Even in this complete rewrite I still didn’t fall for the MCs. Oh well, I’m sure it’s me and not them.

Note to author: I totally respect you doing this total overhaul but you forgot one thing… Cherry Creek is a small town, but Savannah GA so isn’t. It lends this unreality to the whole thing because of such a glaring oversight.

there are too many side characters idk who is who
ending is unfinished, because what happens to owen? what about marcel? where are antoine's parents?
idk about fitz. he was being such an ass to antoine, then kisses him out of nowhere. there wasn't a solid development in their relationship

Am I missing pieces of the book or something??? There was literally no resolution on Owen, I don't get it. Guess that could be a future books problem idk. But yeah this was already gonna be a one star, I feel like if by the end of a romance book, I don't lie and want the best for one or both of the characters, it's an epic fail, and I wish Fitz nothing but the worst. Waited the whole book for there to be something about him redeeming enough to counteract being THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT and taunting and harassing someone in a car accident because he felt like being a dick. And it never came.

I read Make you mine not long ago so I was a bit biased. I like the writing of this author, specially with the characters with disabilities, I find that refreshing. But, yes, BUT, this book was a bit boring actually. Too many repetitive situations, and even when I enjoy the slow burn like any other human being, this was too slow. Smut, good but it could be a lot better, I think the teasing was superior.
Don't get me wrong, I like the story but I was expecting a lot more.

An okay beginning as Ethan Fitzgerald "Fritz", 15 years was recovering from being caught in a fire on a camping trip and was going through complex physiotherapy.
Fast forward: Now, at 23 years, he was a fireman/paramedic and had become Captain.
Antoine was a twin with his brother, Marcel, who was born blind and is now in another country with his partner.
Out in a new location for a job, his car runs off the road, and he meets Ethan. Their initial meeting wasn't good, with lots of hot angry fire between them. They'd already made nicknames for themselves, aka Hollywood and Smokey.
Light my fire was read as a standalone for me knowing this was book 2 in the series. There are a lot of characters mentioned at the start that I was lost in the story.
Scenes play out with the community's concerns about new development for their town.
Accidents happen, and being there at the right time leads to a kiss.
I couldn't get into this story for some reason; the chemistry between these guys was waiting to ignite for them. My reads of this author are usually great, but this book was a miss. I would have liked to have loved this book, with the enemies-to-love theme being a favourite.

Fitz and Antoine's story had all my favorite qualities of an enemies to lovers romance: snarky banter, steamy sexual tension, and that aggressive hate-that-I-want-you passion that kept them in each other's orbit. Fitz was very protective of his home town and didn't want to see any major changes, so when Antoine came crashing in with his tourism and marketing campaign and shook everything up, he and Fitz butted heads immediately. Their arguments could have been contained to the first time they met each other, but Antoine had the worst luck in Savannah, getting into a series of accidents and mishaps that Fitz inevitably ended up rescuing him from. The two of them undeniably hated each other at first and didn't want to be around each other, but with each forced interaction, they learned something new about each other that eventually softened their sharp edges. When they fell into a hot, no-feelings-allowed fling, I was overwhelmed by how wildly compatible they were in bed, and that really set the wheels in motion for the rest of the book. Fitz and Antoine tried to keep things strictly physical, but deeper feelings started creeping in as they spent more time together. Both men were deeply lonely, Fitz because of his fear of being let down by a lover and Antoine because he'd grown increasingly unhappy with his nomadic lifestyle, but they fought hard against their developing romance. Even as their relationship started to feel like everything each of them were looking for, they kept all their fears and insecurities internalized and didn't communicate with each other. I honestly think a lot of their angst would have been prevented with a solid hour long talk, but Antoine and Fitz were determined to take the harder path to find love and put themselves through the wringer before finally embracing their connection with open arms.

**I voluntarily read an ARC of this book. This review expresses my honest thoughts and opinions.

I read the first book in this series recently and really loved it, so I decided to read this one after I restarted my Kindle Unlimited subscription again. Unfortunely this one fell flat for me. There's way too much info dumping at the beginning of the book - which was a problem I had with the first one too but I could forgive it with the first one, while this one had info dumping without ever actually expanding on that information throughout the rest of the story. The main characters also go from "I hate him" to "I love him" in 3 seconds flat, and the ending felt really rushed.