There's something about a hero who will put themselves at risk to save lives. I'm thinking about the firefighters who run into burning buildings, the paramedics, doctors… anyone who saves lives on a daily basis. It inspires quite a few of my books – I didn't realize I had this many first-responder romances.
Seth & Casey
Seth Wild is a firefighter who has lost everything. Nearly dying in a building collapse, he is scared and angry and chases away the only good thing in his life—school teacher Casey McGuire.
When a sudden and violent snow storm hits their town he receives a message Casey and ten kids are trapped in an education center with no way out. There is no one else who can help, he’s the last firefighter in town with his bum leg and his icy heart.
He doesn’t hesitate. He always promised he would be Casey’s hero, but will he ever again be Casey’s love?
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The Firefighter and the Cop
When firefighter Max meets local cop Finn, their love affair burns as hot as the fires being set in town.
Max Harrison's life in the small town of Ellery takes an unexpected turn when he crosses paths with Finn. As a dedicated volunteer firefighter and assistant to the mayor, Max is thrust into a perilous situation when Finn fearlessly risks his life to save a town drunk from a burning building. Now, Max is determined to go to any lengths necessary to ensure Finn's safety.
From the moment Max becomes Finn's rescuer, an intense and magnetic attraction binds them together. Yet, their burgeoning romance is overshadowed by the realization that the fire was deliberately set. Someone is targeting Finn, and Max will do anything to keep him safe.
As Max fights to keep Finn alive and protect their town from the looming threat, their bond deepens, and love takes hold. However, with danger lurking at their doorstep, Finn's survival hangs in the balance, and Max has to put everything on the line.
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The Paramedic and the Writer
A dramatic rescue of a man with amnesia, a loaded firearm, and an unsolved murder, might just be the start of falling in love.
Paramedic Jamie escaped the city and relocated to Ellery, seeking a fresh start. Settling in at the small Ellery hospital, Jamie is content. He wants to make a difference in a community in dire need, and he’s prepared to work long hours to help. Little does Jamie know that his life will be forever altered when he’s part of a rescue mission for an unidentified individual, known only as John Doe. The man is trapped in a wrecked vehicle perilously perched on the edge of a ravine, Jamie risks everything to save him, and as John regains consciousness, revealing captivating violet eyes, Jamie is more than intrigued.
However, beneath the surface of a growing attraction between them, a veil of mystery shrouds who John really is. He’s suffering from amnesia, rendering him unable to recollect the events leading up to his shooting of the car's passenger. In addition, the presence of the firearm discovered in his possession further deepens the mystery surrounding the incident.
Determined to help John regain his lost memories and find solace in the truth, Jamie immerses himself in a tireless quest for answers and giving his unwavering reassurance during moments of frustration and confusion. Driven by the desire to protect John and help him reclaim his identity, Jamie finds himself falling deeper in love with the complex, mysterious man who has become the center of his world.
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The Doctor and the Bad Boy
When reformed bad boy Mitchell crosses paths with the town doctor, can he let himself learn to love?
Mitchell Askett has always felt misunderstood, labeled as the troublemaker, the alcoholic, and the failure. However, his decision to invest in the Ellery Mountain resort and establish a home for himself, his sister, and his niece catches the attention of the Fridays and Doctor Liam Wolfe. In Ellery, Mitchell discovers genuine friendships that accept him for who he is and allow him to distance himself from his troubled past. As he falls Liam, he can even imagine a promising future for himself in Ellery.
Liam works long hours as a doctor at the small Ellery hospital with little time for a social life or for finding a partner. After he operates to save a young girl with appendicitis he meets her uncle, the tall, dark, stubborn, bad boy, Mitchell, who punctuates every sentence with a curse. Liam is determined to show Mitchell, as they fall in love, that it’s perfectly okay to accept help from others, and that no one has to battle their inner demons alone. Now, if only he could get Mitchell to believe him.. After he operates to save a young girl with appendicitis he meets her uncle, the tall, dark, stubborn, bad boy, Mitchell, who punctuates every sentence with a curse. Liam is determined to show Mitchell, as they fall in love, that it’s perfectly okay to accept help from others, and that no one has to battle their inner demons alone. Now, if only he could get Mitchell to believe him.
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The Rancher's Son
A man without memories, and the cop who never gave up hope.
When he wakes up in the hospital, the victim of a brutal beating, John Doe has no memories of who he is or who hurt him. The cops can find nothing to identify him and he can't remember anything to help... except the name Ethan and one recurring place from his dreams. Two words, and they're not much, but it's a start: Crooked Tree.
Detective Ethan Allens has never stopped searching for the two boys who vanished. When a report lands on Ethan's desk that may give new leads, he jumps at the chance to follow them up. The man he finds isn't his brother, but it's someone who could maybe help him discover what happened twelve years ago.
