Nora Roberts

Chasing Fire Nora Roberts

Publisher Marketing: Little else in life is as dangerous as fire jumping. Flying past towering pillars of smoke, parachuting down to the edge of an all-consuming blaze, shoveling and sawing for hours upon hours, days at a time, all to hold the line and push back against the raw power of Mother Nature. But there s also little else as thrilling at least to Rowan Tripp. The Missoula smoke jumpers are one of the most exclusive firefighting squads in the nation, and the job is in Rowan s blood: her father is a legend in the field. She s been fighting fires since her eighteenth birthday. At this point, returning to the wilds of Montana for the season feels like coming home even with reminders of the partner she lost last season still lingering in the air. Fortunately, this year s rookie crop is among the strongest ever and Gulliver Curry s one of the best. He s also a walking contradiction, a hotshot firefighter with a big vocabulary and a winter job at a kids arcade. He came to Missoula to follow in the footsteps of Lucas Iron Man Tripp, yet he s instantly more fascinated by his hero s daughter. Rowan, as a rule, doesn t hook up with other smoke jumpers, but Gull is convinced he can change her mind. And damn if he doesn t make a good case to be an exception to the rule. Everything is thrown off balance, though, when a dark presence lashes out against Rowan, looking to blame someone for last year s tragedy. Rowan knows she can t complicate things with Gull any distractions in the air or on the ground could be lethal. But if she doesn t find someone she can lean on when the heat gets intense, her life may go down in flames." Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/28/2011 (EAN 9780399157448, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 03/01/2011 pg. 37 (EAN 9780399157448, Hardcover) Romantic Times 04/01/2011 pg. 66 (EAN 9780399157448, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2011 (EAN 9780399157448, Hardcover) Library Journal 04/15/2011 pg. 76 (EAN 9780399157448, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Roberts, Nora Nora Roberts is a bestselling author of more than 209 romance novels. She was the first author to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. As of 2011, her novels had spent a combined 861 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, including 176 weeks in the number-one spot. Over 280 million copies of her books are in print, including 12 million copies sold in 2005 alone. Contributor Bio:  Lowman, Rebecca Rebecca Lowman is an actress and audiobook narrator who has won eight AudioFile Earphones Awards. She has starred in numerous television shows, including "Law & Order", "Big Love", "NCIS", and "Grey s Anatomy", among many others. She earned her MFA from Columbia University.