Bitterroot Pack, Book 1
Backfire
She fell out of the sky into his territory. He had been watching for her for three seasons.
She fell out of the sky into his territory. He had been watching for her for three seasons.
Smokejumper Briar Solano bails out over a wilderness fire above Howling Ridge, and the wind off the fire column throws her into a valley no fire map names. She lands in front of a grey wolf big enough to end every argument about whether she is alone. Then the wolf is a man, Ronan Beckett, alpha of the pack that has held this valley for four generations, and he looks at her the way a locked door looks at its one key.
The fire she jumped to fight was set. Developer Conrad Voss is lighting small, careful fires to drive the Becketts off their water and land before his option expires at noon on Friday, and a woman who fell from the sky is the most dangerous witness in Montana.
Ronan's pack can dig line, track a burn boss, and keep a secret older than the state. They cannot put out a fire that is also a legal deadline.
Briar fights fires. To save this valley, she will have to start one.