Firefighter Nick Lawson expects Pet Safety Awareness Day to be a dull shift of handing out smoke-alarm pamphlets. Instead, chaos pounces when a three-legged escape-artist cat rockets into a bounce house and its beaming owner, Lila Hart, crashes straight into Nick’s arms. One airborne rescue, a confetti shower of flyers, and a headline-hungry reporter later, his perfectly ordered life lies in tatters. Then a cranky landlord’s ultimatum locks Nick into a fake relationship with the very woman who derails his plans. Between staged coffee dates, thunder-soaked cat hunts, and a fire that threatens everything they both hold dear, the town’s grumpiest firefighter must decide whether guarding his heart is worth losing the best thing he never knew he needed. Fans of slow-burn chemistry and laugh-out-loud small-town antics will devour this utterly heart-warming rom-com that proves heroes need rescuing too.
