She swore she would never trust another man. He never expected to want only one woman.

After discovering her fiancé’s betrayal, Carrie Robinson leaves her old life behind and starts again in Loveland, Colorado. Independent, guarded and determined to avoid another broken heart, she has no interest in a serious relationship.

Then she meets Cory Stone.

Cory is a confident, dangerously attractive firefighter with a reputation for keeping things casual. Carrie proposes an arrangement with no promises and no emotional complications - but beneath Cory’s playful charm is a loyal, courageous man who wants far more than she is prepared to give.

As friendship turns into fierce attraction, Carrie must decide whether Cory is worth risking her carefully protected heart. But when the dangers of his job become terrifyingly real, she may discover that refusing to love him is the greatest risk of all.

Risking the Burn is a passionate firefighter romance filled with sizzling chemistry, emotional healing, friendship and a hard-won happily ever after.

This work was previously published as Rebuilding Trust by Elison Grace.

A guarded teacher risks her heart with a reformed playboy firefighter in this emotional, steamy small-town romance about healing from betrayal and learning to trust again.