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BOOKWORM REVIEW: The Firefighter's Dilemma by Mariah Ankenman


RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
SPICE: 🔥🔥🔥

This was a fun, sexy read about two rival colleagues who are forced to work together and find that there was more to their adversarial relationship.

Stephanie Diaz and Eli Ward always loved a good competition, especially if the other firefighter was involved. When their chief assigned them to an online competition for first responders, it was no question that they would be in. It helps that the competition was essentially an audition for a job promotion.

What they did not account for by being part of this competition as a team is the close proximity and the opportunity to learn more about each other. This puts our main characters in a tough spot: Their feelings conflict with Stephanie's ambition and Eli's intent to protect his family's legacy.

Rivals-to-lovers is my jam, and this read is spot-on. I have loved Eli and Stephanie's banter since The Dating Dilemma so I was looking forward to this read. It did not disappoint. Their chemistry was red-hot. I especially love their flirty exchanges masquerading as ribbing.

For Amazing Race fans, this read is also a fun treat. Mariah Ankenman did a great job of creating a playful suspense with each competition. She layers each contest with wonderful tension between our main characters. 

The spicy moments? Well worth the slow-burn wait. Eli and Stephanie brings similar electric energy to the bedroom that left a grin on my face.

This is the third book in the Mile High Firefighters series, but it can be read as a standalone. 

** I am voluntarily reviewing an advance copy of this book. Thank you to Mariah Ankenman, Entangled Publishing, and NetGalley for providing an ARC. **

ABOUT THE BOOK

Firefighter Stephanie Díaz won’t let anyone stop her from becoming the youngest female fire chief in Denver. Not the jerks who’d like to see an ambitious Latine woman admit defeat. Not the ultra-bro firefighters she has to work with. And definitely not her ridiculously hot and often infuriating, fellow firefighter Eli Ward. Now Stephanie has the chance to prove to everyone that she’s got what it takes…but there’s one helluva catch.

The Battle of the First Responders is a live, balls-out competition in the secluded Rockies and Stephanie has been selected—along with Ward as her partner. On the line are their reputations, a whole lot of cash…and the promotion they’ve been fighting for. Teaming up is the perfect chance to finally settle their never ending one-upmanship, but it also exposes the smoldering attraction they’ve held at bay.

Now their days are fueled by a high-stakes, adrenaline-fueled competition. Their nights are filled with sizzling deep kisses that steal her breath away. But this sexy little fling is about to set off a five-alarm blaze she can’t control…


MEET MARIAH ANKENMAN

Bestselling author Mariah Ankenman lives in the beautiful Rocky Mountains with her two rambunctious children and loving spouse who is her own personal spell checker when her dyslexia gets the best of her.

Mariah loves to lose herself in a world of words. Her favorite thing about writing is when she can make someone’s day a little brighter with one of her books.

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