Title: Rekindled Flame
Series: Rekindled Flame 01
Author: Andrew Grey
Narrator: Michael Pauley
Genre: Contemporary
Length: 6 hrs, 2 mins
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (7th March 2017)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts
Blurb: Firefighter Morgan has worked hard to build a home for himself after a nomadic childhood. When Morgan is called to a fire, he finds the family out front, but their tenant still inside. He rescues Richard Smalley, who turns out to be an old friend he hasn’t seen in years and the one person he regretted leaving behind.
Richard has had a hard life. He served in the military, where he lost the use of his legs, and has been struggling to make his way since coming home. Now that he no longer has a place to live, Morgan takes him in, but when someone attempts to set fire to Morgan’s house, they both become suspicious and wonder what’s going on.
Years ago Morgan was gutted when he moved away, leaving Richard behind, so he’s happy to pick things up where they left off. But now that Richard seems to be the target of an arsonist, he may not be the safest person to be around.
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Reviewer: Prime
Review: If you’ve read any of my previous reviews for Andrew Grey books – audio or written – you will know that Andrew Grey is one of my absolute favorite authors. In fact, Andrew Grey is only one of a couple authors who I automatically want to read/listen to anything he writes. I love his characters and his plots – you don’t need to suspend your disbelief for very long and his characters are so damn relatable it’s impossible not laugh or cry at some point in the story.
That’s one reason why I knew that I would love this book, for those of you who are suckers for books with firefighters and disabled heroes (because not all heroes are able and not all heroes wear capes. These guys are always stronger than they think they are and they are always a proper HEA with their own prince charming), this is also the book for you.
I looked forward to the voice that Michael Pauley would lend to the characters as he is a relatively unknown narrator for me. He was absolutely brilliant. Having previously read and loved this book I kinda had an idea what I wanted the characters to sound like, and although Pauley’s interpretation was a little different to what I expected the heart and soul was there and it was perfectly sweet.
The story follows firefighter, Morgan, and disabled ex-marine Richard. After saving Richard from a fire, Morgan realizes that the man is in fact the best friend from his childhood he had been upset about not seeing again when his father made them move to another city. But now the guys are back together and Richard is the center of a series of arson attacks. Morgan is ready to be his friend’s knight in shining armor, and now that they are men he is ready to take their friendship to a whole new level.
For fans of Andrew Grey, you will more than certainly recognize a few minor characters Morgan and Richard run into as couples from other books/series. I love little fan Easter eggs like that. The plot is probably predictable but the pace is pleasing, the characters are totally relatable and generally just pure joy to read.