"Book: The Fireman Who Loved Me Author: Jennifer Bernard Series: Bachelor Firemen #1 Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis:  Fearless, smoking hot and single: meet the Bachelor Firemen of San Gabriel. These firemen might be heroes, but it's their bad luck in love that makes them legendary.   News producer Melissa McGuire and Fire Captain Harry Brody couldn't be more different, though they do have one thing in common: they're both convinced they're perfectly wrong for each other.   But when Melissa's matchmaking grandmother wins her a date with Brody at a bachelor auction… Sparks fly. Passion flares. Heat rises. (You get the picture.)   Add a curse, a conniving nightly news anchor, a stunningly handsome daredevil fireman, a brave little boy, a couple of exes, and one giant fire to the mix and Melissa and Brody's love may not be the only thing that burns.     My Review:  First off let me tell you I really, really liked this book; Melissa McGuire and Harry Brody make an amazing couple. This was one of the most fun books I have read all summer.  ""The Fireman Who Loved Me"" starts out at a bachelor auction; Melissa's grandmother Nelly has invited Melissa so she can find the man of her dreams.  See Nelly is the typical interfering grandmother; she wants her granddaughter to find a man worthy of her love.  When Nelly bet's an ungodly amount of money for a date with one of the irresistible bachelor's Melissa has no choice but to attend. This is where things heat up.  Nelly is a very lovable character and the life of the party -and by party I mean story- throughout this book. She talks with her dead husband, she always lets the characters know when they are doing something wrong and she is always there! To be honest I found her to be a little annoying at times but most of the time she reminded me of someone who wants the best for someone they love.    The storyline of this book was quite enjoyable; Melissa and Captain Brody have a great relationship. They can talk to each other about anything and there is plenty of heated sex. But of course there can't be a romance story without ex's and horribly mean characters. The fact that both Melissa's and Brody's ex's show up at the same time was a little unbelievable for me. That is just too much of the same conflict. Now for the horrible characters of the book we have Ella Joy, the incredibly sexy anchor woman for the news station Melissa works at.  Ella Joy is that character that can't do anything for herself, and steals everyone's attention. Now this is fine for a conflict in a book, and I found Ella to be quite the character.  It's just some parts of Ella Joy's life were a little too involved in this book. I mean ""The Fireman Who Loved Me"" is supposed to be about Melissa and Brody, not how Ella Joy and Melissa's ex get together.    Throughout this book Melissa is working to save a little boy from an abusive foster family, and it is going along and I am starting to hope for a happy ending for this little boy. But when some critical points in Melissa's life happen she just ""forgets"" about the boy.  I found myself waiting and waiting for things to be resolved with this case but once things get going good for Melissa again Rodrigo, the boy from the abusive family is never mentioned again. The story ends without the expected resolution of this problem. I just found that to be a little annoying. I mean the character cares so much for this little boy and then we don't even get to know what happens. I mean what is with that?  Other than those few problems I found this book to be a great fun and easy summer read. I really liked the main characters and I did enjoy seeing Ella get taken down a notch or two in the end.  These characters were some of the most realistic people I have read about in a romance novel. I am truthfully looking forward to reading the next in the Bachelor Fireman series. This book does have its flaws but all in all it was a fairly good romantic comedy."
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