The Fire
Love in O'Leary, Book 4
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The Fire
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Narrated by:
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Michael Pauley
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May Archer
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Jamie
Parker Hoffstraeder is gorgeous, cocky, and totally irrational. He also broke my heart when he left town 11 years, four months, and 28 days ago.
Not that I’m counting.
I don’t mind admitting it: I was young. I got burned. I learned my lesson.
But the guy swaggers back into O’Leary like he owns the damn place, and suddenly, I’m expected to welcome him to my town...to my life - like nothing’s changed?
Yeah, that I mind.
It’s only a matter of time until he’s gone again. And there’s no way I’ll give him a chance to take another piece of me when he goes.
Parker
Jameson Burke is the most arrogant, infuriating human on the planet. He’s also taller, broader, and impossibly hotter than he was before I left town.
But, whatever. It’s fine. I can handle it.
Coming back to O’Leary was supposed to be like coming home. I hadn’t realized that there’s no statute of limitations on how long your first love and former best friend is allowed to hate your guts or how much bad luck can befall a person in a short time.
But, I can handle that, too...or at least, pretend to.
When Jamie and I are thrown together in a blizzard, though, everything changes in the space of one single, scorching night. Suddenly, I’m dreaming of a future I can’t have, and he’s stuck in a past he can’t let go.
It feels like we’re playing with fire, and this time, I’m the one who’s gonna burn.
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This was book 4 but the only book I've read of the series. I don't think I suffered too much because of it. Although the title was confusing as the fire happened in a previous book.
The narrator is not one of my favourites but he did a reasonable job with this one.
Enjoyable
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Jamie is in a relationship that isn’t working well. In fact, he rarely thinks of the man he’s in a relationship with. Instead, he fumes over Parker. That he had the nerve to come back to town. About the fact he’s close but still so far away. Or that he’ll be gone as soon as the insurance is paid out. Jamie believes Parker’s just going to run again, so why extend a courtesy and be nice? He figures he’ll just get burned again.
One fateful night, thanks to a shit-ton of snow, the two men find themselves hunkered down, waiting for the weather to pass. But it’s temporary, right? Just a night. Maybe two. One man helping another without expectations or, for that matter, a past. If everything that has come before is off the table, what does that leave? Well, combustion. The physical attraction hasn’t waned for either man. So they may or may not have found some interesting ways to pass the time.
But the past always has a way of catching up, sometimes delivering a punch to the gut. The men had met because of Jamie’s sister Molly and her loss is still felt acutely by both men, even years later. Jamie is a man stuck in the past while Parker has, to all appearances, moved on with his life. Yet he chose to come back to O’Leary when he certainly didn’t have to. And Jamie’d had every opportunity to move on with his life, but he never has.
This is one of those books where I wanted to knock the two men’s head together to see if sense might shake loose. But I didn’t get to. Instead I hung around and watched them do the dance of ‘we’re not really together but, yeah, we’re kind of together…’ I understood Parker’s desire to be more than fuck buddies and Jamie’s determination not to get left behind again. Wounded souls, eh?
Fortunately the men have interfering friends who make sure those miscommunications are resolved once and for all. Great to have those closest to us who can hold up a mirror so we can take a true look into our souls.
Michael Pauley narrated the book and I thought he did a great job. He’s talented and manages to differentiate even voice – even when there are a whole bunch of them. Another stellar performance for a great book.
Second time’s the charm?
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I really loved Jamie and Parker. Their snark and sass was so much fun to listen to. They were hot and sweet together too. And I loved the drama between and the way it resolves itself.
It was a great book and Michael Pauley makes them come to life beautifully.
Really enjoyed it
A beautiful story
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Great story pity about the narrator
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The Fire is the story of how their relationship progresses. I love Parker - despite what is thought of him he actually worked and scrimped and scraped to make the pub, which was his dream, happen. He fought through the year of him returning to O’Leary to get a friendship back with Jamie. He’s a fighter, competitive and it takes a lot to make him give in. I felt so much for Jamie. He was stuck in a rut, in the past and really needed help to move on.
The men were meant to be together, and I loved their story as they moved forward and fought the past to get there. O’Leary is an amazing town and I think I’d love to live there.
Michael Pauley does a good job as always on the narration - he has distinct voices for each character and never comes across less than enthusiastic in his roles.
Second chance romance
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