I wasn't supposed to fall for him. Not Jax Walker-the tattooed, cocky firefighter with a reputation for leaving hearts in ashes. Not the man who makes the small town of Fox Ridge whisper-and my pulse race-every time he's near.

I spend my life preserving the past as the town's historical society curator. Rules. Order. Calm. My world has a plan...until Jax bursts in to install smoke detectors and completely upends it. He's reckless, irresistible, and dangerous in all the best ways.

When a fire threatens more than my home, he saves me-and suddenly, that old family feud doesn't matter. All I can think about is him: the grumpy, broody firefighter behind the rumors, the man whose touch makes my carefully organized world collapse.

Good girls stay away from bad boys, right? Yeah...well, I'm about to learn that rules don't matter when desire-and maybe a little history-is pushing us together.