Gail Barrett, Facing the Fire

Facing the Fire

Gail Barrett

Silhouette Intimate Moments, Apr 2006

ISBN: 037327484X

Ten years ago Jordon Wells met Cade McKenzie in Mexico and sparks ignited. They married and moved to Montana. Everything was great until the summer when Cade, a smoke-jumper, abandoned her to fight fires. Even when he came home he was too tired to do more than eat and sleep. Alaska was the final straw, which sent Jordon to Virginia. Now she is back at her cabin in Montana for the first time in a decade, and planning to sell the place and marry safe Phil back east.

Cade and his crew are fighting a dangerous forest fire when a rookie freezes as a tree crashes towards earth; Cade saves the youngster's life but breaks his collarbone. Knowing he is a handicap if the crew needs to escape, Cade heads towards the nearby cabin where he spent the greatest few months of his life, to insure no one is there before evacuating. Cade and Jordon are stunned to see one another; she agrees to drive him to Missoula. She stops to pick up a dog, but that delay costs them their exit as the fire engulfs the road. Forced to go in a different direction, both realize they still love one another, but disagree as to whom deserted who.

FACING THE FIRE is an exciting contemporary romance starring a strong hero and the confused woman he loves. On the trudge through abandoned paths, fiery forests, and freezing water, Jordon realizes that Cade is not a thrill seeker, but a professional trying to do his job safely. Fans will appreciate their struggle on a personal level, as much as the nature challenge, as each, especially Jordon, learn what they failed to know about the other when the heat of their passion overwhelmed any other communication.