Heart to Heal/Saved by the Fireman by Allie Pleiter

Hearts ablaze in a small town.

A Heart to Heal

Guidance counselor Heather Browning desperately needs a mentor to help Simon, a disabled student at Gordon Falls High School. Unfortunately, hotshot Max Jones is her only option. Heather finds Max’s bad-boy bravado as intriguing as it is infuriating. But as Heather and Max work together to build Simon’s self-confidence, they grow closer. Max has never been slow and careful with anything. Can he be gentle with Heather’s heart?

Saved by the Fireman

Reeling from the loss of her job and her beloved grandmother, Charlotte Taylor knows buying a dilapidated cottage in Gordon Falls isn’t practical. Especially since the contractor she hired to help renovate it had planned on buying it himself! But volunteer firefighter Jesse Sykes doesn’t stay mad at Charlotte for very long. Charlotte promised she’d never fall for a first responder, but it might already be too late...