Burning Desire by Jerry Cole

Oliver Lincoln is a twenty-something bookstore owner with a problem. When he runs into his ex at a market, a knight in shining armor steps in to protect him from the unwanted attention. Exchanging numbers, Oliver doesn’t expect his new firefighter friend to want to spend more time with him—or to get to know him at all. With self-worth issues, and confidence beaten down by a relationship he would much rather forget, this new relationship will take work and effort he doesn’t think he has.

Eddie Rodriguez has what his friend likes to call a white knight complex. When he helps someone he meets in a market, who is being harassed, he isn’t prepared for Oliver Lincoln—or the ex who just won’t leave him alone.

Though their romance blossoms into something they both think might be permanent, Doug Portman, Oliver’s ex, begins a campaign of terror that promises retribution on Eddie, Oliver and the love they both hold dear. With their friends struggling to hold everything together and Oliver making a mistake that threatens their relationship and future, can their love overcome the obstacles?

Or will Doug’s machinations end with something far more sinister than just a breakup?