, I find my chaotic six-year-old "monsters" being charmed by their teacher’s assistant, Luna Castillo. She’s a whirlwind of sunshine and warmth, everything my cold, ordered life isn’t.
Desperate, I hire her on the spot for a temporary gig. But Luna doesn't just watch my kids. She brings music back into our silent house, builds pillow forts in my sterile living room, and makes my daughters laugh in a way they haven't since their mom died.
She’s healing my family, and with every glance, she’s dismantling the walls around my heart. I know I should keep my distance; my girls have already lost enough. She’s too young, too vibrant, and this arrangement is temporary.
But when my late wife’s parents appear, threatening to take my daughters and using my feelings for Luna as ammunition, our temporary arrangement becomes a high-stakes charade. She moves in to prove we're stable, forcing us to live together while hiding a passion that threatens to burn us all.
They think she’s my weakness. But they’re about to find out she’s the one spark I’ll risk everything to protect.
Their Blazing Spark is a steamy, small-town, single-dad and nanny romance. It is the third book in the Rocky Ridge Firehouse: Second Alarm series and can be read as a standalone. Get ready for a grumpy firefighter, a sunshine caregiver, adorable twins, a whole firehouse of found family, and a happily ever after guaranteed to melt your heart.
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BURNING DOWN THE RULES:
A GRUMPY SUNSHINE FIREFIGHTER ROMANCE
Rocky Ridge Firehouse: Second Alarm Book 4
He's the fire marshal who condemns buildings. She's the one woman he can't condemn to his past.
Garrett Stone is a man forged by tragedy. As the Rocky Ridge Fire Marshal, his entire life is built on a rigid foundation of rules and regulations. He’s meticulous, by-the-book, and annoyingly handsome in his crisp uniform. He sees the world in black and white: safe or unsafe. And the charming, historic Dalton Inn is a five-alarm fire waiting to happen.
Autumn Reeves has poured her heart, soul, and every last cent into restoring her grandmother’s legacy. She’s a free spirit who sees beauty and potential where the grumpy, unyielding fire marshal only sees violations. She’s ready to fight him at every turn to save her dream, but she isn't prepared for the combustible chemistry that ignites between them.
He’s the one man who can destroy her future. She’s the one woman who tempts him to break every rule he holds sacred.
Every inspection becomes a battle of wills, every argument a spark of undeniable heat. He came to shut her down, but now all he can think about is pinning her against a wall and claiming her. He knows she's off-limits, a complication he can’t afford. But when you get this close to the flames, someone is bound to get burned.
Burning Down the Rules is a scorching hot, stand-alone small town romance packed with addictive grumpy/sunshine tension, enemies-to-lovers fire, and enough steam to set off the smoke detectors. If you love a rigid, uniformed hero who gets brought to his knees by a woman who refuses to back down, you’ll love this emotional story. Happily ever after guaranteed.
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WHERE EMBERS HEAL:
A STEAMY SMALL TOWN FIREFIGHTER ROMANCE
Rocky Ridge Firehouse: Second Alarm Book 5
Brett Lawson is the rock of the Rocky Ridge Fire Department. A senior firefighter whose control is legendary, whose vigilance is absolute. To his crew, he’s a hero. But in the quiet of his own home, he’s a man haunted by a rescue gone wrong, fighting a silent war against the PTSD he’s desperate to hide. He’s spent years locking down his emotions because the alternative is a weakness he can't afford.
Then Dr. Riley Cross arrives in town. She’s brilliant, warm, and sees the cracks in his armor that he thought were invisible. After escaping her own burnout, she knows a complicated man is a bad idea. But when she spots the tremor in the stoic firefighter’s hand, she can’t ignore the deep wound—or the scorching heat—he’s hiding under his grumpy exterior.
Forced to work together, their professional respect ignites into a raw, blazing attraction that threatens to consume them both. He’s spent years controlling his demons, but one touch from her threatens to unleash the possessive, primal man he keeps chained up inside.
Just as his walls begin to shatter, a raging wildfire traps them, forcing Brett to face a terrifying echo of his past. But the real danger isn’t the flames outside, it’s the explosive need for the woman who has become his anchor, his obsession, and the only one who can heal his deepest scars.
Where Embers Heal is book five of the Rocky Ridge, Second Alarm series, but can be read as a standalone. A scorching hot, small-town firefighter romance packed with intense hurt/comfort, addictive grumpy/sunshine tension, and enough steam to fog up your screen. If you love a tortured hero who falls hard and a smart, compassionate heroine who isn’t afraid of his fire, you’ll love this emotional story. Happily ever after guaranteed.
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