Shy Battalion Chief Fred James sets out to use everything he ever learned about controlling fire to pleasure Dharma Munroe and tame her to his hand alone. Fred James is the dedicated battalion chief of Station 57 and a caring single father whose wife abandoned him and his children. Thinking he's too old for free spirited Dharma Munroe, Fred hides in the shadows until the night he finds her working at a topless bar. Turns out navigating a relationship with an independent woman isn't easy. He's clueless trying to figure out what she wants and how to give it to her—but he's determined to figure it out. Shy or not, he sets out to use everything he ever learned about controlling fire to pleasure his woman and tame her to his hand alone.