Playing with Fire Series by Annie Reynolds

Skylar Fox was a free spirit with a turbulent past. She hid behind her carefully constructed façade, because it was the only way she knew to protect herself. Life was easier, less messy when you only had to look out for yourself, when you didn’t need to rely on anyone else. No one had managed to scale the walls she put up after an abusive past. Her life was now the way she wanted it; slow determined steps forward and away from her past. Cooper Wade knew what it was like to lose at love... moreSkylar Fox was a free spirit with a turbulent past. She hid behind her carefully constructed façade, because it was the only way she knew to protect herself. Life was easier, less messy when you only had to look out for yourself, when you didn’t need to rely on anyone else. No one had managed to scale the walls she put up after an abusive past. Her life was now the way she wanted it; slow determined steps forward and away from her past. Cooper Wade knew what it was like to lose at love. He’d had his heart trampled in the most public way, dumped at the altar in front of his friends and family. He’d sworn off love entirely, only when a chance encounter turns everything upside down, it has him questioning whether a broken heart can be fixed or whether he’s simply opening himself up to be burnt again. When you play with fire, you’re bound to get burnt. less

Elsie Forrester thought she had it all figured out, she had her sights set on achieving her dream and she wasn’t about to let anyone get in her way – not her overbearing father who constantly reminded her she couldn’t and definitely not the sexy dirty blonde man-whore who worked alongside her at Firehouse 57. She was determined to prove them all wrong and damned if anyone tried to stop her... moreElsie Forrester thought she had it all figured out, she had her sights set on achieving her dream and she wasn’t about to let anyone get in her way – not her overbearing father who constantly reminded her she couldn’t and definitely not the sexy dirty blonde man-whore who worked alongside her at Firehouse 57. She was determined to prove them all wrong and damned if anyone tried to stop her. The only thing Joel Lane loved more than being a firefighter at Firehouse 57, was women, but keeping the two separate proved problematic when new recruit Elsie Forrester turns up at his firehouse. When she showed no interest in him, it quickly becomes his new mission to shatter her steely façade. What was meant to stay fun and casual quickly turned into something neither of them expected. When you play with fire, you’re bound to get burnt. less