He was sent to tear down her past. She never expected him to become her future.
Nora Callahan has spent years holding together the historic Lantern Key firehouse — along with the memories of the husband she lost. When the village hires disaster-recovery contractor Cole Mercer to condemn the storm-damaged building, the widowed volunteer firefighter and single mother has just seven days to prove it can be saved.
Cole came to the island to do a job, not become entangled with a stubborn woman, her sharp-eyed daughter or a town that treats strangers like weather warnings. But cracks in the firehouse reveal more than structural damage. A buried report, a council secret and one dangerous rescue force Nora and Cole onto the same side — while an attraction neither of them planned becomes impossible to ignore.
As a tropical storm closes in on Lantern Key, saving the firehouse will demand more than money and repairs. Nora must decide whether honouring the past means protecting it forever — or finally making room for something new.
The Firehouse Between Us is a heartfelt, slow-burn small-town romance filled with coastal atmosphere, community warmth, a guarded hero, a resilient heroine and the courage to love again.