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The Wilds
The Wilds
Series · 4 books · 2020-2025
By
Ashton Cade
Books in series
#1
Smoke Show
2020
A Small Town Firefighter Gay Romance Never thought a man in uniform could bring me to my knees, but here we are. When I bought property and escaped to the wilds of Alaska, I was mostly doing it to stand on my own two feet and give my daughter Nina the wonderful life she deserves. I ended up with my annoying brother in tow and my interfering parents, well, interfering. And when the townspeople get mad and the place literally starts burning up around me, all I can do is throw myself on the mercy of Tanner James, the bravest—and sexiest—of firefighters. The way he looks at me makes me feel things I've never felt before. I'm definitely starting to want Tanner to save me from more than the townspeople's burning rage. But what would a six-two, gorgeous, built, absolute smoke show of a man want with a single dad whose only experience in the sack ended up with a daughter? Alaska is about to get wilder than I ever dreamed. This 66k-word novel is smokingly suspenseful, sizzling as sin, and filled with heart-wrenching feels.
#1.5
Smoking Out
2025
Eli: I've always been a bit of a f@ckup. With relationships, jobs, college, I can't seem to get anything right. I've been running from my mistakes my whole life. When hot firefighter Dane stops me in my tracks, I'm not sure what to do. Not only is he one of my best friends here in Gateway, Alaska, but he is one of the sexiest men I've ever seen. There's no way he'd like a closeted ex-manwhore like me who hasn't had sex with anyone but
myself
in a year. So when he asks me out, I almost start running again. But something about the way he accepts me for who I am almost makes me want to show my real self to everyone in my life. It makes me want to have Dane on my arm in public, shameless, even
proud
, in front of them all. Can I stop hiding and leave the old me in the ashes without losing everyone in my life? Will Dane smoke me out once and for all?
#2
Blowing Smoke
2020
Sometimes even the strongest men need saving. Hunter: As an Alaskan smokejumper, I'm used to palling around with tough guys. My best friend Jared just became Chief of Police here in Gateway, and the whole town relies on him to keep them safe. I've realized I want to serve and protect him in an entirely different way. When he's forced to vacate his sick apartment building and takes the apartment on my property, we get close. When he's out taking care of Gateway's people in a snowstorm and his patrol car gets snowed under and he is struck with pneumonia, we get closer. I'm the one to come to his rescue. Sure, he's the one who is unconscious, but Jared has become my fever-dream. Can reality compare to the fantasy I have of us together, forever?
#3
Up in Smoke
2021
I'm playing with fire... but that's just the way I like it. Ryder: Eight years gone, and I can't get Finn out of my head. They say you carry a flame for your first love, but with Finn, it’s a d@mn forest fire. He was hurt bad when he was on active duty, and now that he's back, rumor has it he’s not putting in an ounce of work to deal with the injury. They say he’s a powder keg, and they warn me not to get caught in the explosion. Thing is, I’m training to be a smokejumper. I’m drawn to that heat; and terrified or not, I want to believe Finn needs me. And my scorched heart still says we can make it. This time, rushing into danger means something different—not a raging fire, but something just as hot, and just as risky... a second chance with my one true love. I can't let it go up in smoke. In the stunning conclusion to the Wilds trilogy, Finn returns to take his place in Alaska, but will he find his home in Ryder's heart? 50k words of searing hot scenes, suspense, and hurt comfort. Can be read as a standalone.
Author
Ashton Cade
Author · 21 books