Flash Point: The Kilgore Fire Series, Book 2

“I’ve loved you for so long that I don’t even know how to love someone else.”Just as surely as the calendar flips forward to start anew each month, the first week of each month fans of Lani Lynn Vale get her next book. This month Vale takes us back to Kilgore to see the next member of the Kilgore Fire Department get his happily ever after. This book is already causing a bit of a stir as there is concern because the hero is (was??) married. With unwavering conviction, I can unequivocally state that Lani Lynn Vale will NEVER, EVER give her readers a hero who cheats. So, go ahead and read this book, but do it knowing that there are lots of different reasons people marry, and some of those reasons have nothing to do with love or attraction but everything to do with compassion and empathy.“My heart was literally breaking into a million tiny pieces.”As I started reading this book, I knew before the prologue was over that I was hooked in deep with Booth and Masen. Masen was in high school when they met, Booth is the only man she’s ever loved, and Masen is it for Booth. Their relationship came to a head at a point where everything was crashing down on a young Masen who, overwhelmed by her feelings and her fears, lashed out in a damaging and irreparable way at Booth while he was overseas in the military. The relationship may have ended, but the love sure didn’t.“I had what I wanted in my mind and no one else would do.”Fast forward ten years, and Masen is lonely, she thinks she’s ready to try to move on, and she’s started seeing Bowe, a fireman who works with her best friend Mia’s husband, Tai. He’s a great guy, the whole package, but she’s just not feeling anything more than friendship. She gets the surprise of a lifetime one day, when she arrives at the firehouse to find Booth there. Immediately drawn to each other, their moment is cut painfully short.“The cries tore out of my body… as the last ten years of torment poured out of my body in huge, shuddering, pain-filled sobs.”These two put each other through the wringer before finding their way back to each other. My heart broke right along with Masen’s in that living room when Booth pushed her away. I felt her pain, I felt her sadness and I felt just how tentatively she was going through the motions of living her life in the wake of that night. All of the pain that Masen was feeling leads up to an epic moment, though. Gah! I just loved how that scene played out! It was fraught with raw and angry emotion, it was painful and real but oh-so-necessary for these two heal from their past mistakes, to forgive each other and then take a step forward together.“I’d prayed for this day. Prayed that one day he’d come home, safe and sound, and he’d listen to my apology.”As they rebuild their relationship and restart their lives together, there’s danger on the horizon. Curious things are happening to Masen and her family. Not everyone is who they seem to be, and the danger to Masen is closer than she realizes. Will Booth figure out who poses the threat to her?“Thank you for coming home.”He chuckled, “You were here. How could I not?”I adored this book! The Kilgore world that Vale has built is one of my favorite fictional places to go, and this series is very reminiscent of her other series that are rooted here. Favorite characters from those books make appearances, and it’s always great to check in with the SWAT guys. This book had all the things I love most about Lani’s work – the emotion, the longing, the love between the characters and that sizzling, smoking chemistry and blistering heat that makes an LLV book so uniquely hers. It’s all here, and it was fantastic!Lani Lynn Vale never fails to make my heart hurt and send my pulse racing. Her writing always draws me right in, it’s like talking with a group of old friends. But what makes her work special is her sense of humor. Dry and smart, her quick wit is often unexpected but always well executed, and it’s one of my favorite things about her books. I loved every minute of this book, and as always, Lani left me wanting more. Flash Point gets 5 smooches from me!~ Danielle on behalf of Red Cheeks Reads

5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Excellent - Highly Recommended4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - A good, solid read3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - An okay read2 ⭐️⭐️ - Meh1 ⭐️ - Not my cup of tea

It should come to no surprise to anyone that knows me well just how much I adore second chance romances. There's something so magical and heartbreaking about a couple that was together years ago, and for whatever reason, they aren't anymore. There's something so raw about the way they fight against each other and eventually fight their way back TO each other. It's in the way they do these things that you truly understand their character. It's in the way they bare their souls to each other, the way they conquer their fears, and the way they work against outside sources. Because it's through these trials and tribulations that you fully come to appreciate how fantastic they are together. Flash Point had all those qualities and more and it's for exactly those reasons that I couldn't tear myself away from reading it. So much so that it immediately prompted me to go back and read three of her other series that I had just read a few months prior. My addiction to her books is second only to one other author and I foresee myself reading them multiple times over the coming years.I love how angst filled the first few chapters were; how my heart felt as if it were breaking into a million pieces. How Booth lashed out and tried in vain to hide how he was really feeling, when all he wanted to do was wrap his arms around her and never let go. I loved that no matter how hard Masen tried, she could never truly hide her feelings for him. He was the accelerant and she was the flame and when they came together, it was beautifully combustible. This was a couple that fit together so flawlessly that it was hard to believe they ever separated in the first place. But that's the thing with life; there's no hitting the pause button. Even if you stop or end something, time keeps passing. The only thing you can hope for is that you come to your realizations before it's too late.As I've come to expect from her books, I was anticipating the intermingling of the side characters, both new and old, as well as the bit of suspense. There wasn't as much as they has been in her other books, but for this couple, there was just the right amount. Because for this couple, none of that outside noise was really needed. To stay true to them, it was mostly all about them, and it couldn't have been more perfect. I felt like some of the synopsis was overstated/misleading, and for that I was a tad disappointed. But I got over it really quickly the more I fell in love with them. I just felt like it added unnecessary drama. But it was all in the road towards them finding their way back to each other, so all's well that ends well.I'm looking forward to seeing where this series goes next. I know the heroine is related to someone in one of her other series, but we don't know as of yet who that is. I'm eager to find out!

I love love love anything that this author writes and this book and series are no exception. Well written, never any grammatical errors, stories are fun, sweet, sexy and sometimes tear jerkers. One of my favourite authors and one of my only one-clicks!!!!

Loved Masen from the start, young in love and lashing out to the one she lives the most. Booth made me angry when he returned home he sure had his work cut out to make me like him after the way he treated Masen. But persistence paid of when he realized he was hurting both of them.With the realization that he could have his HEA, he showed Masen how much he had always loved her and he was scared to of been hurt again.Didn't put this book down from start to finish, loved it, as long as you keep writi g Lani I will definitely keep buying xx

After reading Lani's last book jack and coke and being a little disappointed I am happy to note Lani's writing style is back in full force and this book was amazing! I am in love with booth wow this guy blew me away! The only little nag I had was the repeatative use of "bottomed out" but I think Lani must love the phrase lol

The long awaited booth and Mason book I liked this story but I didn't quiet fall in love with the characters as I have in the past they had great chemistry and had a nak to argue and they seemed to belong but I feel something was missing.

I rarely read books more than once but I've reread Lani's books at least once. They get me in right from the beginning and have my heart pounding throughout.