Secret Burn
(2025)(The second book in the Rocky Ridge Firehouse: Second Alarm series)
A Story by Thea Shaw
He promised his best friend he’d never touch me. For ten years, that promise was the only thing keeping us apart.
Returning to Rocky Ridge was supposed to be a fresh start, a quiet retreat from the burnout and heartbreak of the big city. As a trauma nurse, I’m used to chaos, but I wasn’t prepared for the one complication I’d spent a decade avoiding: Tyler Hutchinson. The steady, quiet firefighter I’ve loved since I was sixteen. And the one man who is completely off-limits.
Tyler "Hutch" Hutchinson is the rock of the Rocky Ridge Fire Department—loyal, kind, and steadfast. He’s the man I’ve secretly wanted my entire life. But years ago, he made a solemn vow to my overprotective like-a-brother, Ryan, to keep me safe... even from himself. He’s held to that promise like a sacred oath, building a wall between us that I’ve never been able to break.
Now, we’re thrown together by the town’s chaos—a mass casualty incident that forces us to work side-by-side. In the heat of the moment, every stolen glance and accidental touch ignites a spark we can no longer ignore. One reckless, desperate kiss in a hospital supply closet is all it takes to shatter that promise and pull us into a secret, white-hot affair.
We’re hiding in plain sight, stealing moments in the shadows of the small town that watches our every move. But our secret is a ticking time bomb, threatened by a bitter family grudge and the fear of destroying the one friendship that holds us all together. He’s breaking his word for me. And when the truth finally explodes, the fallout could burn everything we love to the ground.
Secret Burn is a steamy, second-chance, brother's best friend romance set in the world of the Rocky Ridge Firefighters. It is Book 2 in the Second Alarm series, but can be enjoyed as a complete standalone. Get ready for a story of forbidden love, found family, and a happily ever after forged in fire.
Genre: Romance
Returning to Rocky Ridge was supposed to be a fresh start, a quiet retreat from the burnout and heartbreak of the big city. As a trauma nurse, I’m used to chaos, but I wasn’t prepared for the one complication I’d spent a decade avoiding: Tyler Hutchinson. The steady, quiet firefighter I’ve loved since I was sixteen. And the one man who is completely off-limits.
Tyler "Hutch" Hutchinson is the rock of the Rocky Ridge Fire Department—loyal, kind, and steadfast. He’s the man I’ve secretly wanted my entire life. But years ago, he made a solemn vow to my overprotective like-a-brother, Ryan, to keep me safe... even from himself. He’s held to that promise like a sacred oath, building a wall between us that I’ve never been able to break.
Now, we’re thrown together by the town’s chaos—a mass casualty incident that forces us to work side-by-side. In the heat of the moment, every stolen glance and accidental touch ignites a spark we can no longer ignore. One reckless, desperate kiss in a hospital supply closet is all it takes to shatter that promise and pull us into a secret, white-hot affair.
We’re hiding in plain sight, stealing moments in the shadows of the small town that watches our every move. But our secret is a ticking time bomb, threatened by a bitter family grudge and the fear of destroying the one friendship that holds us all together. He’s breaking his word for me. And when the truth finally explodes, the fallout could burn everything we love to the ground.
Secret Burn is a steamy, second-chance, brother's best friend romance set in the world of the Rocky Ridge Firefighters. It is Book 2 in the Second Alarm series, but can be enjoyed as a complete standalone. Get ready for a story of forbidden love, found family, and a happily ever after forged in fire.
Genre: Romance
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