Fighting the Flames Within — Heartstrings of Honor, Book One
“…made me laugh and cry at the same time.”
— John Jay Jacobs, United States
Patrick turned up at Engine Four with a notebook and too many questions.
Firefighter Dane Walker could walk into a burning building without his pulse changing, but he couldn’t manage the same trick anywhere near Patrick.
His crew noticed roughly four seconds before he did.
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These are five men who run toward what everyone else runs from.
The series follows a firefighter, a nurse, a lineman, a coach, and a mail carrier, and each of them gets a complete love story in the same Atlanta neighborhood.
There aren’t any billionaires here, and there aren’t any dukes. These are the people who show up when it goes wrong, and the ones who finally show up for them.
Dane has spent his whole career walking into rooms that are on fire.
He is good at it. He is calm about it. The men at Engine Four would follow him anywhere, and most days that is enough.
Then Patrick walks into his firehouse.
He is a reporter chasing a story, and he arrives with his notebook out and his questions ready. Everything about him is the opposite of Dane, and Dane can’t stop looking.
What Dane has is a career, a crew, and a whole lot to lose. What he doesn’t have is the ability to walk away from this one.
Fighting the Flames Within is book one of Heartstrings of Honor. It is funny, it is warm, and it will absolutely make you cry at least once.
★★★★★“Real-life situations and problems, and just the right amount of spice.”
S. Rhodes, United States
What readers say
★★★★★“Fans of 9-1-1, this is for you.”
Kindle Customer, United Kingdom
★★★★★“Dane and Patrick will pull those heart strings!”
Kindle Customer, United States
★★★★★“First book read by this author and won’t be my last.”
Lee Brown, United Kingdom
★★★★★“I’ve swooned, laughed, swooned again, laughed and swooned even more.”
Kindle Customer, United Kingdom
★★★★★“I chuckled, laughed out loud, giggled, smiled.”
Lily, Canada
★★★★★“Real-life situations and problems, and just the right amount of spice.”
S. Rhodes, United States
★★★★★“I could not get out of what I call the zone.”
B.J., United States
★★★★★“Keeps you reading late into the night.”
trevlb, Australia
This series spans five books,
and not one of them leaves you hanging.
Every book is a new couple, and the people you met in the last one keep turning up in the next. Dane and Patrick are still there when Omar starts at the hospital. Mateo is still there when Jeremiah gets chased down a garden path by a golden retriever with a vendetta.
Every book ends happily and ends properly. There aren’t any cliffhangers, and there isn’t a sixth book you’re quietly waiting on. The whole series is out, and you can read it straight through.
Start with book one
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to read them in order?
Each book is a complete love story with its own couple, so you can start anywhere. Reading in order is more fun, because the cast builds and everyone keeps turning up.
Does it end happily?
Always. Every book in this series ends happily. There’s no cheating, no third act breakup, and no cliffhangers.
How spicy is it?
Three peppers. The intimate scenes are on the page and they matter to the story, but this is a love story first.
Is the whole series available?
Yes. All five books are out. The audiobook for Fighting the Flames Within is available now, and the rest are in production.
When will my paperback arrive?
I sign and pack it here, then it ships USPS. Most orders arrive within three to five days.
Do you ship internationally?
Not at the moment, I’m afraid. Signed paperbacks ship within the US only. Outside the US, the ebook and audiobook are available everywhere.
These are the only signed copies in the world. I make them one at a time, at my desk, and there is nowhere else to get one.
For television and motion picture rights, contact Casey directly at casey@authorcaseymorales.com.
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