Code Red Hearts

By Ava Hawthorne

She's the voice that guides him through hell. He's the commander she trusts with everything.
Battalion Chief Braden Torres has spent three years keeping everyone at arm's length. Especially the dispatchers who send his firefighters into danger.

But Emergency Dispatcher Zara Whitmore isn't just anyone. For two years, she's been the calm voice in his earpiece, guiding Engine Company 19 through crisis after crisis with unshakeable competence.

When a new policy forces Zara to ride along on calls, Braden's carefully maintained distance ignites into something far more dangerous. The woman who's kept his crews alive is brilliant, brave, and so tempting he can barely keep his hands off her.

Their professional partnership explodes into stolen kisses in supply rooms and desperate encounters that leave them both breathless and craving more. But she sees right through the walls he's built since losing two men under his command.

Someone is setting fires specifically targeting their response areas, and Zara's inside knowledge makes her either their greatest asset or the next victim. As the arsonist escalates and passion burns hotter than any blaze, they must learn to trust each other with more than just professional emergencies.

They must risk everything on a love that could consume them both.

Code Red Hearts is a steamy dual POV contemporary romance with suspense elements. First in the Ridge Point Heroes series but can be read as a standalone. Features a grumpy battalion chief and the dispatcher who sets his world on fire.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FRXVX87S
• ISBN13: 9798266239043
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"