Lanville Firefighters

In town to visit her grandmother in the hospital, Rayne Holt never expected to run into her ex-husband, Marcus. Seeing him reminds her of all the pain and loss she'd experienced five years ago that led to their divorce. Marcus is still angry and hurt over Rayna destroying their marriage. They're forced to spend time together while the construction company he works for repairs her grandmother's house due to a fire. Old desires still smolder beneath the surface, but Marcus is leery of giving in to them. Rayne broke his heart when she left him. He can't live through that kind of pain again. Both Rayne and Marcus have to let go of the past before they can forgive each other and fall in love again.

Talia King has loved Dylan Westfield ever since the day she met him two years ago, but he treats her as nothing but a friend. Every attempt she's made to date him or spend more time with him has been shot down by Dylan.,Dylan loves Talia as much as she loves him, but his painful past won't let him surrender to that love. Fear of physically hurting her keeps him alone and aching for a life with her...a life he knows he cannot have.A night of passion convinces Talia she and Dylan are perfect together. Dylan admits his love to Talia, but tells her it doesn't matter since they can never be together.Talia hatches a plan to convince Dylan she know he would never hurt her. It might backfire, but she believes it's worth the risk to be with the man she loves. Lynn LaFleur was born and raised in a small town in Texas close to the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Writing has been in her blood since she was eight years old and wrote her first story for an English assignment.As well as writing at every possible moment, Lynn enjoys reading, scrapbooking, card making, and photography. She's a romantic at heart and can't imagine ever writing anything but romances. A full-time writer, she spends her days creating stories of people who find their happily-ever-after, sometimes with the help of an alien or psychic or vampire.

Keely Sheridan has been in love with Nick Fallon since high school, but he's always treated her as a friend. Other than one night of wild sex at their high school graduation party, Nick has kept his distance from her. Nick is very much aware of every luscious inch of Keely's body. No matter how much he wants her, he refuses to get involved with her due to the turmoil in his life. When Nick is hurt while fighting a house fire, Keely is first in line to offer help. He can no longer deny his feelings for her and gives in to the sweetest lovemaking he's ever experienced. Wanting to help the man she loves, Keely does something behind Nick's back he cannot forgive. He has to push aside his anger and pride before he and Keely can have the future together they both want. (Formerly published in the Kensington anthology, In a Cowboy's Bed.)