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    How to Tame a Wild Fireman: A Bachelor Firemen Novel

    By Jennifer Bernard

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    The Bachelor Firemen of San Gabriel have a rebel among them, and there's only one woman who can put his flames out.

    Firefighter Patrick "Psycho" Callahan earns his nickname every day. Fast, fit, and a furious worker, he thrives on the danger which helps him forget a near-tragedy that changed his life forever. But when his off-duty carousing gets out of hand, Patrick is sent back to Loveless, Nevada, where the wildfire threatening his hometown has nothing on sizzling Dr. Lara Nelson.

    Lara would rather be thought of as the physician who returned to Loveless than as the misfit brought up at a hippie New Age commune. But right now she's focused on the job at hand, patching up injured firemen . . . until the past hits her in the hard-muscled, blue-eyed form of Patrick Callahan. Now, the embers of their decade-old attraction have ignited into a full-on inferno, as the bad-boy firefighter and the good doctor take a walk on the wild side they'll never forget.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 24, 2013
    ISBN9780062273666
    Author

    Jennifer Bernard

    Jennifer Bernard is a graduate of Harvard and a former news promo producer. The child of academics, she confounded her family by preferring romance novels to . . . well, any other books. She left big city life for true love in Alaska, where she now lives with her husband and stepdaughters. She's no stranger to book success, as she also writes erotic novels under a naughty secret name not to be mentioned at family gatherings.

