Early this summer I read How to Walk Away by Katherine Center and loved it. When I saw that she had a new book coming out I knew I needed to get my hands on it. I am so glad. This book read like Chicago Fire. There was action, romance and strong characters.




This is the story of Cassie who at 16 had a few traumatic events that left her close off to love. After a crazy encounter, she finds herself at a crossroad. She will need to move to Massachusetts to live with her mom who can’t see from one eye. She joins a new firehouse that doesn’t welcome women.

This is a story of practicing forgiveness. We get to see it when it comes to her relationship with her mom and even a stalker. I

I love the romance in this story. It didn’t overpower the book. It felt natural that she would fall in love with the rookie.

My feels: I absolutely loved this book and I am going to rave about it to anyone who listens. This is one of my favorite books of the year. This was a feel good story. The epilogue was epic. I love the small cameo of the How to Walk Away character. I will be buying a physical copy of this book.

I will publish a review on publication date in 2019 on What to Read Next Blog.

I absolutely love Katherine Center’s writing. This book is about a strong young woman, the only female firefighter in her Austin, Texas firehouse. After an “incident” she transfers to Boston to take care of her mother, she finally learns how to forgive and to love. The only problem that I had with this book: I wanted more!
I highly recommend it!

It was OK. I did not enjoy it nearly as much as How to Walk Away. I felt like the romance development between the two characters was underdevloped and she overcame her past trauma with very little effort. She just decided "I'm going to forgive today." I did fly through the book, but it just doesn't compare to Center's previous work.

Cassie has worked hard to become the best fire fighter she can be. She doesn't do relationships or love and she is completely alright with her choices. She finds herself in the "hot seat" with her current fire house and is told she either apologizes or she will be let go. She refuses to apologize and so is sent to a small town fire house who most there do not believe a woman can be a firefighter.
Cassie is determined to prove she can and is the best female fire fighter they will ever see.
What she doesn't count on is meeting the rookie who started at the same fire house the same day Cassie did.

Cassie has had walls up where relationships are concerned since high school. Will she be able to trust this rookie with her life if need be? Can she trust any of the guys at her new fire house?