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Firefighter Romance #2
Ache For Me
Working for an irresistible firefighter has been... challenging.
Kevin York.
He’s more than just big biceps and a tough job.
He’s also an adorable dad.
I know because I teach his little girl in school.
And now he’s asked me to babysit his daughter.
I’ve got to get a hold of myself.
Keep things professional.
Stop longing for his touch.
Maybe I’m crazy to not listen to my heart.
Especially now that his ex-wife is back.
I smell drama and I need to get the hell away.
But my life is on the line.
So are my dreams.
I want him and there’s no denying it.
It's clear that a storm is about to arrive.
Can Kevin keep our lives from burning to the ground?
Kevin York.
He’s more than just big biceps and a tough job.
He’s also an adorable dad.
I know because I teach his little girl in school.
And now he’s asked me to babysit his daughter.
I’ve got to get a hold of myself.
Keep things professional.
Stop longing for his touch.
Maybe I’m crazy to not listen to my heart.
Especially now that his ex-wife is back.
I smell drama and I need to get the hell away.
But my life is on the line.
So are my dreams.
I want him and there’s no denying it.
It's clear that a storm is about to arrive.
Can Kevin keep our lives from burning to the ground?
- GenresRomance
214 pages, ebook
First published June 20, 2019
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May 17, 2025
An easy enough read. A good story that really dives into the horrible things human beings are capable of. Domestic violence was a big point in this story and while devastating it really pissed me off! I will never understand how a man can harm their family. And even more so I struggle to see why it’s so hard for women to leave these abusive relationships, especially with children are involved. Sabrina went through too much as a child and even still as a young adult but she is strong and resilient. Kevin, a single dad who decides to leave being a firefighter once his daughter is born and to follow his dream and open a restaurant to create a more stable life for his daughter. Just as in the first book in this series I feel like it had such potential but the utterly bad editing threw me off.
June 20, 2019
I really liked this second chance romance. Kevin and Sabrina fell for each other in high school until Sabrina ended it. Now ten years later Sabrina is his daughter’s teacher at daycare. Kevin is in need of a nanny and asks Sabrina. Those old sparks are rekindled but what will happen when Kevin’s ex shows up? Fast-paced emotional read with great characters and plenty of drama. I really liked it.
August 17, 2019
One beautiful little girl will give these two a second chance
Ache For Me definitely makes you ache but in an ohhhhhhhh so beautiful way!!!
This is the story of Kevin and Sabrina. He is a firefighter raising his young daughter since his wife cut out, but not before she demanded money to sever her parental rights. So for the last couple of years he has been working hard, saving money to open a restuarant and has relied on his father to help care for Kim.
Sabrina is a preschool teacher who works part-time and has made a life for herself away from a bad family situation.
Ache For Me is a second chance romance between Sabrina an Kevin. They were once a couple in high school until she broke up with him and in turn broke his heart. Kim is enrolled in preschool and Sabrina becomes her teacher. However, it is not until later that Kevin and Sabrina encounter each other again when he has to pick up Kim instead of his father. Let's just say there are some definite sparks crackling between these two. However, they each have their issues they are still dealing with along with being able to trust each other again.
Ache For Me is a really well told story with great characters, including the secondary ones, and an interesting story with many things happening. But in the midst of everyone's turmoil there is love - love between Kevin and Sabrina, love by each for Kim and love from Kim to both Kevin and Sabrina. The question becomes will they both fight to keep that love or will outside forces split them apart for good?
I received a free ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. My opinions are all my own.
Ache For Me definitely makes you ache but in an ohhhhhhhh so beautiful way!!!
This is the story of Kevin and Sabrina. He is a firefighter raising his young daughter since his wife cut out, but not before she demanded money to sever her parental rights. So for the last couple of years he has been working hard, saving money to open a restuarant and has relied on his father to help care for Kim.
Sabrina is a preschool teacher who works part-time and has made a life for herself away from a bad family situation.
