First Response
(2026)(The first book in the Kincaid Creek Fire & Rescue series)
A novel by Nina Potter
A grumpy fire chief. A sunshine event planner. One apartment above the fire station.
Shane Kincaid came back to his Colorado mountain town to run the firehouse. After a broken engagement left him gutted, he built his walls high and his rules tight. The last thing he needs is a warm, stubborn woman living above his station.
Brandi Hollis is done being invisible. After a divorce that shrank her down to nothing, she took the contract to plan Kincaid Creek's Spring Festival because she needs this win. She didn't plan on a brooding fire chief who watches her like she's a disruption he can't look away from.
They knew each other once, back when they were teenagers and the world hadn't broken them yet. Now they're forty-something, scarred, stubborn, and sharing a building where the walls are thin and the tension is thicker. The festival is weeks away. The station needs the money. And she's starting to matter to a man who swore he'd never let that happen again.
She's rebuilding her life. He's forgotten how to let anyone in. Something between them is about to catch fire.
Tropes:
Shane Kincaid came back to his Colorado mountain town to run the firehouse. After a broken engagement left him gutted, he built his walls high and his rules tight. The last thing he needs is a warm, stubborn woman living above his station.
Brandi Hollis is done being invisible. After a divorce that shrank her down to nothing, she took the contract to plan Kincaid Creek's Spring Festival because she needs this win. She didn't plan on a brooding fire chief who watches her like she's a disruption he can't look away from.
They knew each other once, back when they were teenagers and the world hadn't broken them yet. Now they're forty-something, scarred, stubborn, and sharing a building where the walls are thin and the tension is thicker. The festival is weeks away. The station needs the money. And she's starting to matter to a man who swore he'd never let that happen again.
She's rebuilding her life. He's forgotten how to let anyone in. Something between them is about to catch fire.
Tropes:
- Grumpy/sunshine
Forced proximity
Second chance
Small-town romance
Found family
Later-in-life romance
Data Block:- Heat Level: Medium spice (fade to black)
Tone: Warm, emotional, witty
Series: Kincaid Creek Fire & Rescue, Book 1 of 6
Ending: HEA
POV: Dual POV, Third Person
Content Notes: Divorce recovery, later-in-life characters (40s), firefighter hero
- Heat Level: Medium spice (fade to black)