Mutual Aid

Erin Hale is used to control. As an operations planner at the urban station, she builds order from chaos, turning split-second decisions into strategies that keep crews alive. When she's seconded to support a regional wildfire response, she expects resistance from the frontline teams who don't trust outsiders telling them how to do their jobs. She doesn't expect Nate Mercer. A seasoned wildfire firefighter, Nate leads with instinct, experience, and a quiet confidence that clashes with Erin's structured approach. Their first meetings are all friction, sharp debates, stubborn silences, and a pull neither wants to acknowledge. But as the fireline shifts and the pressure mounts, strategy and instinct begin to align… and so do they. Long nights in the command trailer. Shared risk on the fireground. The kind of trust that forms when lives hang in the balance. What starts as professional tension becomes something hotter, harder to ignore, and impossible to contain. Because when the fire finally dies down, Erin and Nate are left facing a different kind of heat, one built on respect, vulnerability, and the undeniable connection forged in the smoke. Mutual Aid is a steamy, emotionally charged romance about opposites colliding, control giving way to instinct, and the spark that ignites when two people stop fighting what they feel.