Ache For Me is a second chance romance between Sabrina an Kevin. They were once a couple in high school until she broke up with him and in turn broke his heart. Kim is enrolled in preschool and Sabrina becomes her teacher. However, it is not until later that Kevin and Sabrina encounter each other again when he has to pick up Kim instead of his father. Let's just say there are some definite sparks crackling between these two. However, they each have their issues they are still dealing with along with being able to trust each other again.
Ache For Me is a really well told story with great characters, including the secondary ones, and an interesting story with many things happening. But in the midst of everyone's turmoil there is love - love between Kevin and Sabrina, love by each for Kim and love from Kim to both Kevin and Sabrina. The question becomes will they both fight to keep that love or will outside forces split them apart for good?
I received a free ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. My opinions are all my own.
June 23, 2019
Oh So Sweet
In this book by R. A. Black, Sabrina, a part-time preschool teacher encounters her old love, Kevin, who is a single dad, and a fireman. He’s struggled to raise his daughter, Kim since her mother deserted them and demanded a payment to give up rights to her daughter. Kevin has worked for two years saving and scrimping through the help of his dad in taking care of Kim on the days that Kevin had shifts. When his dad started to decline in health, Kevin enrolled Kim part-time in preschool, and that is when he saw Sabrina after years since she’d dumped him in school. Seeing each other again, stirs old feelings for both of them. When his dad has a fall down the stairs, Kevin realizes that he needs to hire a nanny to help while he completes plans to open a restaurant, so he turns to Sabrina. A night of passion has her submitting her virginity and begins the story of lust, love and an angsty relationship. There is more to this story than their sexual chemistry as Sabrina deals with her father’s physical abuse of her mother and at times herself, and the bullying she received in school as well insecurities when Kim’s mother returns wanting to renew her relationship with Kevin. While I liked the well written storyline, I felt Sabrina and Kevin immaturely dealt with their emotions at times.
In this book by R. A. Black, Sabrina, a part-time preschool teacher encounters her old love, Kevin, who is a single dad, and a fireman. He’s struggled to raise his daughter, Kim since her mother deserted them and demanded a payment to give up rights to her daughter. Kevin has worked for two years saving and scrimping through the help of his dad in taking care of Kim on the days that Kevin had shifts. When his dad started to decline in health, Kevin enrolled Kim part-time in preschool, and that is when he saw Sabrina after years since she’d dumped him in school. Seeing each other again, stirs old feelings for both of them. When his dad has a fall down the stairs, Kevin realizes that he needs to hire a nanny to help while he completes plans to open a restaurant, so he turns to Sabrina. A night of passion has her submitting her virginity and begins the story of lust, love and an angsty relationship. There is more to this story than their sexual chemistry as Sabrina deals with her father’s physical abuse of her mother and at times herself, and the bullying she received in school as well insecurities when Kim’s mother returns wanting to renew her relationship with Kevin. While I liked the well written storyline, I felt Sabrina and Kevin immaturely dealt with their emotions at times.
June 23, 2019
Sabrina is a day care teacher and bonds instantly to a new student Kim. Kevin is a fire fighter temporarily before he gets his restaurant up and running. Kevin is also Kim's father and Sabrina's childhood sweetheart. Sabrina ended things between them because someone was secretly bullying her because of their relationship. She never told Kevin why she ended things with him. Now years later they meet again when he picks up his daughter from school. When he needs a nanny for Kim while he works Sabrina offers to help him out as a friend and he accepts. Sparks reignite between them and soon they are fighting their feelings for each other. Will they be able to be together without discussing why they broke up in the first place? Can Kevin forgive her for not telling him what was happening all those years ago?
This is a great story that once I started it I couldn't put it down. The chemistry between them is off the charts hot. This is a well written and very entertaining story. I would recommend this book to any book lover.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is a great story that once I started it I couldn't put it down. The chemistry between them is off the charts hot. This is a well written and very entertaining story. I would recommend this book to any book lover.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
June 24, 2019
This is dramatic, heartbreaking and entertaining. Kevin is an overwhelmed and frazzled single dad firefighter who is trying to keep his job for just a few more months, then he's opening a restaurant. Sabrina is a part time daycare teacher with a drunk and abusive father, and an abused and beaten down mother. They knew each other in high school, they fell in love, then she broke his heart when she broke up with him. Now they find themselves parent and teacher, friends and unsure lovers. So much of the past affects the present, they're both still in love, both have trust issues and both love his daughter Kim. Their relationship has it's ups and downs, especially when the past comes back to haunt them. I didn't love Kevin, at times he's an unfeeling jerk, but he really does love her.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author. This is my honest and voluntary opinion of it.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author. This is my honest and voluntary opinion of it.
