Putting Out Old Flames
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4.1 • 153 Ratings
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
Who said high school love doesn't last?
Everyone with a functioning brain. Especially when the breakup came via a glittery "Dear Jane" greeting card featuring the single worst poem ever written inside.
Jane Willoughby squashed that card – and her feelings for Chance McGovern – the day she read it. Ten years later he's back in Pineville: sexier, broader-shouldered, and now the assistant fire chief, complete with a cute kid and a messy divorce. Forgiveness? Hard pass. Even her cat, Cyclops, gives Chance his one-eyed murderous glare.
To be fair, Cyclops hates everyone. Jane is just choosing to see it as emotional support.
Chance is once bitten, twice shy. All he wants is a quiet life, stability for his son, and definitely no reminders of the stupid teenage mistake with the girl he never quite forgot.
But life, and some small-town meddlers, have other plans for them. Forced together to plan the annual Fireman's Ball, Jane and Chance have a hard time keeping their relationship strictly professional. Chance is great at putting out fires… but the one they're sparking? He might just decide to let it burn.
Putting Out Old Flames is a laugh-out-loud small-town rom-com about second chances, single dads, and one very grumpy cat. Full of meddling neighbors, forced proximity, and a smoking-hot firefighter who's just as good at starting sparks as putting them out.
Author's Note: All of my books are 100% written by human quasi-intelligence. Never AI.
Customer Reviews
Jane and Chance
Loved this book with Jane and Chance who were high school sweethearts and were planning a future until he left her a breakup greeting card on her porch telling her he was leaving without her. Years later she is working dispatch when firefighter Chance moves back right across the street from her. He now has his son to care for and is not looking for a relationship but it does not take him and his son long to both fall for Jane.
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Putting Out Old Flames
I received a complimentary copy of this book from AuthorsXP and I am voluntarily reviewing it.
This is a wonderful start to a series. The story of a second chance with your first love is one that had me laughing out loud so many times that it took a little longer to read! I was completely enthralled with the plot and the characters.
Chance moves from California back to Michigan with his young son, Josh, after his divorce. When Chance graduated high school, he left Michigan for college in California. His college girl-friend got pregnant but the marriage was doomed with her gambling addiction. Chance become the assistant fire chief for the Pineville FD. One of his first duties is as co-chair for the firemen's charity ball. When he goes to the apartment of the other co-chair, he is shocked to see his high school girlfriend, Jane. Ouch! Chance had big dreams of becoming a top neurosurgeon in the country. He wanted to stretch his wings so the day before leaving on a two week vacation with Jane, before going to college, he leaves a gag breakup card on her front porch!!!
Jane worked as a local 9-1-1 dispatch operator. Working on the charity is one that Jane loves but how can she work with her ex?! Granted that was almost a decade ago but after abandoning her, he goes and gets married and starts a family with another woman. Can Jane totally forgive Chance? Will these two have another shot at a HEA? Will Chance's ex come back into the picture and cause problems? You will have to read this for yourself!
This is written in a dual POV format. Getting into these two's thoughts really were a big plus here. The internal debates were so spot on. I laughed until I cried. I adored these two. There were some sexy times but the scenes were so highly glossed over that if you don't like that, you could just skip over them.