Fireline Paperback – 30 Jun 2008

This book consists of two stories in sequel. As is so often the case in so-called gay romances, the protagonists are butcher than John Wayne, are incapable of communicating except in bed and seem to think only with their loins. Despite their being so "manly", both central characters lack the intestinal fortitude to cope with adversity and fall apart in the face of it, taking refuge in self-pity or alcohol.These novels are so formulaic one wonders if the author counted the pages between the sex scenes, which are all strangely alike and dispense with pronouns, to insert them at regular intervals. It would be nice to read a novel whose author doesn't feel the need to write as if only for testosterone-fueled voyeurs about psychologically disturbed people. I can't believe I parted with good money for this.

This book combined the erotic power of gay sex with the love and romance a lot of gay men would wish for. Purely wonderful.

from amazon.com: The sparks fly when Chance and Tucker meet in Heat, but flames catch in Flashover. These two guys are too hot to handle. Chance thinks he's got a pretty good life. He loves his job as a fireman, he's got an ocean view, and he has a great bunch of friends. He figures there's not much reason to change until he meets Tucker, a paramedic who works his shift. Tucker might even be worth breaking the don't ask, don't tell policy at work, might just be worth coming out for. Trouble threatens to tear the two apart, though, when Chance is injured, which takes a toll on all of his relationships, most importantly the one he had developed with Tucker. In fact, it shatters everything they've worked so hard for. Can Chance and Tucker rebuild their lives, coming back together to be better than ever? Then, in Flashover, the boys from Heat are back! When a family tragedy forces Tucker to return to Kentucky to wait out the probate on the old homestead, he and Chance are separated for a while. Chance has been promoted to Captain, and can't leave his job for long, putting strain on his relationship. Even when they can find time to be together they have to face adversity from the locals, problems in their own personal lives, and even the weather as they try to get the farm settled enough to leave it behind. Can Chance and Tucker keep it together even when the fire burns high enough to flash over their heads?----My review : Loved, loved this bumper edition. I've always had an interest in gay firemen. Well who wouldn't? This book was written wonderfully, the author really puts together a simple idea and makes it complex and heart-pounding. The characters are great, the emotions they deal with and how they come together is just great. I'm pleased that the author is planning to continue this series - and so she should, she has truly written a wonderful piece.

Most gay erotica kind of stories are really heavy on the sex, and lacking on the storyline. This wasn't the case with Fireline. The characters were well developed, and it wasn't all roses for the whole book, there were issues that Chance and Tucker had to deal with. It was well written and I'd recommend it to anyone.

This story burns, with a hot plotline, hot and sexy characters, highly satisfying sex scenes, lots of well-developed conflict, both within the primary relationship and between the two guys and the outside world. Chance and Tucker are both wonderful and sympathetic characters: hot, sexy, adorable, delectable. Their mutual attraction is credible and their sex even better. The way they meet and become lovers is steamy and entirely believable. The fight they have after Chance is seriously injured is entirely believable. Unfortunately, and this is why I had to give the book a four-star versus five-star rating, I wasn't convinced that two guys who loved each other as obsessively and deeply as they did would allow their relationship to end with one fight and neither of them try to put it back together for five months. Then, the reconciliation was MUCH too easy and quick after a five-month separation without any communication. Too bad, because I found the second half of the book, in which Tucker had to fight his demons and Chance had to learn how to stop trying to control everything going on around him, was really quite good. I was impressed that the author didn't try to wrap up every loose end in the second half of the book and allowed the two to repair their relationship with a few questions still unanswered. Very realistic. Good read, strongly recommended. I look forward to future books from this author.

Fireline has everything we look for in a great M/M erotica romance : the angst, the passion, the deep emotional interaction, the vulnerability and sensitivity we wish to have in our men and last but not least the hot sensual erotic sex.There are 2 stories here, "Heat" written in 2005 and "Flashpoint" just released, both e-books now combined in 1 print book. These 2 stories centered on 2 firemen, Chance and Tucker, who are just pure alpha males. Well, what is there not to love about 2 hot firemen in love!Heat is about how they met, their struggle to understand each other, their anguished split-up and ending with their touching reunion.Flashpoint concentrates on their struggle to stay together despite the odds, their fear of losing one another and the strength of their love.Tory Temple bares all with her men and I will read any M/M erotic romance from her.

I ENJOYED FIRELINE FROM THE FIRST PAGE TILL THE VERY LAST PAGE. CHANCE AND TUCKER ARE A COUPLE HOT MEN! AND I MEAN HOT! CHANCE IS A FIREMAN WHO MEETS THE NEW PARAMEDIC TUCKER AND CAN BARELY KEEP HIS EYES OFF OF HIM. TUCKER CATCHES CHANCE GIVING HIM THE EYE. AFTER WAITING FOR WHAT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER FOR CHANCE TO MAKE A MOVE, TUCKER SAID TO HECK WITH IT AND MADE THE FIRST MOVE. THIS BOOK IS ONE SEXY, HOT BABY. IT ALSO HAS SOME TURMOIL THAT ROCKS THEIR BOAT. I ENJOY A BOOK THAT HAS SOME ROUGH SPOTS IN A RELATIONSHIP. SMOOTH ROLLING THROUGHOUT A LONG PERIOD OF TIME GETS STAGNET AFTER AWHILE. IF YOU LIKE A BOOK THAT HAS IT ALL, HOT ROMANCE, SPICY SEX, JEALOUSY, AND GOOD MAKE-UP SEX THEN I STRONGLY SUGGEST FIRELINE AS YOUR MUST HAVE BOOK. THESE CHARACTERS ARE MORE THAN LIKEABLE THEY ARE LOVEABLE.

i already owned these stories in my ebooks and they are so good that i wanted the written book i could hold in my hand. this book is both of the stories in one book and i like that. i love to read these type of stories, man-love stories, if both of the characters are strong and manly types. in this book, both men are alpha types that i would love to read more about. this book is a definite keeper.

Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.Rating: 8/10PROS:- This is the second firefighting book I've read by Temple (the first was Tinder), and she portrays a well-rounded view of the life of a firefighter. She doesn't dwell on the actual calls they go on (which would probably make for rather depressing reading), but she includes enough detail about the characters' schedules and habits that the reader gets a good idea of a typical firefighter's lifestyle.- Temple does a good job of creating masculine characters who seem realistic. The main guys in this book are tender toward each other once they fall in love, but neither of them is particularly emotional or effeminate.- Each of the main characters is so stubborn at one point or another that I wanted to kick him. However, in spite of their individual stupidity keeping the two of them apart at various times, I never got so frustrated with either one that I started to dislike him--or to dislike the two of them together. These two guys are better together than either one of them is when they're apart.CONS:- The angst level in both of these novellas is rather high. Certainly not the worst I've ever read, but these are not happy, flitty little stories that made me smile the whole time I was reading. There's a decently long section in both Heat and Flashover during which the guys are separated and unhappy.- Often when the guys are talking to each other, they leave off the subject at the beginning of the sentence and just start with the verb: "Want you with me, Tuck"; "Wanna be with you"; "Could feel you"; etc. This doesn't bother me if it happens on occasion, but when it's too prevalent, I get annoyed by it.Overall comments: I didn't absolutely love this, but I liked it quite a bit. There's a decent amount of fairly graphic sex (when the guys are together, anyway), and the characters are lifelike and struggle with realistic problems. (Warning: a couple of the bedroom scenes turn ever-so-slightly toward bondage.) Tinder