Fires are blazing across southern Utah, and Aaron Meyers, volunteer firefighter, knows he should be concentrating on the flames. Unfortunately, he's too distracted by former crush, and current New York City fireman, Xander Wescott.<br><br>Xander returns to Utah to help battle the flames threatening his hometown. He remembers Aaron as the gangly kid who used to follow him around, and he's unprepared for just how much he wants to know the man Aaron has become.

Scorched

He inhaled Aaron’s soft, sweet breath, the scent of ice cream hanging delicately between them. “We should take this to the other room, then.” When his lips brushed across Aaron’s, they both moaned, hungry for more. “Lucky for me, we both want the same thing.”


“You might have to help me into the other room, because my legs are feeling a bit shaky.” He straightened and carefully moved off Xander’s lap. “You tend to have that effect on me.”


Rather than wait to see if Aaron was kidding, Xander sat up, ducking into Aaron’s abdomen as he did so. The other man cried out in surprise when Xander stood and took Aaron with him, his arm tight around Aaron’s thighs to keep him from sliding off his shoulder.


“Don’t tell a fireman you can’t walk,” he warned as he carried him to the bedroom. “Especially this one.”


Chapter 18