Forbidden by the Fire Chief
(2025)(The fourth book in the Alpha Protectors series)
A novel by Catalina Voss
She came to shut down his fire department. He's about to ignite something she can't control.
State Inspector Sophia Cross has one job: expose safety violations at Lone Star Fire Department and recommend closure. What she doesn't expect is Fire Chief Marcus Santana—six feet of commanding authority, amber eyes that see straight through her professional facade, and a protective instinct that makes her pulse race.
Marcus built his department from nothing. He won't let some by-the-book inspector destroy everything his crew has sacrificed for. But when Sophia proves she's more than just another bureaucrat—when she stands beside him during the most dangerous calls of his career—professional boundaries become impossible to maintain.
Forced to work together by state mandate, their explosive chemistry threatens everything they've both worked for. Every shared glance across the apparatus bay. Every moment when duty brings them close enough to feel the heat radiating between them. Every time Marcus's protective instincts override his common sense.
Someone is sabotaging Marcus's department with false reports and manufactured evidence. Someone who will stop at nothing to see him fail. As external threats mount and their forbidden attraction blazes out of control, Sophia must choose between her career and the man who's shown her what real partnership looks like.
But when the truth behind the sabotage threatens to destroy them both, will their love be strong enough to survive the flames?
Can a by-the-book inspector and a rule-breaking fire chief forge something lasting from the ashes of their professional lives?
Genre: Romance
State Inspector Sophia Cross has one job: expose safety violations at Lone Star Fire Department and recommend closure. What she doesn't expect is Fire Chief Marcus Santana—six feet of commanding authority, amber eyes that see straight through her professional facade, and a protective instinct that makes her pulse race.
Marcus built his department from nothing. He won't let some by-the-book inspector destroy everything his crew has sacrificed for. But when Sophia proves she's more than just another bureaucrat—when she stands beside him during the most dangerous calls of his career—professional boundaries become impossible to maintain.
Forced to work together by state mandate, their explosive chemistry threatens everything they've both worked for. Every shared glance across the apparatus bay. Every moment when duty brings them close enough to feel the heat radiating between them. Every time Marcus's protective instincts override his common sense.
Someone is sabotaging Marcus's department with false reports and manufactured evidence. Someone who will stop at nothing to see him fail. As external threats mount and their forbidden attraction blazes out of control, Sophia must choose between her career and the man who's shown her what real partnership looks like.
But when the truth behind the sabotage threatens to destroy them both, will their love be strong enough to survive the flames?
Can a by-the-book inspector and a rule-breaking fire chief forge something lasting from the ashes of their professional lives?
Genre: Romance
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