Ember
About this ebook
Then I heard a little girl crying in the nurse’s office—shaking, panicked, barely breathing.
I knelt beside her.
Held her hand.
And when her father stormed in—
Soot-covered, silent, terrifyingly calm—
She didn’t let go of me.
Later, he found me and said,
“She hasn’t let anyone close in months.
Now she’s asking for you.”
One visit turned into routine.
Snacks. Bedtime stories. Her hand in mine.
And him—Reid Jackson—watching from the hallway like he didn’t know how to breathe anymore.
He made a rule after his wife passed:
No personal attachments.
But when I started packing lunches and kissing his daughter’s forehead goodnight…
The rule didn’t stand a chance.
Until someone filed a complaint.
And he let me walk.
But the drawing Sky left in her backpack?
Three stick figures. Me. Her. Him.
And that was enough.
Because this time, when he showed up—
He didn’t ask.
He just said,
“I had a rule.
Then I met the reason to break it.”
About the author
Hi, I’m Ember! I write firefighter romances because I've always been drawn to the ones who run toward the chaos, and the women who love them not in spite of it, but because of who they are underneath it all. I love a good second-chance story, slow-burning trust, and the kind of connection that sneaks up on you. When I'm not writing, I'm usually making coffee I’ll forget to finish, going for long walks around the neighborhood, or getting emotionally invested in rescue dog videos on YouTube. I hope you love my stories just as much as I loved writing them.
