Jessica Broussard has only ever had her father as family and she long since stopped asking about her grandparents and mother since her father won't even talk about them. So when Jessica gets a message regarding her grandfather being in the hospital, she doesn't even think twice, she's on the next plane to Boston. She has no idea what she's going to say to the grandparents who don't even know she exists, but she's ready to build some kind of relationship with them. But when she runs into their tenant, she finds out this meeting might not be as easy as she thinks. 
 Rick Gullotti's relationship with Joe and Marie is more than just tenant and landlord. He's been helping them around the house since he moved in and their more like family to him. He's definitely not going to let their recently discovered granddaughter take advantage of them, but he can't help the attraction he feels towards Jessica as he gets to know her. 
 Overall I thought the interactions between Jessica and Rick were cute and fun. I liked the little bit of animosity between them while they're still figuring out one another's intentions towards Joe and Marie. And as feelings escalate between the two, things just get Hot! 
 Where the story fell a little short for me was pretty much everything involving Jessica's past / family. We're pretty much told that her father is not a nice person, but Jessica's continued dedication to him baffled me. The way she defends him, she argues, is because he's the only family she's had, but I think that excuse only works if she's a little girl or a young woman. She's 34. Well old enough to decide if you want to meet your relatives or not. I'm sure there's logic in there somewhere, but I just got stuck on Jessica's defense of a man who obviously doesn't value her as he should. And when we make a little headway into understanding, for me, it was too little too late. Mind you, this didn't completely ruin the story for me, but I will admit whenever something involving Jessica's father was mentioned I just couldn't wrap my brain around the confusion. 
 Where the story really excelled for me was Rick and everything involving his other fellow Firefighters. I loved the familial bond between the men. I liked seeing them outside of the Firehouse interacting with each other and their significant others. 
 I didn't read the first book, Heat Exchange, and I don't think that you have to in order to enjoy this one. And despite any irritation I have towards some plot things in this book, that will not keep me from going back and reading the first book or reading more in this series. 
 Overall, it was a pretty good romance story. 
 *ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.