Fan The Flames by Katie Ruggle – a Review

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Description:
In the remote Rocky Mountains, lives depend on the Search & Rescue brotherhood. But in a place this far off the map, trust is hard to come by and secrets can be murder…

As a Motorcycle Club member and firefighter, Ian Walsh is used to riding the line between the good guys and the bad. He may owe the Club his life, but his heart rests with his fire station brothers…and with the girl he’s loved since they were kids, Rory Sorenson. Ian would do anything for Rory. He’d die for her. Kill for her. Defend her to his last breath-and he may just have to.

Every con in the Rockies knows Rory is the go-to girl for less-than-legal firearms, and for the past few years, she’s managed to keep the peace between dangerous factions by remaining strictly neutral. But when she defends herself against a brutal attack, Rory finds herself catapulted into the center of a Motorcycle Club war-with only Ian standing between her and a threat greater than either of them could have imagined

Review:

Fan the Flames by Katie Ruggle is the 2^nd book in her Search and Rescue series.  I enjoyed the first book in this series, but I have to say Fan the Flames blew that one away.  I loved this book.  It had everything; a slow build romance, a wonderful couple, suspense, danger, lots of villains, firemen who are fun and hot.  But most of all, this was a beautiful romance that was perfect in every way. Kudos to Katie Ruggle for giving us a pure old fashion romance, where the leading man is what every mother dreams for her daughter. 

We met Ian, our hero, in the last book.  Ian is a volunteer fireman, and is also a member of a motorcycle club that was his family growing up. Rory Sorenson, our heroine, had an unusual childhood, being isolated by her crazy delusional parents, who were always in survivor paranoia mode.  With her parents now dead, Rory still leads a private quiet life, but owns a gun store, which brings her many visitors from town, and gangs.  She is an expert in security, and behind her gun shop is a secret high security apocalypse live in quarters in the basement, with top notch cameras, guns, etc.  As shy as she is in the public eye, Rory can handle herself, except when it comes to Ian, who has always had a crush on Rory, since they were kids. 

When Rory suspects someone is trying to raid her place, Ian takes it upon himself to protect her.  What follows is a low build romance between Ian, a popular, sexy gorgeous hunk and Rory, who is strong but introverted and inexperienced.  The storyline was very exciting, filled with tense action, as both Rory and Ian face danger often against the gangs who either want Rory’s gun collection or for revenge.   What I loved the most was that with the story still totally in the forefront, Ian was so loving and patient, taking his time to win Rory, and slowly work to bring her out of her shyness and awkwardness.  So very well done.    This was such a refreshing and endearing change of pace not seen on many of the romances today.  Rory find herself falling in love with Ian, which would eventually allow her to get past her nervous fears, as Ian was always there for her.  It was a slow build romance that was sexy and beautiful between a couple that was meant to be together, despite all the obstacles.

Katie Ruggle has written a wonderful romance suspense that held our attention from start to finish.  Fan the Flames was a terrific suspenseful, tense action filled with a fantastic couple and wonderful secondary characters that I cannot wait to read about in future books in this series.

Reviewed by Barb

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