Hot as Blazes: At the Station. On this week’s Weekend Writing Warriors, I’m continuing this week with a snippet from my newest release Hot as Blazes.
After some trouble in California, Jo Mercer’s pro surfing career has tanked. She has just arrived home at the oceanfront beach house where she grew up and runs into her brother’s best friend – her secret crush. Ray is blown away by her unannounced return, but couldn’t be happier. In last week’s snippet, Rays just left their by chance reunion on his way to a partial shift at the fire station.
He’d fallen in love with her years ago. She never had a clue, but with her talent for surfing, she was bound for bigger things than him.
He wound the Hummer into Station Twenty-One’s lot at the south end of the beach, a newer facility than his home station. He’d worked a few swing shifts with each of their rotating crews. Beyond the high-adrenaline nature of the job, the brotherhood and camaraderie filled a void in his life. Ray swung through the kitchen door where the crew had gathered for lunch.
“That’s quite a grin you’re sporting,” the captain said. “You rarely see
a happy expression on anyone coming in on his day off.”
“Must’ve got laid,” another firefighter teased, “looks like he just
showered.
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Dani Jace. Romance Author 
You captured a typical guy thing so well. In his mind he’s thinking, no dammit, I didn’t get laid.
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True. You’ll hear his inner thoughts next week, Charmaine!
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Another excellent excerpt, I have a feeling he’s going to be in for a lot of teasing as this story progresses.
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Thanks V. He’s easy going hunk and will take it all in stride 😉
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Haha! Those guys–go straight for it. Must’ve got laid. Good snippet, Dani. Felt very real. 🙂
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Thanks Teresa. For years I worked with mostly men, so I get their mindset and BS!
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Sounds like the other firefighters give him no privacy. I also gather, from the feel of their ribbing, that they’re all males.
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They also ribbing him because he’s not a normal member of their crew. He’s “swinging out” as they call it to another station to fill in for a firefighter who is out.
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