SAVED BY THE FIREFIGHTER by Rachel Brimble- Review, Excerpt, & Giveaway on Virtual Tour

How can she forgive him for what he didn't do?

SAVED BY THE FIREFIGHTER

Templeton Cove #6

Rachel Brimble

Releasing Nov 1st, 2016

Harlequin Superromance

How can she forgive him for what he didn't do?

Photographer Izzy Cooper feels as frozen as her pictures. Trent Palmer might be the hottest firefighter in Templeton Cove, but she can never face him again. Not after he failed to save her brother. But when they're forced together by a calendar shoot, the sparks between them are undeniable.

Izzy knows it's not fair to blame Trent for the tragedy, but opening herself up to loss again isn't something she's prepared to do, no matter how determined Trent is to show her that pain is part of life and that love—their love—can make any suffering bearable.

SAVED BY THE FIREFIGHTER is a strongly emotional and realistic look at the grieving of heroine Izzy Cooper when her firefighter brother is killed on the job. I've never read a book by Ms Brimble before and I am glad I was given the chance to read this poignant tale.

     It's been three months since the death of her brother Robbie, but Izzy isn't coping well. She had been dating his friend Trent, but broke things off in her grief. She also pushed her best friend Kate away as well. Instead of reaching for those closest to her, she preferred to wallow in anger and the unfairness of her loss. 

     Trent tries to be there for her because he cares for Izzy, but even he is beginning to wonder if he should move on. Izzy blames him even though he wasn't at the scene. She knows its not right or fair, but her feelings are torturing her. Trent convinces her to at least visit Kate for support. She also agrees to work on a calendar shoot for a good cause which will keep Trent in contact with her.

     Izzy is a frustrating and yet relateable character. We all grieve in different ways and she is protecting herself from ever having to lose someone again. Trent is a wonderfully patient and kind man who loves Izzy and finally convinces her that its time to move on and live again. This was a touching story and tells how lucky Izzy was to have someone like Trent who wouldn't give up on her.

She carefully climbed down the rocks, one hand steadying her as she made her slow descent. Trent waited, needing to know she was safe on the sand before he could leave.

He wanted to protect his family and loved ones––to never fail someone again as he’d failed his baby sister. In Izzy, he saw his future. Why her, he wasn’t sure he could ever explain, but she mattered. Deeply.

Yet, with every day that passed, she slipped further away from him and he wished to God it didn’t hurt so much.

He briefly closed his eyes before opening them again, ready to walk on. Walk away. He glanced in her direction once last time as she leapt from the final rock, her hand protectively clasped around the camera at her breasts. Looking up, she held up a finger toward him as though asking him to wait for her. Surprise turned to pathetic relief as she jogged across the sand, her long blonde hair swinging back and forth in its ponytail. As she got closer, the more Trent tensed.

It had been over a week since he’d seen her. The beach party a bigger disaster than he could’ve ever anticipated.

She came up the steps toward him, tucking some fallen hair behind her ear. He noted the way she tried to smile for him, but it didn’t quite meet her eyes. “Hi.”

He pushed his hands into the pockets of his work trousers. “Hi.”

Slightly out of breath, she exhaled through pursed lips and stared into his eyes. “I think I owe you an apology.”

She might as well as said she loved him. The pleasure that jolted through him probably wouldn’t have been any less powerful. He dragged his gaze from hers to look blindly toward a spot over her shoulder. “For what?”

“For the way I spoke to you at the beach last week.” She sighed. “Won’t you at least look at me? You know apologizing doesn’t exactly come as second nature to me.”

He turned. The trepidation and pleading in her gaze teemed with the blush at her cheeks, tugged at his chest. “I get it, Iz. It’s fine.”

“What do you get?”

“You need to blame me for Robbie’s death. You’ll only ever look at me and see a firefighter now. The man who couldn’t save your brother. You’ll never just see me. A guy who really likes you.”

Rachel lives with her husband and two teenage daughters in a small town near Bath in the UK. After having several novels published by small US presses, she secured agent representation in 2011. Since 2013, she has had six books published by Harlequin Superromance (Templeton Cove Stories) and recently signed a contract for two more. She also has four Victorian romances with eKensington/Lyrical Press.

Rachel is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association and Romance Writers of America, and was selected to mentor the Superromance finalist of So You Think You Can Write 2014 contest. When she isn’t writing, you’ll find Rachel with her head in a book or walking the beautiful English countryside with her family. Her dream place to live is Bourton-on-the-Water in South West England.

She likes nothing more than connecting and chatting with her readers and fellow romance writers. Rachel would love to hear from you!

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