Annabelle Bishop is a curvy and clever nurse in a large town. Her life is going nowhere until she meets Steve Brown, a muscular man with a habit of getting drunk with the boys.Annabelle takes an instant disliking to Steve’s arrogance and stupidity.However, when an ex attempts to attack Annabelle, Steve springs to the rescue. Annabelle begins to notices that Steve is actually rather caring at heart.But, the pressures of Steve's job as a firefighter leave him blind to Annabelle's affections and Annabelle takes up boxing to try and distract herself.Finally, when a rude co-worker of Steve at the fire station, Naomi Walker, threatens to come between them, Annabelle has to act fast. But will they ever find the passionate love that they deserve when all seems lost?Excerpt:"The house was full of smoke and she could barely make out the stairs. Coughing hard, she ran up the stairs, hesitating at the top until she heard Hope scream again. She ran to the door and pounded on it. Hope opened the door and Annabelle pushed her way in. She shut the door behind her, feeling that the wood was getting hot. She got down on all fours where the air should have been slightly clearer. When she looked down, she saw smoke curling up through the floorboards. The house was old and ramshackle. It was a tinderbox that, once it got going, would go up in minutes. She grabbed Hope and they crawled to the window. The window was glued shut so Annabelle grabbed a small trash bin and threw it through the glass. Fresh air came pouring in just as the sound of sirens filled the air. Annabelle stood up and saw a fire-truck pull to stop in front of the house. "
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