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Meet the man of your dreams. Flirt with the man of your dreams.
Get arrested by the man of your dreams.

Jennifer Bayani is not having an easy day, but she's always believed a good attitude does wonders. Sure, the fire marshal's office sent her to the boonies to investigate a string of suspicious fires. Then she spent the morning getting lost, dodging cows, and getting pulled over by the local sheriff's deputy. At least her day was looking up when Deputy Tattooed-and-Cute was giving her all the flirty, reformed bad boy vibes she could handle.

Right up until he transformed into Deputy GRUMPY HOT and arrested her!

Small-town life has been good for Deputy Brandon Smythe, and Jennifer brings the big-city temptation he's purposely avoided. He needs to get her out of town—except when a paperwork mistake leaves her stranded with no way home, so she's stuck bunking in his farmhouse.

This leaves him with only one option: be the meanest, grumpiest man on the planet. He cannot—under any circumstances—stomp across the hallway, kiss that sunshine smile off her face, and tie her to his bedpost.

Except Jennifer is equally determined to break his surly exterior, and in this game of grumpy-sunshine sex chicken, one of them is going to have to flinch.

Author's warning: This hot grumpy sunshine small town romance mixes the drama and high-adrenaline of Chicago Fire with dirty scenes worthy of Fifty Shades. One-click for a scorching first responder romance with real heart-pounding fire, and medical scenes - written by a real-life ER doctor. Steam up your screen today before the price changes!

Contains the following tropes

- Grumpy Sunshine
- Forced proximity
- Tattooed hero
- Plot TWISTS!
- He falls first and harder!
- Workplace Romance
- Interracial Romance
- Protector romance
- Secret past
- Quirky cast
- Firefighter Romance
- Reformed bad boy
- Good girl

(Who doesn't LOVE grumpy sunshine romantic suspense? I do! Bring all the grumpy sunshine romantic suspense. Twelve servings of grumpy sunshine romance with a side of action adventure romance and more romantic suspense toppings for breakfast, lunch, and dinner served by a sexy grumpy sheriff's deputy!)