What neither man can know is that facing the very real demons of the past could destroy any kind of future they may have together.
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Accidental Hero
Accidental or not, Simon and Cain have to be the heroes of their own stories, just to stay alive.
Everyone wants Chicago cop, Simon Grant, dead. Armed with an address, he is on the run and heading for Sanctuary, only to end up at the wrong end of a gun. Is it possible the tall amber-eyed man holding the gun is actually going to be able to help him?
Cain Brodie is in charge of Sanctuary’s new Chicago office, C-Tower. His well-organised administration day takes an unexpected turn when he has a man wanted for murder right in his gun sights. Thrust into a situation he has no control over suddenly he needs to be the one in control.
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The Christmas Throwaway
For Zachary Weston Christmas means sleeping on a churchyard bench in the freezing snow with nothing better in his future. Thrown out of his home for being gay, he is left without money or, it seems, anywhere to go. Until a stranger shows him that some people do give a lot more than a damn.
Ben Hamilton is a rookie cop in his small home town. He finds a young throwaway, fresh from the city, sleeping on a bench in the churchyard on a snowy Christmas Eve. Can he be the one to give Zachary his own Christmas miracle?
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New York Christmas
Can a New York cop and a teacher find love in the city at Christmas?
It's been far too long since Christian Matthews has seen Daniel Bailey. In fact, the last time they met was in college.
Seven years down the road, Chris is licking his wounds after being 'asked to leave' the private school where he was teaching. He has no job, no money, and has to rely on his friend Amelia for a job and a room to live in. He needs a freaking Christmas miracle to make this Season anything other than a total loss.
Then Daniel comes back into his life and suddenly everything seems possible. Not only is Daniel still the man Christian wants more than anything, but this time Chris may well actually tell Daniel how he feels.
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Single
Reeling from the painful rejection of a man he thought he loved, Asher is left holding the baby.
Ash wants a family, and is determined to continue with a surrogacy he’d begun with his ex. Bringing baby Mia home, he vows that he will be the best father he can be. Nothing in this world matters more to him than caring for his daughter, not even accidentally falling in lust with the doctor next door. Challenged by his growing attraction to Sean, and confronted by painful memories of his family, Ash has to learn that love is all that matters.
When ER doctor Sean moves in with his friends next door to sexy single father Ash, he falls so quickly it takes his breath away. The sex they have is hot, but Ash is adamant his heart is too full with love for his daughter to let anyone else in. Why is Sean the only one who sees how scared Ash is, and how can he prove to his new lover that he desperately wants the three of them to become a family?
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Today
When the world labels a man and judges them blindly, is it possible to ever find love?
Firefighter Eric is on the front line, battling the threat of nature’s destruction in the California grasslands alongside his CalFire team. Focused and calm, even in the direst of situations, he has a strong affection for his fire truck, loves his career, and has best friends he can rely on. All he needs now is love, but that seems to be impossible to find. At his friend’s wedding. Eric falls in lust at first sight with the shy, slim and sexy Brady, even if Brady isn’t the type of guy he usually goes for. What Eric longs for is an equal in his bed, not a smaller guy who might want Eric to role-play big strong firefighter every time they have sex. He wants to find someone he can be vulnerable with, someone who will love him for his soft heart and quiet ways.
Brady’s life plans grind to a halt when his niece and nephew lose their parents in a tragic accident, and he becomes a dad overnight. His Developmental Coordination Disorder rules his life, but he fights both DCD and the fears that chase him every day, to give Maddie and Lucas a home. Agreeing to go to a friend’s wedding is a decision he regrets long before he even gets there. But, he refuses to give in to his fear, even if he might do something that makes him a target for people’s comments and laughter. Meeting Eric, a huge man with a gentle voice and a flair for chivalry, he falls hard. Now, if only he can let himself get past his panic that Eric would never want someone like him, then maybe he could fall in love for real.
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Promise
Leo Byrne is a cop, Jason Banks is an ex-con. Even after one stolen kiss, something has to give before Leo can convince Jason that falling in love is even an option.
Adopted at a young age, Leo is part of the sprawling Byrnes family. With his dog Cap, three siblings and a whole mess of nieces and nephews, he is never lonely, and his life is full. Love is the last item on his to-do list, but seeing his best friends Sean and Eric happy and making new families makes him want things he doesn’t think is possible. Kissing Jason at an event to honor his bravery was one thing, but anything other than that is off limits. Until Jason has no one left to turn to, and it’s Leo who helps him at his lowest. Taking Jason and his daughter into his home is one thing, but falling for the ex-con is something else altogether.