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    • 4/5
      Summary Patrick Callahan, or also known As “Psycho” is everything as the nickname portrays. He takes wild risks and is a bit crazy. But on a hot and bored day, Psycho gets a little drunk and crosses a line. So the Captain decides that he can’t afford the strain of Psycho’s latest endeavor and sends him to his hometown to fight a wild fire. As much as this is a punishment, Psycho doesn’t see it that way. Even though he hasn’t talked to his family in years, a wild fire that isn’t able to be contained, just right up his ally. But there is one person he least expected to find in Loveless, Nevada…sexy Lara Nelson. Lara has just learned of her aunt’s death and learned that she inherited the Center for Sexual healing or also widely known as a Hippie commune. Lara always hated growing up in such a place, but she is desperate to find a buyer and return back to her normal and average life of being a doctor. Then she runs into a man she once knew as a cocky kid who was never heard from again after the fateful accident that changed all of their lives. Lara never expected that Patrick would be the one man she would want in a sexual way, but as they discover a hidden desire for each other they also find a powerful love.The Hero Patrick Callahan is the son of a rancher, politician and once a governor. On a vacation from college, he comes home and he and his brother get into an accident, an accident that he is blamed for. His father disowns him, blaming Patrick for his brother’s injury and this moment changed the course of Patrick’s life. Instead of finishing college in political science, he became a firefighter. Being a firefighter helped him with his urge to have a adrenalin rush and daredevil personality, and Patrick knows that if it wasn’t for serving as a firefighter he would probably be in jail or out on the streets. Psycho is everything the name implements and boy has he done some crazy things. In previous books, we don’t see much of him except his crazy acts and his superficial attitude or that is what he portrays to most people. In this book, we see a deeper side to Patrick, a side he has kept hidden from everyone including himself. We see Patrick face his past in order to save his future. We see a man that is full of courage and strength, willing to sacrifice for those he loves and has a soft side for pretty women and baby Llama’s.The Heroine Lara Nelson has changed from the timid gothic girl she was in high school. Her parents died in an accident when she was young and she was sent to live with her Aunt. An Aunt that was a bit hippie and was very open about everything sex. Lara never felt comfortable where she grew up, she always felt like she was the oddball of school and she had one friend…Liam, Patrick’s younger brother. Lara never realized she would be a doctor one day. She has changed much from who she was in High School. Lara still is hesitant about anything sexual, but she is intelligent, dedicated and has a caring heart. Lara was a heroine that has a fiery nature. She has such an open heart for everyone, and she can be very diplomatic just like every doctor needs to be. I really liked how her personality shines through in those unique moments.Plot and Story Line How To Tame A Wild Fireman is my favorite of the series so far. I really enjoyed the previous installments, but there was something that really called to me in this book. One its Psycho as the hero and boy is he one crazy man, but a delicious and sexy one. The beginning starts off pretty amusing, and boy the whole Pool scenario…the crazy things that happen when you get drunk. Then yippee for a wild fire scenario and facing your past. I just loved this scenario, and this is also where we see much more to Psycho than the crazy stunts he pulls.“I know I may seem like a reckless driver,” he said, swinging the wheel to avoid a jackrabbit bouncing across the road. “But I’ve never even gotten a ticket.”“Is that because the cops never caught up with you?”“Haha. Quite the comedienne. No, it’s because I’m an outstanding driver, and if I were to break a traffic rule, they’d be so in awe of my technique they’d forget about giving me a ticket and simply applaud my expertise.”He is one good firefighter and just jumps right in. Then Psycho and Lara see each other again. Psycho always has had a thing for Lara, but Lara hasn’t until now. And boy oh boy do these two really have to battle inner demons in this book. Psycho has to face his family, especially his formidable father. Lara has to choose what to do with the Sexual center, which was quite different. Its not everyday we get a “hippie” type scenario in a romance, but I really gobbled every delicious scenario that enters into this story. What was quite fun was how these two keep running into each other. I adored the baby Llama that Psycho rescues and clings to him like crazy. I couldn’t get enough of the small town country feel to the story, and with the added intensity of a wild fire it really increased the tension and excitement of the story. The romance is sexy and fun, and I loved how well it seemed to flow. And what I really admired was how Jennifer Bernard mixes humor with a sensual story.“I want you,” she said in a husky murmured. ” I want your hot, hard, thick, throbbing…”Oh God, he was going to come in his pants, right here in the Love ‘Em.“…Lotus Root.”The Cover This might be my favorite cover of the series. I love the pose here, it’s so romantic and sweet but sexy at the same time. I love the background of the wild fire.Overall ViewHow To Tame A Wild Fireman is a tantalizing firefighter romance that has building sexual tension, characters who grow into themselves, and a love story that is wild and sweet!!
    • 5/5
      Perfectly funny, charming and steamy! I had the best time reading this book and I did not want to put it down. I seriously contemplated a sick day just so I could finish it (well, maybe not seriously but it did run through my mind, ha). When you open the pages of this book it is like you fall into the lives of Patrick and Lara. You are not just an observer you feel as if you are there with them throughout the book. Patrick or Psycho is the perfect male – he is hot, sensitive, bad-@$$, sexy and vulnerable. He is just a great character and the details describing his tattoos will certainly tip you over the edge (well, I guess if you like that sort of thing). Lara is sweet, kind, smart, and like most of us running from something in our past. It is interesting to watch the dynamic relationship between Patrick and Lara and Lara and Liam, Patrick’s brother. I also appreciate the representation of a person with a disability as “normal” – whatever that is. I wish there had been more resolution between Patrick, Liam and the rest of their family – maybe that will be forthcoming in another book in the series. These are just the type of characters you could read about on and on and on and never tire of them.This book is part of Jennifer Bernard’s Bachelor Firemen series, but it certainly can be read independently. I have never read any of the other books in this series (something I hope to rectify very, very soon) and was able to pick up with the story. From what I have gathered from others who have read the series, the other books introduce different characters but each book has its own independent storyline. The characters are reoccurring in the books which adds to the continuity of the series.If you are into books that are hot, steamy and about coming home for second chances this is definitely worth your time!Rating: 4.5Heat Rating: HotReviewed by: A. LynCourtesy of My Book Addiction and More
    • 5/5
