CHASING FIRE by Nora Roberts

If you have never read a Nora Roberts book before, now is a good time to start. She has a unique style that is exciting and sophisticated, her plotlines well thought out and executed, she is immensely readable.

This is chicklit at its best!

Her heroines are all strong, gutsy, kick ass women determined to make their own way in life without the help of any man, and her heroes are manly, sensitive and good looking (obviously).

"Chasing Fire" is about the incredibly brave men and women who fight forest fires in the Montana Mountains and surrounding areas, putting their lives on the line on a daily basis, jumping from planes and working 18 or more hours straight battling raging forest fires, then cleaning up the burn areas before heading back to base camp to sleep, eat, train and wait for the next siren to sound.

The main character, Rowan Tripp, is one of these abovementioned strong, gutsy women who is still suffering nightmares after witnessing the death of her jump partner, Jim, the previous season. Although she has made it a rule not to get involved with anyone she works with, she finds herself strongly attracted to one of the new season's recruits, Gulliver Curry.

It soon becomes apparent that someone blames Rowan for Jim's death, and after several incidents occur, including some more deaths, Rowan finds herself becoming a suspect as well as a victim.
Having to deal with her own guilt over Jim's death and the ever growing danger she finds herself in,
as well as her growing attraction to the sexy Gull, is a distraction she does not welcome in her day to day life and the ever present danger of her job.

Suspicion turns to one of their own after the equipment for a jump is sabotaged, and things come to a head in a showdown between Rowan, the killer and a raging inferno that is determined to wipe out everyone and everything in its path.
Although quite a hefty read at 472 pages, the book is unputdownable - I promise you will not be bored!

Happy reading!