While investigating a house fire, Detective Miles Tucker uncovers a similar case twenty years prior. Digging deeper, Miles learns that a survivor from the earlier fire might have some answers to his questions. As a boy, Devin Treadwell survived a fire that wiped out his entire family. The trauma he suffered left him in a mental institution, but he has since made a full recovery and, though partially deaf and mute, now lives an independent life as a music teacher. Devin's life is disrupted when the handsome Miles suspects him of being a serial arsonist. But he wasn't the only survivor. A boy named Sebastian who had been adopted by Devon's family also survived the blaze. Then an attempt is made on Devin's life. Can Miles keep Devin safe from an arsonist who will stop at nothing to silence him? Or will the attraction between them jeopardize the investigation?

Fire Triangle

“She said you don’t really like to mingle with the other children.”


“I do, Mr. Treadwell…Ted. It’s just too crowded down there. I have two or three best friends.”


“That’s good. Do they like painting, too? Do they like your work?”


Sebastian wondered if anyone could ever like the real drawings he made—the drawings he kept for himself. He knew that even his best friends wouldn’t understand them at all. If he had had friends in the first place.


Sebastian looked up to see a blonde, blue-eyed woman reaching for Ted. Ted put his arm around her and kissed her lightly. Sebastian turned away, wincing.


“Sebastian, this is my wife, Debra.”


Debra’s hand was not as warm as Ted’s, and Sebastian could feel her cold, calculating gaze on him. She might be bad news but suddenly Sebastian was determined to do what needed to be done to get Ted to take him, even if that meant he had to face this woman every day.


Chapter 7