Paperbacks will ship on September 15, 2026. Series: LAST Defense (#3) Tropes: Scarred Hero, Found Family, Female Friendship Goals, They Fight It, Protector, PTSD, First Responders Find Love, They're Both Grumpy, An Arsonist at Large Parker I’m the one everyone counts on. The Ranger who never backs down. The friend who always shows up. I fix what’s broken. Carry what’s too heavy. Take care of the people I love. Because being needed has always felt a lot like belonging. Now, a string of fires is tearing through Austin, and it’s my job to find out who’s setting them. Eliot Flint, the State Fire Marshal’s investigator, is steady, too damn observant, and fills out a pair of Wranglers in a way I have no business noticing. We have a job to do, and I’m damn good at keeping my personal life out of it. Until I start falling for him. Eliot Fire took everything. Forty percent of my skin, my career, and the probie I couldn’t save. Guilt hollowed me out and left nothing in its place. All I’ve got left is my job as an arson investigator. Parker’s relentless, but there’s something soft under all that steel. She sees my scars and doesn’t flinch. Sees the guilt and doesn’t look away. Tears down the walls I’ve spent seven years building. The first time we kiss, I’m a goner. But the arsonist ain’t done, and the next fire could turn our love to ash.
Patricia D. Eddy's Beautifully Broken Romance