Where There's Smoke (Fenske)

Willa Frank has one simple rule: never go on a date with anyone more than twice. Now that her business is providing the stability she's always needed, she can't afford distractions. Her two-date rule protects her just fine...until she meets smokejumper Grady Billman. After one date-one amazing, unforgettable date-Grady isn't ready to call it quits, despite his own no-attachments policy, and he's found a sneaky way around both their rules. Throwing gutter balls with pitchers of beer? Not a real date. Everyone knows bowling doesn't count. Watching a band play at a local show? They just happen to have the same great taste in music. Definitely not a date. Hiking? Nope. How can exercise be considered a date? With every non-date Grady suggests, his reasoning gets more ridiculous, and Willa must admit she's having fun playing along. But when their time together costs Willa two critical clients, it's clear she needs to focus on the only thing that matters-her future. And really, he should do the same. But what is she supposed to do with a future that looks gray without Grady in it?

After a night of too many drinks, smokejumper Tony Warren and his best friend, photographer Kayla Gladney, come to the realization that they're both bad at love. They even tried dating each other, but that crashed and burned too. Now he's got the hangover from hell and the certain conclusion he's just a shit boyfriend. But Kayla thinks he's a straight-up commitment-phobe. So they make a bet-they're going to hunt down his exes and decide once and for all why he's so unlucky in love. Is he a terrible boyfriend or a commitment-phobe? Why does either answer feel like he's still losing? But between roadside burgers and late-night detours, they discover some fires never burn out-like the one slowly smoldering between them. And suddenly losing feels a whole lot like winning again.