Hearts On Fire

Most love stories end at the wedding. Theirs starts at the fire line.


Alex and Rose Rivera took their vows knowing exactly what they were signing up for: the same engine, the same shift, the same wall of flame. What they did not plan for was everything in between — the school alarm before sunrise, the boy on the sidewalk who called for help and stayed calm, the stray search dog who reported for duty at Station 12 and left again, the promotion that would pull Alex off the front line, and one small test strip on the bathroom counter that changed the shape of every conversation they had ever had.


Set in the heart of wildfire-season California, Hearts On Fire is not a story about two people falling in love. It is about what happens after — when love has to hold the line.


WHAT YOU'LL FIND INSIDE


- A married couple as the leads. No love triangle, no betrayal, no will-they-won't-they — just two people choosing each other under pressure, again and again.

- Tough calls, honestly told: a wildfire at the treeline, a school evacuation, a smoke investigation with a frightened kid on the curb, an injury that stops everyone cold.

- A stray search dog who adopts the crew for three days, finds a missing child under a deck, and then goes home — the lightest, warmest chapter in the book.

- A reflection page at the close of every chapter: one honest question for you and your partner, drawn from what Alex and Rose just lived through.

- Clean throughout.

- A complete standalone story with a full, satisfying ending.


PERFECT FOR READERS WHO LOVE


- Clean and wholesome contemporary romance

- First responder heroes and firehouse found-family

- Marriage-in-progress stories

- Emotional, character-driven fiction about courage, commitment, and starting a family

- Quiet, hopeful reads that leave you steadier than they found you


WHAT EARLY READERS ARE SAYING


"The story of Alex and Rose was really encouraging." — PJ, a reader


ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Dr. Rabea Hadi is a board-certified family physician who has spent a career listening to people at the hardest moments of their lives — and writing the resilience he saw there into full-length fiction. He is the author of the Choose Your Quest series and a growing catalog of clean novels and educational nonfiction for readers of every age.


Add Hearts On Fire to your library today and ride out with Engine 12.