Chasing Fire

Zusatztext Praise for Chasing Fire “An incendiary tale of murder! mayhem! and life on the rugged Western fire lines.”— Library Journal “Roberts’ red-hot romance is a blaze of glory for readers...every word captivates.”— The Star-Ledger   “A riveting! five-alarm tale of romantic suspense.”— Booklist   “The bad thing about reading a Nora Roberts book is the bereft feeling readers get when they finish...The story is compelling! intriguing—and just plain enjoyable to read.”—New York Journal of Books   “Once again Nora Roberts affirms she is one of the best romantic suspense authors on the market for the past two decades...Loaded with action...and filled with a fiery romance.”—Midwest Book Review Informationen zum Autor Nora Roberts  is the #1  New York Times  bestselling author of more than 200 novels. She is also the author of the bestselling In Death series written under the pen name J. D. Robb. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print. Klappentext In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Nora Roberts delves into the world of elite firefighters who thrive on danger and adrenaline-men and women who wouldn't know how to live life if it wasn't on the edge. Little else in life is as dangerous as fire jumping. But there's also little else as thrilling-at least to Rowan Tripp. Being a Missoula smoke jumper is in Rowan's blood: her father is a legend in the field. At this point, returning to the wilds of Montana for the season feels like coming home-even with reminders of the partner she lost last season still lingering in the air. One of the best of this year's rookie crop, Gulliver Curry is a walking contradiction, a hotshot firefighter with a big vocabulary and a winter job at a kids' arcade. And though Rowan, as a rule, doesn't hook up with other smoke jumpers, Gull is convinced he can change her mind... But everything is thrown off balance when a dark presence lashes out against Rowan, looking to blame someone for last year's tragedy. Rowan knows she can't complicate things with Gull-any distractions in the air or on the ground could be lethal. But if she doesn't find someone she can lean on when the heat gets intense, her life may go down in flames. Leseprobe 1 Caught in the crosshairs of wind above the Bitterroots, the jump ship fought to find its stream. Fire boiling over the land jabbed its fists up through towers of smoke as if trying for a knockout punch. From her seat Rowan Tripp angled to watch a seriously pissed-off Mother Nature's big show. In minutes she'd be inside it, enclosed in the mad world of searing heat, leaping flames, choking smoke. She'd wage war with shovel and saw, grit and guile. A war she didn't intend to lose. Her stomach bounced along with the plane, a sensation she'd taught herself to ignore. She'd flown all of her life, and had fought wildfires every season since her eighteenth birthday. For the last half of those eight years she'd jumped fire. She'd studied, trained, bled and burned-outwilled pain and exhaustion to become a Zulie. A Missoula smoke jumper. She stretched out her long legs as best she could for a moment, rolled her shoulders under her pack to keep them loose. Beside her, her jump partner watched as she did. His fingers did a fast tap dance on his thighs. "She looks mean." "We're meaner." He shot her a fast, toothy grin. "Bet your ass." Nerves. She could all but feel them riding along his skin. Near the end of his first season, Rowan thought, and Jim Brayner needed to pump himself up before a jump. Some always would, she decided, while others caught short catnaps to bank sleep against the heavy withdrawals to come. She was first jump on this load, and Jim would be right behind her. If he needed a little juice, she'd supply it. "Kick her ass, more like. It'...

Product details

• Authors: Nora Roberts
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.04.2012
• EAN: 9780515150636
• ISBN: 978-0-515-15063-6
• No. of pages: 452
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 172 mm x 31 mm
• Series: Jove; Jove Books
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature