When We Burn

<p class=ql-align-center><strong>From <em>New York Times</em> Bestselling author Kristen Proby comes <em>When We Burn</em> a single-dad friends-to-lovers small-town romance and the first in the <em>Blackwells of Montana</em> series set in Bitterroot Valley!</strong></p><p class=ql-align-center></p><p class=ql-align-center>Bridger</p><p class=ql-align-center></p><p>I'm her safe place. </p><p>I always have been. </p><p>The torment that Dani Lexington went through at the hands of her father was something no child should have had to endure. But I was the lucky one she turned to.</p><p>Our age difference and the fact that her brother was my best friend kept her off-limits even though something was always there lingering under the surface.</p><p>But when she was old enough she left Bitterroot Valley and I was forced to move on with my life. </p><p>I got married and had my little girl. Now I'm a single dad focused on my job as fire chief and making sure my daughter stays healthy after a mysterious illness has plagued her for the past year. </p><p>But after Dani's father dies she returns to Bitterroot Valley and is now living across the street from my daughter and me. </p><p>Dani's no longer a child. No longer off limits. </p><p>This time I won't let anything or anyone stop me from being her safe place again. </p><p></p><p class=ql-align-center>Dani</p><p class=ql-align-center></p><p>I've been in love with Bridger Blackwell for as long as I can remember. </p><p>He's a smoke show kind and gives the best hugs in the world. But best of all? He's everything my sorry excuse for a father wasn't. </p><p>Now I'm back in Bitterroot Valley living across the street from Bridger and his adorable daughter.</p><p>It doesn't take long for all those old feelings to come rushing back and every cell in my body knows that I belong with them.</p><p>That they're mine.</p><p>Bridger's arms are where I feel safest. They feel like home. </p><p>I'm growing to depend on him to truly <em>love</em> him <em>and</em> his daughter. But I have deep-rooted baggage and Bridger's past has decided to rear its ugly head.</p><p>Will we survive this or is our relationship doomed from the start?</p>