Jason made a deal to keep his daughter safe and spent years behind bars as a result. Volunteering as a convict firefighter was as much about helping the community as saving his sanity, but now that he’s out, he doesn’t even have that. He’s lost his future, his self-respect, and has no friends or a place to call home. Worst of all, even after rescuing his daughter he still can’t keep her safe from the man who wants to use her as a bargaining chip for money. Meeting Leo might give Jason a way to keep Daisy safe, but falling for the stubborn cop means the truth has to be revealed, and he could lose everything all over again.
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Always
Lives change in an instant, but with family found and forever love, there is always hope.
Impetuously putting his life on the line, Adam saved a child trapped in a car wreck and suffered career-ending injuries. Living with chronic pain, and at his lowest moments, he had friends who wouldn't let him give up, a family who had his back, and even though his future was different from what he'd always planned, he at least had hope. When Cameron and Finn land on his doorstep, he never dreamed that he would fall in love with the small family or that maybe he'd get to be a hero again.
Cameron goes from being a devoted husband to a single dad overnight. With his neatly planned future in ruins, he will do anything to make a new life for his son, even if it means moving to the other side of the country. Renting a room from Adam is the first step in making a home for him and Finn, but falling for the former firefighter was never part of the plan.
The shadows from Cameron's past might take a long time to touch this fragile future, but will he have to face the consequences alone when they do? Or will there always be hope?
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I absolutely love them all.
I liked all of these books. I really liked The Rancher’s Son and Accidental Hero.
I agree, I could not decide from this list as they are all wonderful books!
The Doctor and the Bad Boy
I’ve read and enjoyed several from Ellery Mountain. The Single Dads sound interesting too.
I am loving the Single Dad’s series & I loved the Ellery Mountain series too. Seth & Casey & sounds really interesting & I’m going to have to buy this & the Xmas books! 😊Xx
I loved the Ellery Mountain series 🙂
I love the Single Dads series! I have enjoyed them all and am looking forward to a next book. Being a single mom of 3, the struggles are real. I so enjoy most all your series. Karson
I haven’t read Matt & Casey but loved the ready.
All of them are great reads but the one I enjoyed the most was A Christmas Throwaway. slsherck12@gmail.com
I like them all but I will say the Christmas books struck a real good feeling cord for me. I will need to check into Seth & Casey as that is the only one I haven’t read yet.
I’m a sucker for single dad romance, the whole series looks good.
Added them to my TBR
Hi you are my winner – can you email me rj@rjscott.co.uk and let me know what country amazon you buy from 🙂
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I loved all the series so it’s hard to choose. The Christmas Throwaway stayed with me for a long while..
I adore all the books of yours that I’ve read so far. Having read The Gardener and the Marine in you newsletter, I’m now bingeing your Ellery Mountain series. It’s soooo good!
Totally loving your Ellery Mountain series.
The whole series looks good but if I had to pick one it’d be accidental hero
I loved The Rancher’s Son. I love books that start out with that horrible feeling of dread, but you know will end up in a HEA, so you can keep on hoping that the absolute WORST never happens – those are the real page-turners for me!
I love single Dads, and ellery mountain is very good too. I Will like read Montana series.
Seth and Casey
The Rancher’s Son from the Crooked Tree series is my pick. Great book. I also really like the Ellery Mountain series. Keep writing those sexy hero stories.
P. S. Happy Birthday, you cougar, you!
They are all great but my favorite will always be The Christmas Throwaway.
Love them all
Love every single one of them can not choose a favorite
I like them all, but I particularly liked the Doctor and the Bad Boy
I love the Single Dads series. I loved The Ranchers Son. I’m not picking lol. These are great books!!
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I’ve read most of them actually. I think I’ll just pick the single dad series though honestly there were others that just stood out in my mind for years. Single dads just have a special spot with me.
I love the single dads series. The Ellery Mountain series looks good. That’s on my TBR list.
I love the Single Dads series. I’m going to add the rest to my TBR. Love your books!! siauhung_80@yahoo.com
I love single dad’s and Ellery Mountain is high on my tbr list
I really love your single dad books.
I liked The Fireman and the Cop. I would like to read Seth and Casey.
I have read the Christmas throwaway and I loved it!! I definitely want to read the other ones as well. Seth and Casey al so caught my eye. I haven’t read it yet but I really want to.
I love Christmas stories so they will go on my TBR pile and in November I treat myself to them.
I’ve read, and loved, most of these – The Rancher’s Son is one of my favorites!
I’ve read a few, and really loved “Single.”
First of all Happy Birthday! I really enjoyed The Christmas Throwaway and Accidental Hero. heath0043 at gmail dot com
Single, though they are all enjoyable.
Love Single! I would really like to read them all though!
Seth and Casey and the Christmas Throwaway are on my “NEXT” list. Everything I have read by you has been superb…. so keep it up!
Thanks, Jim
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Love this type of story, I have to find Seth and Casey
I love the Single Dads.
