When firefighter Francesca Cordaro saves the life of Alex Templeton, she can't help noticing how very attractive the man is. But Francey knows the rule. firefighters who don't want to get hurt shouldn't get involved with outsiders. Unfortunately, Alex doesn't believe in rules. And he can't understand why a woman as brave as Francey won't take a chance on love.
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Kathryn Shay is a lifelong writer. At fifteen, she penned her first 'romance,' a short story about a female newspaper reporter in New York City and her fight to make a name for herself in a world of male journalists - and with one hardheaded editor in particular. Looking back, Kathryn says she should have known then that writing was in her future. But as so often happens, fate sent her detouring down another path.
Fully intending to pursue her dream of big city lights and success in the literary world, Kathryn took every creative writing class available at the small private women's college she attended in upstate New York. Instead, other dreams took precedence. She met and subsequently married a wonderful guy who'd attended a neighboring school, then completed her practice teaching, a requirement for the education degree she never intended to use. But says Kathryn, "I fell in love with teaching the first day I was up in front of a class, and knew I was meant to do that."
Kathryn went on to build a successful career in the New York state school system, thoroughly enjoying her work with adolescents. But by the early 1990s, she'd again made room in her life for writing. It was then that she submitted her first manuscript to publishers and agents. Despite enduring two years of rejections, she persevered. And on a snowy December afternoon in 1994, Kathryn Shay sold her first book to Harlequin Superromance.
Since that first sale, Kathryn has written twenty-two books for Harlequin, ten mainstream contemporary romances for the Berkley Publishing Group, and two online novellas, which Berkley then published in traditional print format.
Kathryn has become known for her powerful characterizations - readers say they feel they know the people in her books - and her heart-wrenching, emotional writing (her favorite comments are that fans cried while reading her books or stayed up late to finish them). In testament to her skill, the author has had a one of her books serialized in the December 2003 COSMOPOLITAN magazine and has been quoted in PEOPLE and THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. She has won five RT BookClub Magazine Reviewers Choice Awards, three Holt Medallions, two Desert Quill Awards, the Golden Leaf Award, and several online accolades.
Even in light of her writing success, that initial love of teaching never wavered for Kathryn. She finished out her teaching career in 2004, retiring from the same school where her career began. These days, she lives in upstate New York with her husband and two children. "My life is very full," she reports, "but very happy. I consider myself fortunate to have been able to pursue and achieve my dreams."
Fully intending to pursue her dream of big city lights and success in the literary world, Kathryn took every creative writing class available at the small private women's college she attended in upstate New York. Instead, other dreams took precedence. She met and subsequently married a wonderful guy who'd attended a neighboring school, then completed her practice teaching, a requirement for the education degree she never intended to use. But says Kathryn, "I fell in love with teaching the first day I was up in front of a class, and knew I was meant to do that."
Kathryn went on to build a successful career in the New York state school system, thoroughly enjoying her work with adolescents. But by the early 1990s, she'd again made room in her life for writing. It was then that she submitted her first manuscript to publishers and agents. Despite enduring two years of rejections, she persevered. And on a snowy December afternoon in 1994, Kathryn Shay sold her first book to Harlequin Superromance.
Since that first sale, Kathryn has written twenty-two books for Harlequin, ten mainstream contemporary romances for the Berkley Publishing Group, and two online novellas, which Berkley then published in traditional print format.
Kathryn has become known for her powerful characterizations - readers say they feel they know the people in her books - and her heart-wrenching, emotional writing (her favorite comments are that fans cried while reading her books or stayed up late to finish them). In testament to her skill, the author has had a one of her books serialized in the December 2003 COSMOPOLITAN magazine and has been quoted in PEOPLE and THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. She has won five RT BookClub Magazine Reviewers Choice Awards, three Holt Medallions, two Desert Quill Awards, the Golden Leaf Award, and several online accolades.
Even in light of her writing success, that initial love of teaching never wavered for Kathryn. She finished out her teaching career in 2004, retiring from the same school where her career began. These days, she lives in upstate New York with her husband and two children. "My life is very full," she reports, "but very happy. I consider myself fortunate to have been able to pursue and achieve my dreams."
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous characterizations,
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This review is from: Feel the Heat: America's Bravest (Harlequin Superromance No. 871) (Paperback)
At the Templeton warehouse in Rockford, the fire department makes a forced entry to try to rescue Alex Templeton, who is trapped inside the burning building. Firefighter Francesca Cordaro rescues an unconscious Alex, but breaks her arm while dragging him out of the blaze. Alex suffers from smoke inhalation. He and his rescuer are hospitalized. Feeling a bit better, Alex goes to thank the man who saved his life only to greet the beautiful Francesca.Alex wants to see Francesca, but she refuses even though she acknowledges to him that she is attracted to him. She informs Alex that he belongs in the affluent world of her mother and not those of a working stiff like she and her firefighting father. As Alex tries to prove to Francesca that their growing love will cement a permanent relationship between them, she knows how her mother deserted her father, her, and her two brothers. Readers will FEEL THE HEAT as Kathryn Shay provides a realistic look at the personal and professional lives of firefighters. The story line centers on the inferno blazing between Francesca and Alex. However, the secondary characters augment the tale by showing how fire fighters make up a cohesive team that supports one another even away from the station. Ms. Shay will provide a follow-up treat by telling the story of two secondary characters who deserve their tale told in her "America's Bravest" trilogy. Harriet Klausner
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Feel the Heat,
By linda Fuller (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Feel the Heat: America's Bravest (Harlequin Superromance No. 871) (Paperback)
It was an excellent book. The characters were realistic, thanks to the author's research. To me, it showed how foolish pride can stand in the way of a relationship (between friends or family).
4.0 out of 5 stars
Feel the Heat: America's Bravest (Harlequin Superromance No. 871),
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This review is from: Feel the Heat: America's Bravest (Harlequin Superromance No. 871) (Paperback)
I like to read Harlequin Supper romance books.Before I started to read this book previously I read another book in this series and like it. So I looked for other books from this series. In the beginning of my review I want to say some positive things,what I like about this book. Kathryn Shay created very realistic characters. This book about firefighters life and how their families cope with hardships of their profession. Like I said I liked main characters very well, because they portrait strong, responsible people, who loves their families and save other peoples life's. The story is involved around 2 people, firefighter Francey Cordaro and CEO of Templeton Industries Alex Templeton. Their relationship started, when Francey Cordaro saved Alex Templeton's life. He was impressed with her strength and beauty. He liked her and asked her out, but Francey Cordaro refused. Fran's family was ruined because her parents came from the different societies. Her father came from firefighters dynasty and her mother was a daughter of a rich parents. They have 3 kids together and than, her mother couldn't cope with stress of being firefighters wife and raising 3 kids and she left. Just like Frans parents, Fran and Alex t belonged to different society and she didn't want to make the same mistake her parents did. I like how Katheryn Shay write down how Frans and Alex's relationship grown up. But I really completely dislike, how she reunited Frans parents. This supported characters felt unrealistic to me, like an any abandoned kid's dream, that his or her parents one day reunite and would live happily ever after. But other characters was real and alive and book have good story.If you like family drama and books about strong firefighters, this book for you.
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