Publication date: August 28th 2018
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
My rating: 3.5 Stars
Pages: 416
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He's tall.
He's dark.
He's brutally handsome...
And he may be her only hope.
Kit Jernigan despairs of ever fitting in with her new tight-knit K9 unit—they've been through too much to welcome a stranger. So when a killer strikes, it's a fight to convince her fellow officers to trust her long enough to catch the woman she knows is responsible.
She can't do it on her own. What she needs most is a partner: local fire spotter Wesley March.
Wes knows in his heart that Kit is right, and he's willing to leave his lonely tower to help her prove it. But the more time they spend together, the hotter the fire smolders...and the more danger they're in. A member of the K9 unit's inner circle is determined to have her revenge—no matter who gets burned in the process.
This time, it's personal.
My Thoughts:
Kit has moved up to Monroe, Colorado to get away from a bad
situation in her previous job as an officer with K9 companion. But Kit doesn’t realize the drama that’s gone
on in Monroe since she’s applied for and accepted her position. It’s obvious when she first starts that it’ll
be a while before her fellow officers accept and trust her, and this is a bit discouraging
to Kit. They all seem to love her bloodhound Justice, though. Then there’s Elena, also a new arrival who sets
off all kinds of alarms. Her damsel-in-distress
act doesn’t fool Kit one bit, but just about everyone else including her fellow
officers seems to buy her act. Despite some of these obstacles Kit is determined
to work hard and gain trust. Plus, there’s Wes a gorgeous, but awkward forest
ranger, as she’s arrived in to town doesn’t hurt.
Really liked Kit and Wes.
The way she just got Wes and found him to be so utterly attractive even
with his awkward social interactions. Wes was immediately attracted to Kit and was
over the moon that she didn’t seem repelled by his lack of social skills. She seemed to understand and accommodate the
fact he got overwhelmed in a group. AND (!)
he didn’t fall prey to Elena’s helpless girl act was a huge positive in my
book!
Loved the relationship Kit had with her adorable bloodhound K9
tracker partner, Justice, and that she was willing to help Sam with his training
of Fifi, another bloodhound.
I’ve really enjoyed Katie Ruggle’s romantic suspense stories,
and her Rocky Mountain K9 Unit has been filled with thrills and danger! I had fun
with Through the Fire, but I wasn’t
pleased that Kit’s concerns over Elena were ignored or brushed aside. It seemed unbelievable
in a few instances. Didn’t like that it took so long for the guys to believe
Kit after enough red flags pointed Elena’s direction. Just the fact that Sam didn’t
like her should’ve registered with Jules and the gang! Still, the fact that I loved the awkward and
sweet romance between Kit and Wes made up for the disappointment.
