RELEASE BLITZ AND REVIEW: Flash Point by Lani Lynn Vale

Masen Crisfield fell in love with Booth Jones when she was sixteen years old. Booth was the love of her life. The rock she needed to get her through the day. Then she rips his heart out while he’s deployed, leaving him wondering just what he’d done to warrant something so severe as a breakup that neither of them wanted.

Stubbornness is their middle name, and ten long years pass before either one of them try to breach the gap.

Circumstances force Booth to come home, and within an hour of him being back in his hometown, there she is. Right back in the forefront of his mind where he knows she shouldn’t be.

The day he starts his first civilian job at Kilgore Fire Department, his worst fear of seeing Masen is realized. And not only does he see her, but he sees her with another man. A fellow firefighter that he has to trust with his life.

It soon becomes apparent that they are both still just as much in love with each other now as they were the moment they met. But there’s a problem. Booth’s married, and Masen’s in a committed relationship.

They fight the pull with everything they have, but they’re both about to learn the true meaning of flash point as the two of their lives crash together. Their love consuming everything in its path.

There’s no other person for Masen Crisfield than Booth Jones and the feeling is definitely mutual, but sometimes fate as well as free will breaks soul mates apart and forces them to struggle through life on their own, facing the consequences of hurtful words and abrupt actions. But despite the time and distance that existed between them for almost a decade, Masen and Booth’s feelings for one another have never dissipated, leaving them both to wonder if there was any chance, now that they’re once again in the same town, to get back what they had all those years ago, mending the broken pieces of their hearts and souls.

After reading the synopsis of Flash Point, I was uncertain how Lani Lynn Vale was going to give Masen and Booth the happily ever after they both desperately wanted all those years ago, but I should have done that in Vale’s world, things are never quite what they appear to be and once truths are revealed and the past is dealt with, the flame that’s always been between Masen and Booth is free to ignite once again, allowing their feelings of love and lust to spark and burn brightly.

Masen and Booth’s story is a bit different than Lani Lynn Vale’s other stories because there’s a history between them that must be hashed out before a future can be explored. Despite that component of Flash Point, though, the same themes of love and loyalty resonate off of the pages, and as always, there’s a suspenseful storyline that allows clarity to be reached in terms of what the main characters are willing to do for each other in order to be together forever.

The Kilgore Fire series as well as Vale’s other series illustrate the camaraderie of her alpha heroes and the strength and gumption of her heroines to fight for what they want, and while Masen may be a bit of a hot head and react before she thinks everything through, there are times in Flash Point where that reaction actually allows Masen and Booth to say what needs to be said and then find a way to move past it together, which is never a bad thing when it comes to two people who are destined to be together.

A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.

4 Poison Apples