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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
Format: Immersive.
Narrators: 🎙️ Samantha Brentmoor & Gideon Frost
Narration Style: 🎧 Duet
Whispersync For Voice Ready? ✅ Y
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The Plot 💬:
Rowan King never expected to walk into the local pub and come face-to-face with Violette Taylor, the girl he let go, his best mate’s sister, and the one he’s never been able to forget. He used to be her Rowan. Now he’s just King, the guy who vanished without so much as a goodbye.
She’s back in their hometown for good now. A single mum. A burn unit nurse. Still the only woman who’s ever truly undone him. She’s the one that got away… and from the look in her eyes, she hasn’t forgotten how much he shattered her heart.
When an accident on the job lands him in her hospital, tension builds and regrets are there but not spoken about. She wants distance. He wants redemption. And fate has clearly not finished with them.
Add in a dual timeline (yes, we get to see their teen romance and their grown-up wreckage 😭), a hella cute kid, and all the messy healing. Yep. I’m unwell.
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Audiobook 🎧:
These two were so goooood! Every whisper. Every pause. Every “I never stopped loving you” moment HITS. Perfect match, no crumbs.
Samantha Brentmoor: Queen of quiet pain, fierce resilience and KID VOICES! She nailed Violette’s internal chaos without ever making her feel weak.
Gideon Frost: A new to me narrator. If grief and longing had a voice, it’s him. A deep, gravelly voice which is also soft and calming. Absolute melt. He brought Rowan’s inner battles to the surface perfectly.
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Sizzle Scale:
Warm: 🌶️ 2.5/5 – this is a slow burn with emotional edge. It’s forehead kisses, flashbacks, and “it’s always been you” kind of heat. No smut till later but the longing and build up will have you eating out of the palm of Paisley’s hand.
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Bookish Bite:
Protect broke me in the best way. It's trauma, grief, love, and growth all tangled up in fire jackets. Rowan is soft, sweet, and seriously swoony. Violette’s just trying to keep her shit together while co-parenting a literal ray of sunshine (Hollie 🥹 I would die for you! Cutest book kid ever!). I love a messy, gut-wrenchy, beautifully-written second chance, and Paisley delivered on all of them. I cried. I healed. I “gaaaahhhh”-ed when he dressed up in a Super Pet costume for her kid. 💀 This man. THIS. MAN. I’m thought I locked myself into this series with the first book but this one just solidified it.
Tropes:
✔️ Second Chance
✔️ Brother’s Best Friend
✔️ Single Mum
✔️ Wildland Firefighter + Trauma Nurse
✔️ Dual Timeline
✔️ Emotional Wreckage
✔️ Cute Kid Overload
✔️ He’s Injured + She Cares For Him
Content Warnings:
⚠️ Off-page death of a family member (through flashbacks).
⚠️ Grief, anxiety, and panic attacks.
⚠️ Emotional distress related to a loved one’s dangerous profession.
⚠️ Descriptive injury sustained during a wildfire scene.
⚠️ Recovery and healing from physical trauma.
Narrators: 🎙️ Samantha Brentmoor & Gideon Frost
Narration Style: 🎧 Duet
Whispersync For Voice Ready? ✅ Y
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Plot 💬:
Rowan King never expected to walk into the local pub and come face-to-face with Violette Taylor, the girl he let go, his best mate’s sister, and the one he’s never been able to forget. He used to be her Rowan. Now he’s just King, the guy who vanished without so much as a goodbye.
She’s back in their hometown for good now. A single mum. A burn unit nurse. Still the only woman who’s ever truly undone him. She’s the one that got away… and from the look in her eyes, she hasn’t forgotten how much he shattered her heart.
When an accident on the job lands him in her hospital, tension builds and regrets are there but not spoken about. She wants distance. He wants redemption. And fate has clearly not finished with them.
Add in a dual timeline (yes, we get to see their teen romance and their grown-up wreckage 😭), a hella cute kid, and all the messy healing. Yep. I’m unwell.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Audiobook 🎧:
These two were so goooood! Every whisper. Every pause. Every “I never stopped loving you” moment HITS. Perfect match, no crumbs.
Samantha Brentmoor: Queen of quiet pain, fierce resilience and KID VOICES! She nailed Violette’s internal chaos without ever making her feel weak.
Gideon Frost: A new to me narrator. If grief and longing had a voice, it’s him. A deep, gravelly voice which is also soft and calming. Absolute melt. He brought Rowan’s inner battles to the surface perfectly.
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Sizzle Scale:
Warm: 🌶️ 2.5/5 – this is a slow burn with emotional edge. It’s forehead kisses, flashbacks, and “it’s always been you” kind of heat. No smut till later but the longing and build up will have you eating out of the palm of Paisley’s hand.
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Bookish Bite:
Protect broke me in the best way. It's trauma, grief, love, and growth all tangled up in fire jackets. Rowan is soft, sweet, and seriously swoony. Violette’s just trying to keep her shit together while co-parenting a literal ray of sunshine (Hollie 🥹 I would die for you! Cutest book kid ever!). I love a messy, gut-wrenchy, beautifully-written second chance, and Paisley delivered on all of them. I cried. I healed. I “gaaaahhhh”-ed when he dressed up in a Super Pet costume for her kid. 💀 This man. THIS. MAN. I’m thought I locked myself into this series with the first book but this one just solidified it.