      Loved it. Patrick is one of the Bachelor Firemen who is also one of the most intense. He works hard and he plays hard. But when some of his off-duty antics tick off his boss, he gets sent to Nevada to help fight the wildfires there. Back in his hometown, he has no intention of getting in touch with his family, who kicked him out ten years ago. He is stunned to see Lara Nelson, his brother's best friend, who he'd been attracted to back then. Lara had returned to Loveless to decide what to do with the property she'd inherited. As a doctor, she's been roped into helping treat injured firefighters. She never expected to see Patrick there or feel an out of control attraction to him.I loved both Patrick and Lara. Patrick has earned his nickname of "Psycho" because of the risks he takes both on and off the job. While he appears to simply enjoy the rush, it's really a way for him to escape his memories. Ten years earlier he and his younger brother, who is deaf and mildly autistic, were involved in an accident that Patrick feels he was responsible for. His father felt the same and kicked Patrick out of the house and the family. Patrick's years as a firefighter have been one way that he attempts to atone for his mistakes. Helping with the wildfires in Loveless is another way. He doesn't plan to contact his family at all, but that ends when he is spotted by both Lara and his younger sister. I loved seeing the different sides to Patrick that come out in this book. He is the protective older brother, who wants to help his little sister. He is also still fighting the guilty feelings over the accident that injured his brother. That brother has left home and Patrick is desperate to find him and talk to him. There is also the son who cares about his parents, in spite of how they treated him, and how he takes his own time to make their home fire safe. I loved the sweet side of him that came out with his rescue of the llama and how the critter loves him so much. And then there's the sexy firefighter who is so attracted to Lara that he can hardly see straight. What was really fun was seeing him get to know Lara the woman and realize that she was more than just a woman to sleep with. He has his moments of male idiocy, but he also has times when he is very sensitive to her needs. I loved seeing him begin to think of a future with her and trying to figure out how to make it happen. I also loved the way that Lara makes him think about things that happened in the past and start to look at them from a different angle. I also loved his reunion with his brother and his acceptance of all the changes they have both endured.Lara had spent her teen years in Loveless, taken in by her aunt after her parents' deaths. She spent those years feeling ashamed of the place, embarrassed by the purpose of her aunt's business. She endured a lot of teasing and prejudice from her classmates, her only friend being Patrick's brother Liam. She never understood his family's actions after the accident, but put it mostly out of her mind after she left to go to college. She avoided going back to Loveless, wanting to put that whole time behind her. When her aunt died and left the property to her, she planned to go back, sell it, and return to California. When she arrived in Loveless she ended up putting her medical knowledge to use helping to treat the firefighters. She also discovered that selling the property wouldn't be easy, and that she cared too much about her aunt's friends to just kick them out. She was surprised to see Patrick back in Loveless and discovered that the faint attraction she had felt as a teenager has become as big a fire as the one the firefighters are battling. She's never felt anything like it before and had assumed that she was one of those people who just never got into the whole passion thing. I loved seeing the effect that Patrick had on her. She also got to know him better and saw how he used his reputation to run from his feelings about the accident. I loved the way that she made him take a fresh look at the events of that night. She also doesn't just sit back and put up with the things that he says or does and has no problem letting him have it when she's mad at him. She has a tendency to say some mean things when she's mad, but has the heart to apologize when she calms down. I liked seeing her start to take a look at her own life and choices and see where she wants her life to go. I loved her support of her friend Liam in his current choices, and the way that she brought about his reunion with Patrick.The romance between Patrick and Lara had some interesting ups and downs. They went from being just in it for the physical, knowing that they would only be in Loveless for a short time, to trying to figure out a way for them to be together more. Patrick slowly came to realize that he is capable of a real relationship with Lara, but had trouble trying to put his feelings into words. Lara's evolving from a rather passionless scientific type to the wild woman she is around Patrick was fun to see. She had to make the jump to trusting her feelings and following her heart. I loved seeing them get to know each other as they are now. The final resolution of their lives together was great.The secondary story of Patrick's family and the things they were going through was really good. It gave an excellent insight to how Patrick ended up where he did and why. It also showed Patrick in a good light as he made sure his parents' house was safe, in spite of the way his father was acting. There was a lot of maturing on Patrick's part, as he went from his old way of trying to anger his dad to actually trying to get along with him and protect him.I also really enjoyed the part that the "Goddesses" played. It started out with them seeming like really odd hippie-type people, but got a lot more grounded the more I saw of them. Their love for Lara was obvious in the way they had tried to take care of her as a teen, and how they want her to do what's right for her now. I enjoyed all their comments about the firefighters as they were helping out at the command center, and later when Vader came to help Patrick with the repairs. It was fun to see them help Lara see herself differently.
    • 4/5
      Patrick “ Psycho” Callahan has a reputation for living life on the edge and living up to his nickname. When he “borrows” an earthmover and decides to dig out the backyard of the fire station to make a pool, his captain decides he needs to take a break and volunteers Patrick for a hotshot spot in Loveless, Nevada. Patrick is not happy with this assignment because it will bring him back to his hometown, a town he left under bad circumstances 8 years prior. He hasn’t seen his family or his friend Lara Nelson since he left the area.Lara has moved on from Loveless and in working as a Dr. in San Diego. Her memories of growing up in a sex therapy retreat house are brought to the forefront when her aunt dies and she inherits the property. She has to return to Loveless to settle the estate and ends up volunteering at the fire site. Needless to say, Lara and Patrick reconnect and old feelings are awakened.I have really enjoyed this series and this is one of the best books in it. Patrick is a good guy with a lot of guilt about his part in a motorbike accident that impacted his brother Liam’s life and caused Patrick’s estrangement from his family. His life has become one big thrill seeking activity after another to keep his mind off of all his perceived screw-ups. The only good thing he has done was his decision to become a firefighter. Lara’s reaction to the accident was to become a Doctor and lead a fairly restrained life. Confronting her past in Loveless and reconnecting with Patrick has thrown a wrench in her plans. Both Patrick and Lara have unresolved issues that are tied up with Loveless and each other. The chemistry between them is hot and they don’t know how to handle their feelings for each other beyond the sex. There are a lot of ups and downs in their relationship which makes the end result that much sweeter.Some of the characters from previous books make appearances in this one with the most time devoted to Vader and his troublesome relationship with Cherie. This is a teaser for the next book in the series due out in February, 2014.