Hot Shot - Karina Halle

\nI've been in love with Fox Nelson since I was young.\n \nEveryone knows it too. My friends, my family, half the town of North Ridge-they all know about my hopeless crush on the moody, rugged mountain man next door.\n \nEveryone except Fox himself.\n \nAnd maybe that's for the best. Because Fox Nelson is a wildland firefighter who jumps out of planes into burning forests for a living. He's dangerous, damaged, and way out of my league.\n \nBut lately, something's changed.\n \nFox isn't looking at me like a friend anymore. He's looking at me like a man looks at a woman he wants. And when he touches me-those skilled, rough hands lingering just a little too long-it doesn't feel friendly at all.\n \nI tell myself it doesn't mean anything.\n \nHe tells himself the same thing.\n \nBut when the summer heat becomes unbearable and we're thrown together more than ever, the line between friendship and something deeper starts to blur.\n \nFox says he's not good for me. That his demons are too dark, his job too dangerous.\n \nI say I'm tired of being treated like I'm made of glass.\n \nHe says I don't know what I'm asking for.\n \nI say I'm about to show him exactly what I want.\n \nBecause I have one more secret Fox doesn't know about-one that will change everything between us.\n \nAnd I'm finally ready to tell him.\n \n\n \nNOTE: This series was previously published in 2017 where each book became instant USA Today bestsellers! On August 18th 2025, the trilogy is getting new life with new covers, updated content (including an extra chapter in Wild Card), content warnings, new formatting, and is going into KU for the first time ever. You can read each book as a standalone as they revolve around a different couple and their hard-won HEAs, however if you want to read in order it goes: Wild Card, Maverick and Hot Shot.\n \n\n \nContent Warning: Please see inside of the book using the Read Sample feature as this book has triggering topics.\n