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Fighting Love’s Flame

Dana Winston

Some walls are meant to burn down...

Sharing a tent with Alaska’s grumpiest smokejumper wasn’t part of June Harrington’s plan—but an overcrowded fire camp left her bunking with the one man who wanted her gone.

Jake Morrison made it clear from day one: her camera was a liability and his crew didn’t need a documentarian filming their every move. She made it equally clear she wasn’t leaving. Not when this assignment was her only shot at redemption for a past tragedy where she filmed instead of helping.

Every dangerous rescue revealed the devastatingly competent man beneath his stoic armor. Every quiet conversation exposed wounds that matched her own. He was drowning in guilt over losing someone under his command.

She understood that guilt better than anyone.

As they work together to save his program from budget cuts, the heat between them burns hotter than any wildfire—but when two people are convinced they don’t deserve second chances, can they risk trusting each other with their carefully guarded hearts?

Fighting Love’s Flame is a medical romance set in Alaska. It’s the third book in the Alaska Rugged Hearts Series and can be read as a standalone.

If you love workplace romance with forced proximity, grumpy smokejumper heroes finding redemption through love, and competent heroines who can save lives with a camera and melt hearts on the fire line—think Only the Brave meets Northern Exposure—then Fighting Love’s Flame is for you.

Book Information

Author: Dana Winston

Available on: October 14th, 2025

Series: Alaska Rugged Heart Series

Imprint: Lovelace Lit

Word Count: 41k

Genres: Contemporary Romance, Firefighter Romance, Romance, Small Town Romance

Formats Available: Ebook

ISBNs: 978-1-966024-19-4


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Chapters from Fighting Love’s Flame...

Fighting Love’s Flame – Chapter 1

The Douglas DC-3 shuddered through another pocket of super-heated air, and Jake Morrison’s stomach didn’t even register the drop. After ten years of jumping into wildfires, turbulence was just another...

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Fighting Love’s Flame – Chapter 2

The supply tent smelled of canvas, sweat, and the sharp tang of chain oil—a scent Jake usually found comforting. Today, it was claustrophobic.

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Fighting Love’s Flame – Chapter 3

The command post RV smelled like stale coffee and too many bodies crammed into too small a space. June blinked against the glare of computer monitors reflecting tactical maps—swaths of...

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Fighting Love’s Flame – Chapter 4

The morning came wrapped in smoke and the acrid taste of disaster. June woke to Jake’s hand on her shoulder, a brief touch that had her alert.

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Fighting Love’s Flame – Chapter 5

The drone caught the snag first. June had launched it at dawn, the small aircraft cutting through smoke-heavy air while Jake’s team prepared for another day on the line.

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Fighting Love’s Flame – Chapter 6

The coffee was terrible. Burnt, bitter, with grounds floating on the surface.

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Fighting Love’s Flame – Chapter 7

The morning briefing crackled with tension thick as smoke. June stood at the edge of the command post, camera rolling as Captain Lennon outlined the day’s operation—a controlled burn that...

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Fighting Love’s Flame – Chapter 8

“He’s okay,” June called back, though her teeth chattered so hard she could barely form words. “Almost there.

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Fighting Love’s Flame – Chapter 9

The lightning struck at 3:47 p. m.

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Fighting Love’s Flame – Chapter 10

The news arrived with Monday’s dawn briefing, delivered by Captain Lennon with the forced calm that meant catastrophe. “The state legislature moved up their vote.

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Fighting Love’s Flame – Chapter 11

After the assembly, June edited footage in the mess tent, trying to incorporate the day’s drama into her documentary when her phone buzzed. Another text from her editor, more insistent.

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Fighting Love’s Flame – Chapter 12

The comm tower burned at 2:17 a. m.

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Fighting Love’s Flame – Chapter 13

They ate at the long table of the firehouse with Chief Raul Ortega watching them inhale eggs and toast as if they were on a timer. “Bunks warm enough.

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Fighting Love’s Flame – Chapter 14

Base camp, 0600 hours. The scent of strong coffee hung in the morning air, underscored by the persistent thrum of portable generators and the low murmur of camp radio chatter.

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Fighting Love’s Flame – Chapter 15

The flight to Porcupine Lake took eight minutes but felt like hours. June gripped her seat as Tommy navigated through smoke thick enough to obscure everything beyond the windows.

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Fighting Love’s Flame – Chapter 16

Evening settled over base camp, the storm’s aftermath leaving everything saturated and steaming. June sat on an overturned equipment crate outside the medical tent, her laptop balanced on her knees...

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Fighting Love’s Flame – Epilogue

The fire watch cabin stood transformed, its weathered pine walls adorned with wildflowers and twinkling lights that caught the late afternoon sun streaming through the windows. What had once been...

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