Forecasting Flames: A Firefighter Romance (Bitterroot Hotshot Crew)

When fire behavior analyst Dr. Riley Smith is assigned to Jake Sullivan's elite Montana hotshot crew, the temperature between them rivals the wildfires they're fighting.

Riley lives in a world of data and color. Her synesthesia transforms weather patterns into vivid, swirling shapes that let her predict a wildfire's next move before any instrument can catch it. It makes her exceptional at her job — and a complete mystery to the hardened crew she's been dropped into.

Jake Sullivan has spent fifteen years reading fire with his gut, his scars, and the hard-won instincts of a man who's seen what happens when someone gets it wrong. He doesn't need a scientist with sensory quirks second-guessing his calls from a trailer full of screens. He needs his crew to trust him, and right now, that's getting harder by the day.

As a relentless Montana fire season pushes the Bitterroot Hotshot Crew to their limits, Riley and Jake's clashes grow sharper — and the pull between them more dangerous. But when Jake's past resurfaces in the smoke and ash, something darker than wildfire begins closing in on them both. The flames aren't just burning forests anymore. They're burning through every wall Jake has built to keep people out.

*Forecasting Flames* is a slow-burn western romance laced with pulse-pounding action and edge-of-your-seat suspense. Two people who can't stand each other may be the only thing standing between their crew and something far worse than fire.