Stirring Up Flames
(2026)(The second book in the Hemlock Grove Romance series)
A novel by Lia Bradford
He runs toward the fire.
He’s not supposed to fall into something he can’t control.
Grant Whitmore has built his life on structure—on control, responsibility, and knowing exactly what comes next.
Then one night changes everything.
A baby he never saw coming.
A life he didn’t plan for.
And suddenly, nothing is simple anymore.
Lila Brooks wasn’t supposed to be part of it.
She’s sunshine in a world he’s carefully kept contained—warm, open, and entirely too good at seeing past the walls he’s spent years building. What starts as help… as something temporary… quickly becomes something neither of them can ignore.
Because in a town like Hemlock Grove, distance doesn’t last.
Not when lives start to intertwine.
Not when a baby ties them together.
And definitely not when feelings get involved.
Grant has spent his life running toward the fire.
But this?
This might be the one thing he doesn’t know how to fight.
Now, with his carefully controlled world shifting beneath his feet, Grant has to decide:
Hold the line…
or risk everything for a life he never saw coming.
✨ Stirring Up Flames is a small town, slow burn romance featuring a grumpy firefighter, a sunshine baker, a surprise baby, and a love story built on found family, trust, and everything that comes after.
Genre: Romance
He’s not supposed to fall into something he can’t control.
Grant Whitmore has built his life on structure—on control, responsibility, and knowing exactly what comes next.
Then one night changes everything.
A baby he never saw coming.
A life he didn’t plan for.
And suddenly, nothing is simple anymore.
Lila Brooks wasn’t supposed to be part of it.
She’s sunshine in a world he’s carefully kept contained—warm, open, and entirely too good at seeing past the walls he’s spent years building. What starts as help… as something temporary… quickly becomes something neither of them can ignore.
Because in a town like Hemlock Grove, distance doesn’t last.
Not when lives start to intertwine.
Not when a baby ties them together.
And definitely not when feelings get involved.
Grant has spent his life running toward the fire.
But this?
This might be the one thing he doesn’t know how to fight.
Now, with his carefully controlled world shifting beneath his feet, Grant has to decide:
Hold the line…
or risk everything for a life he never saw coming.
✨ Stirring Up Flames is a small town, slow burn romance featuring a grumpy firefighter, a sunshine baker, a surprise baby, and a love story built on found family, trust, and everything that comes after.
Genre: Romance
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