Gay Male Contemporary Romance by Brent Archer
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Ray Cortez returned to Seattle after fourteen years to help his pregnant best friend and her partner. When he meets another fireman at his temporary station, he's immediately attracted to the blond Viking, but Ray doesn't date straight or closeted guys.

Leif Ramsey has spent the last year trying to figure out how to come out to his mother and macho firefighter brother, terrified he'll lose them. Because of Ray's no closet-case men policy, Leif takes the risk with a little help from his cousin.

When a fire at Ray's childhood home ignites past trauma and threatens their growing trust, can Ray and Leif survive the heat, or will their relationship go up in flames?

Though the eighth book in the Rain City Tales Series, Blaze of Cortez is a stand-alone story and can be read out of sequence. There are no cliffhangers at the end of this book.