Chasing Fire (Colorado High Country #7)
by Pamela Clare
Blurb:
An I-Team/Colorado High Country Crossover
Novel
Fire
chief Eric Hawke knows it’s only a matter of time until the next big wildfire.
He’s done everything he can to prepare his crews for the inevitable. When high
winds turn a small blaze into a raging crown fire that threatens Scarlet Springs,
he, Brandon Silver, and the rest of Scarlet FD put their lives on the line to
save the town and its citizens. But the one thing Hawke hadn’t planned for was
bureaucratic red tape and waffling from higher-ups that could turn this crisis
into a catastrophe. When his requests for support go unheeded, he’s faced with
the prospect of watching the town he loves burn to ashes.
But
sometimes help comes from unexpected places.
Marc
Hunter, Julian Darcangelo, and Zach McBride are in the mountains above Scarlet
Springs for an interagency training exercise when they see a single wisp of
smoke to the west. What begins as a fun day of playing cops and bad guys soon
becomes a battle against time, as they join forces with Hawke and members of
the Rocky Mountain Search & Rescue Team to save friends trapped by the
fire.
Together,
they pit their strength and courage against a terrifying and unforgiving force
of nature. Will it be enough? Or will the ravenous flames claim lives—and leave
the people of Scarlet Springs forever scarred?
Themes: Contemporary,
series cross-over
Rating: 5 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
Well
now that my freaking tears have dries I can actually see well enough to write
this review, because holy fuck did I cry buckets when reading this one. Almost I must warn you to not begin this one
unless you can devote the time to get to the end, because you will not be able
to sleep and certainly working will be torture if you are forced to deal with
it in the middle of this story. Pamela Clare might be an angel most of the
time, but I cursed her so many times while reading this that even her years might
have been bleeding. This story revolved
around all of our favorite characters from Pamela’s two contemporary series,
the I-Team and Colorado High Country, as their lives crossed in a tragic and
heartbreaking story of danger and true heroism. It is really difficult to speak
too much about the book without giving away plot points, but I will do my level
best. The story begins with the I-Team badasses beginning a join training
mission just outside Scarlet Springs with the county sheriff’s office and
saying sweet and sexy goodbyes to their wives.
Slowly we go through day-to-day uneventful beginnings for each of the
main characters in the book and get to see how the characters will come
together in forced circumstances. When a
fire breaks out, in the forest outside of Scarlet, the whole town is soon
involved and we get to see all the everyday heroes we have gotten to know from
both series put themselves out there to make sure that civilians and friends
are safe. We live through the drama of possible lost loved ones, missing
persons, and the dangers these men and women face daily right alongside them as
the fire intensifies, and the tears and fears make it impossible to stop
turning the page even long enough to feed yourself. While it isn’t the typical structure of a
romance novel, I dare to say it is truly a romance, as the love these
individuals have for their families, friends, and significant others is
undeniable at any single moment of the story. Pamela is one of the few authors
that truly understand the psyche and lifestyle of these everyday heroes that we
so often take for granted, and she continues to amaze me with the way she
reminds us to appreciate them. I was sad
to see the pain that so many of the characters had to deal with, but in the end
I know that they will all be fine and that their HEAs are going to hold steady
for the rest of their long lives. The
beauty off this story is allowing the reader to renew the love of characters
and series that we have missed in the past as we have moved to new series and
also getting interesting reminder of the dangers we humans face daily if we
aren’t careful to make sure that we respect the world around us. I am hoping there is more coming in the
Colorado High Country series, but if not, then Chasing Fire was a fitting end to the series as well and one that I
won’t be forgetting any time soon.
*ebook provided by publisher (via
netgalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.
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