Kiss Me Protector
(2026)(The ninth book in the Thunder Valley Fire and Rescue series)
A novel by Callie Embers
Marcus is the best fire investigator in the state. He's the one they call when no one else can crack it, the one who walks into the wreckage after everyone else has left and finds the thing they all missed. He's strong and capable.
He's also been bringing Victoria coffee every morning for a long time.
Marcus won't tell you how he feels. He'll just show you, over and over, in ways so quiet you almost miss them — until the day you realize that this man has been holding you together and you didn't even notice.
Victoria has been on her own for so long that needing someone feels like a crack in the foundation. Marcus has been burned so badly by someone he trusted that opening up again feels like handing someone the match. But they keep ending up in the same room, working the same late hours, standing a little too close, and the whole town has stopped pretending not to notice.
Then one day she kissed him first.
And the man who never says what he feels kissed her back, but will it ruin everything?
Fair warning: Thunder Valley has dangerously hot firefighters, an unrealistic number of emergencies, and a small town that will absolutely be in your business. Come stay awhile.
He's also been bringing Victoria coffee every morning for a long time.
Marcus won't tell you how he feels. He'll just show you, over and over, in ways so quiet you almost miss them — until the day you realize that this man has been holding you together and you didn't even notice.
Victoria has been on her own for so long that needing someone feels like a crack in the foundation. Marcus has been burned so badly by someone he trusted that opening up again feels like handing someone the match. But they keep ending up in the same room, working the same late hours, standing a little too close, and the whole town has stopped pretending not to notice.
Then one day she kissed him first.
And the man who never says what he feels kissed her back, but will it ruin everything?
Fair warning: Thunder Valley has dangerously hot firefighters, an unrealistic number of emergencies, and a small town that will absolutely be in your business. Come stay awhile.