The Fireman's Fake Fiancée

Fake engagement. Real heat. In a small town that believes in second chances, can a guarded hero and a chaos-sweet sunshine turn a spark into something fireproof?

When free-spirited ceramic artist Ember Quinn watches her mountain studio go up in flames, she loses more than clay and kilns—she loses the life she built with her bare, paint-streaked hands. Enter Clay Walker: stoic, broad-shouldered firefighter with a past he won’t discuss and a glare that says not on my watch. He drags her out of the blaze, wraps her in his jacket…and into the town’s favorite love story when a paperwork mix-up lists him as her fiancé.
One headline in the Devil’s Peak Gazette and Copper Mountain is obsessed with their “romance born from the ashes.” To protect Ember from gossip—and keep a nosy insurance investigator from tanking her claim—Clay agrees to fake it: hand-holding at town events, couple’s trivia, matching smiles for the cameras. No touching. No kissing. No catching feelings.
But rules melt faster than wax at a bonfire. Soon the illusion starts to feel dangerously real—and when Ember learns what Clay’s been burning to forget, she must decide if this mountain man is worth the fight.

Perfect for fans of grumpy/sunshine, protector heroes, forced proximity, found family, and small-town slow burn with scorch.