"Fire Chief Stella Griffin is working to solve the mysterious death of her predecessor, Eric Gamlyn--who also haunts her cabin. Yet the more she learns, the more burning questions she must answer. Just as Stella thinks she has a lead from Deputy Chum, someone snuffs her hopes--and the lawman. Adding fuel to the fire, Stella's parents soon arrive--with her ex-boyfriend--hoping to persuade her to return to Chicago. Now Stella is torn between the life...

"Colleen McCabe is enjoying an uneventful summer in North Carolina's Outer Banks supervising her firefighters, making rounds with her Border collie, Sparky, and keeping an eye on the wild horses escaped from the local sanctuary. But when a dead body washes up on shore, she knows trouble has arrived in Corolla. Colleen is ready to start work on the investigation, but much to her irritation, her best friend, Sheriff Bill Dorman, makes it clear he doesn't...

"Former soldier Veronica "Ronnie" Morales isn't going to let her kid brother, Tiago, get pulled into the gangs of Minneapolis, so, seeking safety and a fresh start, she heads to sleepy Deep Haven on the north shore of Minnesota. She's hoping to put down roots as the paramedic for the new Crisis Response Team, but it's not easy to be the town outsider. Fire Chief Peter Dahlquist is a peacemaker--he has to be. After he's related to both of the Deep...

California's female chief of fire protection looks back at her pioneering path in a male-dominated field, taking readers inside station houses, on daily calls, and along on wildfire campaigns.

A dim-witted philosophy professor fights to keep his job. A deranged fire chief teaches a night school class a thing or two about discipline. A young monk struggles to contain his lust at a co-ed monastery.

A multigenerational working-class family experiences all of life's struggles with faith, love, and most importantly humor.