Margins
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Free to Protect
2022
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4.40
Average Rating
171
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Captain Brett Stewart is a second-generation firefighter. His life is irrevocably changed when he enters a burning building only to be trapped. Now, recovered from his injuries, he’s eager to don the gear that failed him and get back to work. He never expects his blood to ignite when he sees a swoosh of gray across a crowded fundraiser. He has to meet her. Local business owner Jillian Beale knows all too well fire can destroy everything in its wake. From a childhood of uncertainty, she was content until her safety net incinerated one afternoon. Then she has no choice but to fight to protect her future. But after Brett leads her out onto the dance floor, her vision for the future goes up in smoke. After all, who better than she knows that touching fire burns?

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Tracey Jerald
Tracey Jerald
Author · 33 books

Want to keep up with Tracey? www.traceyjerald.com For more outstanding romance reads, follow Foreword PR Please direct all inquiries to my personal email - authortraceyjerald@gmail.com for a faster response To sign up for her newsletter, go to: smarturl.it/TraceyJerald_News Tracey Jerald knew she was meant to be a writer when she would re-write the ending of books in her head on her bike when she was a young girl growing up in southern Connecticut. It wasn’t long before she was typing alternate endings and extended epilogues “just for fun.” 
After college in Florida, where she obtained a degree in Criminal Justice swearing she saw things she’ll never quite believe and never entirely forget, Tracey traded the world of law and order for IT. Her work for a global internet startup transferred her to Northern Virginia where she met her husband in what many call their own happily ever after. They have one son. 
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