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The single dads series were my absolute favorite first responder books, though I love all your stuff. I hope you had a wonderful birthday. You share with one of my co-workers who is an energetic and thoughtful person.
BTW – I just finished Back Check and can’t wait for Renco’s story.
love all these books
The Paramedic and the Writer
Accidental Hero
I love Christmas books and The Single Dad series.
If I had to pick ONE….it’d be Rancher’s Son
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Looking forward to reading “The Fireman and the Cop” and “Single”
Happy Birthday from another Virgo!
I love your Single Dads stories but my all-time favorite book are the Texas series. I’ve purchased these books in more than one format.
Single caught my eye, but they all look good!
I liked all of the ones that I’ve read from the list above (Single Dads, Rancher’s Son, Accidental Hero).
All of these books look very intriguing.
The ‘Montana – Crooked Tree Ranch’ series is amazing – very emotional books that tug really hard at the heartstrings!
The Christmas Throwaway remains one of my all time favorite books. Rarely do I ever read a book more than once but it’s one of the rare exceptions.
New York Christmas sounds good.
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I cannot choose, I love them all!
enjoyed the rancher’s son
Single tugged at my heart!
Definitly cant choose one all look really good. Happy Birthday for the 3rd. I have pledged a Santa Shoebox on your behalf as a present (Christmas present for an underprivileged child which will be handed out in November) will send a pic of it once my teens and i are done shopping and decorating it.
I purchased and devoured Seth & Casey as they were an existing couple affected by tragedy and involved children. I enjoyed reading Seth’s journey to see himself outside his fire fighter identity and realize the important things in life.
I buy a lot of my books by the cover, even more by the blurb so, although all of the books have great covers and blurbs, I’m feeling “Christmasy” so I choose THE CHRISTMAS THROWAWAY as a book I’d like to read, even though some of the reviews were not not that flattering.
Hard to pick a favorite, I haven’t read The Crooked ranch series.
They all sound wonderful to read but have only read only one or two of the single dads series. I can’t wait to be able to read more.
I love them all but The Rancher’s Son is pretty memorable as it was one of the first books of yours that I read.
I would definitely read The Doctor and the Bad Boy. That story looks interesting and exciting!
Seth & Casey caught my eye. Looks like a great read.
The Firefighter & The Cop is one of my favorites. I can’t enough of them.
I have read nearly all, and just fell into the blurb for Seth and Casey. Since it isn’t currently Kindle Unlimited, I was forced to purchase it to read tonight.
Summer Drifter was good, however I have liked all of your books.
Right now I am in the middle of rereading the Ellery Mountain series and love it all to pieces again! So far I have just about all your books and love to do the rereads a lot! Next reread is going to be my absolute favorite The Texas Series!!!!! xoxoxoxox
I want to read all of them but if I had to choose one to start with, I’d go with Christmas Throwaway.
I’m gonna need to read the whole Ellery Mountain series now because the ones here sound so good and apparently I already own the first book!
My alltime fave i Christmas Throwaway 🇩🇰
Accidental Hero caught my eye I absolutely love bodyguard books and now will look to read your Sanctuary series.
I’ve been reading the hockey books you wrote with VL Locey. Love them! Looking at this list, I see I have many more to read. Was looking at starting with Single Dads but now Ellery Mountain First Responders has gone to the top of the list. Love a good hero!
So many awesome books, several I haven’t read!
Happy birthday RJ. The Christmas Throwaway was the first book I read. Bought it and loved the stuffing out of it! I read it every Christmas or when I need a feel good book to brighten my day.
Your Ellery Mountain first responders stories The Paramedic and the Writer and The Doctor and the Bad Boy sound fascinating. I love your Sanctuary stories, and Accidental Hero sounds great. IOW, I have a hard time picking a favorite.
My Fav is the Texas series! Riley and Jack!! yum yum!!!!! But I love all your books apart from……… and yes there is a section I don’t read!! :))
That would be the hockey ones. That is only because I don’t know anything about hockey!! :0
But your writing is excellent and you can weave a story that draws you in and keeps you there! I was so sad when the Texas series ended!!
My signed copy of Single is always on my nightstand, but I definitely want to read Accidental Hero, too (it’s on my Kindle, I just need time!!!)
They all look pretty good but the Doctor and the Bad Boy looks really interesting!
I would like to read Seth and Casey :9
I love them all. I can’t pick.
I love them all. colby69@verizon.net
Oooo the Paramedic and the Writer goes on my TBR list. It’s one of the series’ I haven’t started yet of yours~~
I new this would be bad for by TBR, they look so good!
I have read all of the above, but if asked book one in the Single Dads series, is my favorite.
I don’t think I’ve read any of these but I’m definitely interested. There are only so many hours in the day!