Tropes:
✔️ Second Chance
✔️ Brother’s Best Friend
✔️ Single Mum
✔️ Wildland Firefighter + Trauma Nurse
✔️ Dual Timeline
✔️ Emotional Wreckage
✔️ Cute Kid Overload
✔️ He’s Injured + She Cares For Him
Content Warnings:
⚠️ Off-page death of a family member (through flashbacks).
⚠️ Grief, anxiety, and panic attacks.
⚠️ Emotional distress related to a loved one’s dangerous profession.
⚠️ Descriptive injury sustained during a wildfire scene.
⚠️ Recovery and healing from physical trauma.
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was such a cute fun read! I was so excited to see these tropes come to life and hearing that the fmc is a nurse, i was so ecstatic. Didnt know much about hotshots and their work background so this book was such a great eyeopener for that side of the world. Its so amazing and scary to think that every time they go to work, they risk their lives and open the possibility of not seeing their loved ones again. Love the writing and the switch between past and present and the build up to why they had their falling out. Rowan is such a simp, waiting all those years to get violet back 😭 i truly believe in the invisible string and how it brought them back together again with the help of their guardian angel, Jacob. Kudos to the narrators once again because they slayed their performances in this book. Samantha does the best job voicing kids and i cant get over how good she is. As someone in the healthcare field, i enjoyed hearing about the hospital scenes and even the first responder scene. Troy proved himself to be a selfish person bc he did not put an effort into restoring his relationship with his daughter until the very end.
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was a good second book in the Sky Ridge Hotshots series. I liked getting to experience the fire season from a different lens and really enjoyed seeing Rowan and Violet reconnect. The flashbacks helped provide some context for their relationship and made me feel more invested in their story. Holly was a super cute kid, too. The scenes with her were some of the cutest! The narrators did a great job and def made it an enjoyable listen. That said, I didn’t connect with this book all that much. I’m not sure if it was the overall pacing or the story itself. Still enjoyed it, but it just wasn’t a fave and that’s okay.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4.5 / 5 stars!
I honestly loved this one! It spicy, it was hot, and it was sweet. I loved all the moments between our MMC and the FMC's daughter. It had me melting and swooning over this man, and then he went all feral possessive, and clutch my pearls and squeeze my thighs! The duet narration was another amazing performance for this series! Also, I just want to say I felt very seen as a nurse! Can't wait to listen to book three!
I honestly loved this one! It spicy, it was hot, and it was sweet. I loved all the moments between our MMC and the FMC's daughter. It had me melting and swooning over this man, and then he went all feral possessive, and clutch my pearls and squeeze my thighs! The duet narration was another amazing performance for this series! Also, I just want to say I felt very seen as a nurse! Can't wait to listen to book three!
HOTSHOTS ARE MY NEW OBSESSION. This book & Rowan Kingsley have me down so bad. I never knew I could be this enamored with a wildfire fire fighter🥵
Violette & Rowan have a past & let’s just say it didn’t end well.. & neither of them have ever got over it. When Violette comes back into town to start over, Rowan finds himself unable to stay away & in desperate need of winning her back after all these years. I really loved the setting of this book. The town was fun, the hotshots were smoking, the spice was spicing! Rowan and Violette have this deep seated history that we learn throughout the book. I really loved the flashback chapters & was dying for more of them as teenagers experiencing first loves. The care taking scenes were some of the best parts, from both sides!! We see them work through their grief of losing loved ones & how they can reconcile that in their own relationship.
One of the best parts was Hollie & her relationship with Rowan. He was the man this entire family needed. & the power piggy moments seriously had me in tears.
🎧 the audio was absolutely fantastic! Samantha and Gideon embodied these two character and seriously had me in a chokehold the entire time I listened. 5/5🎙️
Thank you to the author, must love audio, & lyric audiobooks for the gifted alc!
𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖
🔥hotshot firefighter
❤️found family
🪵small town
🧍🏼♀️single mom
🐕golden retriever mmc
💕trauma bonding
𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘::
Spice chapters— 13, 30, 35, 36, 37, 38, 46, 47, 49, 59
Heavy language
Violette & Rowan have a past & let’s just say it didn’t end well.. & neither of them have ever got over it. When Violette comes back into town to start over, Rowan finds himself unable to stay away & in desperate need of winning her back after all these years. I really loved the setting of this book. The town was fun, the hotshots were smoking, the spice was spicing! Rowan and Violette have this deep seated history that we learn throughout the book. I really loved the flashback chapters & was dying for more of them as teenagers experiencing first loves. The care taking scenes were some of the best parts, from both sides!! We see them work through their grief of losing loved ones & how they can reconcile that in their own relationship.
One of the best parts was Hollie & her relationship with Rowan. He was the man this entire family needed. & the power piggy moments seriously had me in tears.
🎧 the audio was absolutely fantastic! Samantha and Gideon embodied these two character and seriously had me in a chokehold the entire time I listened. 5/5🎙️
Thank you to the author, must love audio, & lyric audiobooks for the gifted alc!
𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖
🔥hotshot firefighter
❤️found family
🪵small town
🧍🏼♀️single mom
🐕golden retriever mmc
💕trauma bonding
𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘::
Spice chapters— 13, 30, 35, 36, 37, 38, 46, 47, 49, 59
Heavy language