Forbidden Fire Sian Blaine grew up as firefighter Luke Cade's caring older stepsister-it is forbidden to want his body covering hers-but when Luke takes her against the wall of the house they share, she can't turn away from this persistent younger man. Coffee shop owner Sian Blane is firefighter Luke Cade's stepsister. He knows the shy older woman will never allow herself to see him as her lover, even after a sexy calendar is hung in the back room of her work place with Luke featured as Mr February sporting nothing more than his surfboard. Luke has always been forbidden to Sian, but one night when she comes home from another endless, empty date, he stakes his claim, making her his woman. Now Sian must deal with the consequences of giving in to the beautiful, persistent younger man she's always wanted. The Shy Dominant Shy Battalion Chief Fred James sets out to use everything he ever learned about controlling fire to pleasure Dharma Munroe and tame her to his hand alone. Fred James is the dedicated battalion chief of Station 57 and a caring single father whose wife abandoned him and his children. Thinking he's too old for free spirited Dharma Munroe, Fred hides in the shadows until the night he finds her working at a topless bar. Turns out navigating a relationship with an independent woman isn't easy. He's clueless trying to figure out what she wants and how to give it to her-but he's determined to figure it out. Shy or not, he sets out to use everything he ever learned about controlling fire to pleasure his woman and tame her to his hand alone.
