Cassie Hanwell is an exceptional firefighter. When her estranged mother asks her to move cross-country to help take care of her during an illness, Cassie transfers to the local station, a station where women are explicitly unwelcome and underestimated. Though she's determined to be the best and not draw attention to her womanhood, Cassie finds herself falling for the station's kind and thoughtful rookie.

Look. This is a sweet story filled with wonderful characters that should be heartwarming. Instead, it's full of weird ideas about trauma and grief and forgiveness. I really did like Cassie and Owen and was rooting for them. I love the premise of a woman firefighter telling the men what's up and I I liked that she had a complicated relationship with her mother. But. But. In order not to spoil anyone planning to read this book...