But is he the right hero for her?
Moving to Cape Pursuit, Virginia, gives Nicole Wheeler the fresh start she desperately needs. She plans to put her business degree to work managing her best friend's seaside art gallery, leaving behind an office romance gone wrong in Indianapolis.
But there's a catch: Kevin Ruggles, the handsome firefighter who welcomes her to town. Their first meeting begins when his speeding rescue truck takes the door clean off her double-parked car. Worse, he shows up at the gallery with a crooked smile, his elderly beagle in tow, determined to apologize for the wreckage.
Kevin is brave, ambitious and committed to the same career that killed her brother. Even as he volunteers to paint local cottages and cheers on her beach photography, every wailing siren brings back memories of the wildfire that shattered her family. Nicole can't go down that path again...no matter how much her heart protests.