Fallen by Rebecca Barber is officially available! This firefighter romance is set in K Bromberg's Everyday Heroes world, and I really enjoyed it. If you're wondering about the tropes that Fallen falls into, I would say single parent, found family, and slow burn.
Zach is a firefighter who is relatively new to the crew. As he is finishing up one of his shifts, he and Grady hear an alarm sound. Neither are familiar with this alarm, and so it catches them off guard. That is until they realize it is the safe haven alarm sounding. Hoping that it is just kids playing around, the guys run to the box to check. When they arrive they find that someone had left a baby behind. Zach immediately reaches for the baby, and as soon as the baby is in his arms, he's smitten. After getting the baby checked out at the hospital, in walks Lily. She had been called to act as the foster parent. Lily is nervous about stepping into the role, but she's always wanted to be a mother, and this may be her only chance. Lily sees Zach holding the baby, and she cannot take her eyes off of him. And in that hospital room is where their story officially begins. From that point on we find Lily struggling with parenthood, especially with a baby who does nothing but scream. Well except when Ava is in Zach's arms. Then the little one is as quiet as can be. Add in the fact that Lily is overwhelmed with parenthood, she also has a business to run, and that is overwhelming her as well. Then there is Zach, and the attraction that she is fighting with him.
Firefighter romances are not something that I've read a lot of. Don't get me wrong, I would love to, but other than Samantha Christy's series, I haven't really delved into the profession. So if you have recommendations for me, let me know! There was something about Fallen though that had me falling. Maybe it was Zach, his profession, and the instant love he felt for the baby. Maybe it was Lily, her love for baby Ava, how she was handling parenting, the family relationships she was grieving, and her profession. Maybe is was Zach's mom playing matchmaker. Maybe it was the razzing that the guys at the station were giving Zach. Maybe it was the story itself. I'm not entirely certain. What I do know is that I enjoyed the story and the characters. I felt the feelings when Zach found Ava. I felt the slow burn between Zach and Lily. I felt the passion. I felt the heartache. I felt the joy after the big dramatic moment when our couple came back together. I felt the love between this found family. I did struggle occasionally with some of the wording that the author used, as it wasn't words or phrasing that I am familiar with. Well some of the words were, but they were used in a different way. An example would be "nursing the baby". Now in my mind, this means that a baby is being breastfed, but in the story it meant the baby was being cuddled, held, and/or comforted. It was that phrasing that caught me off guard, and had me pausing to think a bit more. Another example was "buzz box". This was a phrase I had never heard before, but with clues from the story I was able to determine that it is vehicle. Google tells me it is a small car with a noisy engine. I learned something new! Those wording differences didn't affect my enjoyment of the story. Not at all. Like I said above, these unique ways of phrasing just had me pausing to think, and using context clues.
If you enjoy the Everyday Heroes World that K Bromberg created, firefighter romances, or the tropes I mentioned at the beginning, then I think you should give Fallen a read. If you are a Kindle Unlimited (KU) subscriber, Fallen is available to read at no extra cost. So add it to your list!
Thank you for taking time to read my thoughts,
Laura
Laura
Fallen is a contemporary romance written in K. Bromberg’s Everyday Heroes World full of heart-wrenching and emotional moments, punctuated by sizzling chemistry.
When Zach Higgins rolled out of bed to go start his shift at the firehouse this morning, he never thought he’d end his day falling in love.
All it took was one flutter of her tiny eyelashes and Zach was wrapped around her chubby little finger.
The last thing Zach wanted to do was hand her over to a stranger. That was until the woman of his dreams turned up in her petticoat and pearls to take the baby home.
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Lily Evans always wanted to be a mother. She’s dreamt of the day she got to hold her baby in her arms and sing lullabies as they drifted off to sleep.
But the world had other plans for Lily and her motherhood dreams.
When an opportunity to foster an abandoned baby arises, she jumps at the chance.
What Lily doesn't expect is to find her in the arms of a shirtless, sexy as sin, tattooed firefighter with an accent.
This Aussie firefighter sets her on fire in ways she’d rather not admit to. Lily was not prepared for Zach to turn her world upside down but was he everything she’d been waiting for?
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EXCERPT
Stepping inside the waiting room, I headed for the lady seated behind the counter. When she looked up over the top of her black-rimmed glasses, I didn’t miss the way her eyes widened, and her cheeks flushed. Not that I could blame her; I could barely believe it myself. I’m sure I looked like shit. I needed a shave, my shirt was tossed over my shoulder, my arms were covered in tattoos, and I had a tiny baby snuggled against me.
“C-c-can I help you?” she stuttered as she pulled her glasses off and set them down on her desk.
“I need someone to take a look at this little guy.”
“What seems to be wrong with him?”
Looking around at the waiting room, I wasn’t surprised to see people staring back at me. I didn’t give two shits what they thought about me. They weren’t important. But this little guy, he was. And he deserved more than being gawked at like he was an exhibit at the zoo.
AUTHOR BIO
Rebecca is a clumsy, introverted, bubble bath loving, chocoholic who'd rather read a book than go shopping. And don't even mention shoe shopping!
Rebecca is a lucky girl - one of four kids to school teacher parents. Wife to a football obsessed husband. Aunt to the most crazy/adorable little girls. And sister to two very determined sisters and one easy going brother.
Rebecca lives in Canberra Australia and spends way too many hours a day working the day job.
She is a book whore who can easily (and happily) read a book from start to finish in one sitting and spends her spare time writing.
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Thank you to Rebecca Barber and Give Me Books PR for providing me with an advanced copy of Fallen.
