The characters are well-developed, the pacing is quick but fulfilling, the smexy times are very hot and though (as is appropriate with any story) you wish it didn’t end, you still feel very satisfied at the HEA. About Us We create innovative, sustainable and purposeful solutions which stretch global businesses & organisations of all kinds into new areas of growth. We work with our clients to solve problems that are difficult, ambiguous or both. With short-stories it’s easy to feel short-changed and this is definitely not one of those. where there’s smoke is an independent innovation agency of expansive thinkers and doers.

This story just grabs you right from the start and keeps you enthralled. Oh, and super hot.Īt first David is confused by the good-neighborly acts of kindness Zach bestows upon him, but then, with a little help from another matchmaking neighbor, he begins to think that maybe his plans on being happy and alone might just need to be altered a bit… Zach is a fireman, a great neighbor, a rescuer of cats, a fixer of things, and a genuinely nice guy. If Zach can extinguish the flames left by David’s past, David might finally break away from his structured life and take a chance on love.ĭavid has just moved to town, starting fresh with a promotion at the university, determined to be happy and alone, no man needed, no siree. The more time they spend together, though, the more David questions his resolution to remain single. When David meets his neighbor Zach, he can’t tell if Zach is just being friendly or if the handsome fireman might actually be interested in him. For years he’s been content with his solitary life, finding fulfillment in his career, books, television show marathons, and his cat’s companionship.

If he can make room in his life and his heart, an isolated medieval history professor might find a real life knight in shining armor.Ī terrible breakup in his twenties left David shying away from relationships.

Where There's Smoke by Nico Jaye