June 21, 2019
This book brings in real life problems. The reason I only gave it a 4 star is that some parts of the life problems is not accurate. We have Kevin York a fireman who is trying to open his own restaurant and raise his daughter. We have Sabrina who comes from a bad home and has made a new life, even though she is still trying to save her mother from. When Kevin's daughter starts his daughter in the daycare that Sabrina works in the sparks are still there. Questions from high school still swims in there head. What will Kevin do to see Sabrina again? What will Sabrina do to keep seeing Kevin? Why are they fighting this attraction? How will Kevin's baby daughters mother intervene? Why is she back now?
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
June 22, 2019
This is the 2nd book of this series and I must say that R.A. Black DOES NOT DISSAPOINT! Kevin and Sabrina have history but because of bullying in high school it ended. R.A. Black has written an amazing story with Firemen and their significantly hot other halves. This is a second chance romance with a lot of characters being introduced in small quantities making you look forward to the next book in this series although you can read it as a standalone. But I find that I like reading them as they come out for this simple fact I like how each character is introduced within the story making it easier to follow.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
June 23, 2019
This is a second chance romance about Sabrina and Kevin, they dated in high school after being teased by classmates Sabrina broke up with him. After ten years Kevin has a daughter and Kim is a childcare provider whom is the one taking care of his daughter at her new nursery school.
There are some obstacles that come in their way at a second chance especially when Kevin’s one night stand, baby mother appears again and they don’t know her true intentions.
Kevin and Sabrina’s story is almost too short, their was an epilogue, but so many things was left up in the air. I liked this story I just wish there was more of an ending.
There are some obstacles that come in their way at a second chance especially when Kevin’s one night stand, baby mother appears again and they don’t know her true intentions.
Kevin and Sabrina’s story is almost too short, their was an epilogue, but so many things was left up in the air. I liked this story I just wish there was more of an ending.
June 24, 2019
I do love a great second chance love story and Ache For Me is just that. Sabrina is a pre-school teacher and Kevin a fireman who plans on owning his own restaurant someday. Kevin and Sabrina were high school sweethearts so when Kevin and Sabrina see each other again after years sparks fly. I loved these two together and they go through so much drama, misunderstanding and twists that I felt like I was on an emotional rollercoaster right there with them. This is a well written story with believable characters and I look forward to reading more book by this author. I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book.
June 20, 2019
Wow, an amazing book of a second chance at a first love. Sabrina Norris was happy being a preschool teacher and was trying to get through life helping her abused mother when she could. Kevin York was shocked pleasantly when he went to pick his daughter up from school and saw Sabrina his first love in high school the girl who broke his heart. They both wonder if they can get through baggage from the past to make a go at love now with each of them and a toddler.
Such a wonderful read and tackling some tough topics.
Such a wonderful read and tackling some tough topics.
June 21, 2019
I received a free copy of this book however all thoughts and opinions are 100% my own.
This is the second book in the series, and although it is a stand alone, if you haven't read the first it does contain spoilers but in no way affects the understanding of his storyline.
I really enjoyed the first book and was so happy to discover I was just as enamoured with this one. The story is well written and the characters are immediately likeable and relatable, especially lil Kim!
I would definitely recommend this book, in fact this series!
This is the second book in the series, and although it is a stand alone, if you haven't read the first it does contain spoilers but in no way affects the understanding of his storyline.
I really enjoyed the first book and was so happy to discover I was just as enamoured with this one. The story is well written and the characters are immediately likeable and relatable, especially lil Kim!
I would definitely recommend this book, in fact this series!
