Fireline Hearts
(2025)(The sixth book in the Love on the High Mountain series)
A novel by Ryan Maxwell
In the heart of a wildfire, two lives collide—and nothing burns hotter than the courage to feel again.
Cara Miles lives by protocols and perimeters. As a veteran SAR specialist, she trusts in maps, muscle memory, and the steady presence of her golden retriever, Blaze. She doesn’t need connection. Doesn’t want complication. Especially not the kind that comes wrapped in warmth, wit, and wildfire-resistant boots.
Brooke Sanders has spent years keeping her life grounded—for herself and her son. But when Evan disappears in a smoke-choked forest, it’s Cara who brings him home. And it’s Cara who haunts her thoughts in the days that follow: cool, unreadable, and utterly unforgettable.
Thrown together by rescue efforts, community events, and a growing bond neither of them expected, Brooke and Cara begin to navigate a fragile intimacy forged in silence and soot. But Cara's walls are high, and Brooke carries a quiet grief of her own.
To find a future together, they'll have to risk the kind of vulnerability neither has allowed in years.
Fireline Hearts is a tender, slow-burn romance about the bravery it takes to show up for someone else—and the even greater courage it takes to stay.
Genre: Romance
Cara Miles lives by protocols and perimeters. As a veteran SAR specialist, she trusts in maps, muscle memory, and the steady presence of her golden retriever, Blaze. She doesn’t need connection. Doesn’t want complication. Especially not the kind that comes wrapped in warmth, wit, and wildfire-resistant boots.
Brooke Sanders has spent years keeping her life grounded—for herself and her son. But when Evan disappears in a smoke-choked forest, it’s Cara who brings him home. And it’s Cara who haunts her thoughts in the days that follow: cool, unreadable, and utterly unforgettable.
Thrown together by rescue efforts, community events, and a growing bond neither of them expected, Brooke and Cara begin to navigate a fragile intimacy forged in silence and soot. But Cara's walls are high, and Brooke carries a quiet grief of her own.
To find a future together, they'll have to risk the kind of vulnerability neither has allowed in years.
Fireline Hearts is a tender, slow-burn romance about the bravery it takes to show up for someone else—and the even greater courage it takes to stay.
Genre: Romance
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