She lives to fight fires... But he's lit an inferno she can't quench Carly Thomas could read burn patterns before she knew the alphabet. A third-generation forest fire specialist who lost both her father and her fiance to the flames, she's learned to live life like she fights fires: with emotions shut down. Former smokejumper Steve "Merks" Mercer can no longer fight fires up close and personal, but he can still use his intimate knowledge of wildland...