Book excerpt: Don’t miss these spicy, action-packed stories of smoldering firefighters and the people they’ll do anything to protect from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Childs! HOTSHOT HERO UNDER FIRE Returning to her Michigan hometown, Courtney Beaumont still blames hotshot firefighter Owen James for her mother's death—and for mistreating her. But after saving him from several murder attempts, Courtney finds herself falling for the local hero. Until she realizes the real reason he's getting close to her…and the high-stakes peril he's put her in. HOTSHOT HERO ON THE EDGE Unable to stand the stress of being a firefighter’s wife, ER nurse Willow Garrison asks her husband to leave. Not long after, however, she realizes she's pregnant with his child! When his reputation and life are in danger, she lets Luke back into her life. But just who wants to destroy him? And can she trust the hotshot to prove his innocence and keep her and her baby safe? HOTSHOT HERO UNDER THREAT The moment he starts investigating a series of threats against the Huron Hotshots, Patrick "Trick" McRooney becomes a target. And everyone on his new team is a suspect. Firefighter Henrietta "Hank" Rowlins gains his trust when an assailant takes shots at her and Trick. As alluring as she is strong, she’s a woman he could fall for. But his desire for her might become a distraction that imperils them both! HOTSHOT HERO IN DISGUISE After an attempt on his life, Jonathan Canterbury IV chose to let the world believe he was dead. Then Tammy Ingles discovers that the firefighter she knows as Ethan Sommerly is really the heir to an epic fortune. He doesn’t know what scares him more: the fact that his new lover can expose his dangerous secret, or the intensity of his need for her…