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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Contained: A Forbidden Firehouse MM Romance (Forbidden Hearts Book 3)

Contained: A Forbidden Firehouse MM Romance (Forbidden Hearts Book 3)

Paperback

General GLBTQIA Fiction

ISBN13: 9798194161485
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 22 2026
Pages: 122
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.26 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
He fights fires for a living. His captain is the one flame he can't put out.

Asher Reyes finally has the one thing he's wanted since he was seven years old, watching strangers save what was left of his family's home: a spot on the roster at Fall Creek Fire Station 3. What he doesn't expect is Captain Jonah Cross - exacting, controlled, and grieving a fiancé he lost in the line of duty five years ago. Cross runs the tightest house in the county because he's terrified of losing anyone else. And Asher, against every rule and every ounce of professional judgment, can't stop wanting to be the exception.

When grief and adrenaline finally break Jonah's careful control wide open, what follows is stormy, secret, and against department policy - a captain who claims Asher like a man who's finally stopped denying himself, then pulls back just as hard, terrified that loving someone in this dangerous job means losing them the exact same way. Asher's done being handled carefully from a distance. He's done watching the man he loves choose fear over him. This time, he's staying to fight for it.

Contained is an emotional, steamy small-town MM firehouse romance about grief, control, and learning that real love means choosing someone every day, danger included. Cole and Nate from Built for Him make a warm return appearance as Asher and Jonah find their own hard-won happy ending.

Slow burn with a dominant, protective captain hero

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