June 21, 2019
I really enjoyed this book. It is about getting that second chance at love and happiness. Sabrina has had a hard childhood and when she meets her first love again she is taken back to those feelings. Kevin is now a single dad and his daughter is in Sabrina's class. When he see he again he is also taken back to that time. Their story will take you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions. It was well written, strong likeable characters and great chemistry. You will not be disappointed. A great read.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
June 22, 2019
Sabrina is a day care teacher, and Kevin is a fire-fighter, and there is palpable chemistry between them. These two were sweethearts in high school, and can they overcome the obstacles in their path and have a second chance romance. This is a well written story from this talented duo, and is an emotional roller coaster ride with a tad drama thrown into the mix. I was hooked and intrigued throughout, and recommend for all readers.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
June 19, 2019
It was so easy to get sucked into this emotional read. This second chance romance tugged on my heart and had me seriously rooting for this couple. I liked both Kevin and Sabrina and I loved the intensity of their attraction and chemistry. Lots of emotional, turmoil, tension and drama will keep you reading and have you fully invested in the outcome of this book. This is my independent, impartial review.
June 20, 2019
I loved this book. Two people who split up years ago meet again when he is a single dad and she is his daughter's teacher. The attraction is still there for both of them but can they have a future together when the ex-wife gets involved? Drama, heartache, and a second chance could bring Kevin & Sabrina back together or drive them apart forever.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
August 17, 2019
Disappointing
This is the second book in this series and yet again was quite disappointing the story and characters had potential but didn't quite live up to expectations. Once again the amount of grammatical errors was so annoying simple things that spoil it for the reader. Somehow the whole thing felt so familiar as though it had been read before I think it is just so similar to other romance stories that it felt old. Sorry didn't find this particularly enjoyable.
This is the second book in this series and yet again was quite disappointing the story and characters had potential but didn't quite live up to expectations. Once again the amount of grammatical errors was so annoying simple things that spoil it for the reader. Somehow the whole thing felt so familiar as though it had been read before I think it is just so similar to other romance stories that it felt old. Sorry didn't find this particularly enjoyable.
June 17, 2019
ARC review I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. What a beautiful and awesome story 10 stars . Sabrina has always dealt with a abusive father and bullies now a adult she doesn't want that in her life and working as a teacher she is even stronger. When she gets a new student Kim she also finds that her past love Kevin is back in her life.
June 20, 2019
Kevin and Sabrina dated in high school but drama and bullying got in the way. Now years later he's a single dad with an adorable little girl and Sabrina is now the teacher of said little girl. Will they reignite their love or burn down to ashes?
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
July 6, 2019
Amazing five stars!!
This is a wonderful story of a second chance romance that I couldn't put down until I finished it. This is beautifully written with great likeable characters and the chemistry between them sizzles throughout this story. This had had me totally captivated right from the very beginning. A brilliant story that I would absolutely recommend.
This is a wonderful story of a second chance romance that I couldn't put down until I finished it. This is beautifully written with great likeable characters and the chemistry between them sizzles throughout this story. This had had me totally captivated right from the very beginning. A brilliant story that I would absolutely recommend.
October 22, 2019
Good story poorly edited
Really interesting story just spoils by the poor editing.
The editing of this story is poor throughout which is very disappointing- did the editor not like the author? Was there no beta readers? How can so many errors be published as a story?
Very disappointing- had the potential to be better!
Really interesting story just spoils by the poor editing.
The editing of this story is poor throughout which is very disappointing- did the editor not like the author? Was there no beta readers? How can so many errors be published as a story?
Very disappointing- had the potential to be better!
August 28, 2019
There is so much to this book!! It’s a fireman romance, a single dad romance and a second chance romance all rolled into one!!!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
July 3, 2019
I enjoyed Kevin & Sabrina's story. Good characters. An intriguing book. I'm voluntarily leaving an honest review for a copy of the book via booksprout.
July 17, 2019
This was a fairly good book. I enjoyed the story for the most part but both Kevin and Sabrina just seemed too immature at times.
November 28, 2019
Back to the proofreader
Odd pronoun errors throughout, especially the words he, his, her. Seemed like the author changed person... Average story. Glad it was free.
Odd pronoun errors throughout, especially the words he, his, her. Seemed like the author changed person... Average story. Glad it was free.
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