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

“I asked Sister Monique where Sebastian came from. She said he was from an orphanage in Bucharest, Romania. American social workers brought several Romanian orphans to the US to be adopted by families here. The children were required to have some documents with them, at least something that stated their names and the name of the place they were from. Romania twenty to twenty-five years ago was in a chaotic state, so as long as those children could produce their papers when asked, the social workers would just bring those kids along with them. Look here.”


“This is the copy of the paper Sebastian had with him when he left the country. He kept it with him all the time.”


“Yes, and the social workers thought it was the name of an orphanage there.”


“It wasn’t?” Miles asked, surprised, his unease growing by the minute.


“Not at all. We did some research, made a few calls, and we found out that it wasn’t an orphanage. It was a mental asylum.”


Chapter 26