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The Heat is On: Summer of the Burning Sky (Montana Fire book 7) Kindle Edition

by Susan May Warren (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.5 477 ratings

Book 7 of 8: Montana Fire

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March advanced on her, five determined steps, and set the gun against her head.
“Stop—stop!” Rio’s brain shut down, and sheer reflexes propelled him across the rocks. “March—don’t!”
“She’ll run back to camp and warn them,” March said.
Skye’s breath shuddered out, her hands quivering. “No—no, I won’t—”
“Shut up!”
Rio wasn’t taking any chances. He walked right up to Skye and without pause simply put his arms around her. Turned her in one quick motion.
March’s gun barrel was now shoved against his spine.
“Shh,” he said, his mouth against Skye’s ear.

When western Alaska erupts in a devastating fire, the elite firefighting crew of the Jude County Smokejumpers is called in to save the day. They’ll do anything to stop the fire, including fighting alongside a crew of local prisoners. The last thing they expect is a jailbreak and when the prisoners disappear into the forest with one of their own, they’ll have to fight not only the fire, but for the freedom of their friends…during the Summer of the Burning Sky.

FBI Agent Rio Parker is tired of playing the bad guy, even if it is for a good reason. Undercover with a group of prisoners to babysit a federal informant, he can’t believe he’s been enlisted to fight a forest fire…or sucked into a prison break. Worse—a female smokejumper has been kidnapped. Now, he’ll have to protect her from a rapist, keep his informant from escaping, and stay out of the gunsights of the US Marshal hot on his trail.

Smokejumper Skye Doyle knew trouble was brewing when the group of prisoners joined the firefight. She never expected, however, to be kidnapped during their breakout. But can she trust a hardened felon to keep her safe? Except, Rio is not who he seems, and when his identity is uncovered, she must decide if she can trust a man who has been lying to her…

But staying alive on the run isn’t their only problem, they’ll have to learn to trust each other if they hope to survive in book 2 of the Summer of the Burning Sky.

In this mini-series
Light My Fire ( Book 1: Summer of the Burning Sky)
The Heat is On (Book 2: Summer of the Burning Sky)
Some Like it Hot (Book 3: Summer of the Burning Sky)

*Action, drama, adventure, flawed individuals and emotional and spiritual challenges are hallmarks of Warren's books. - Christian Library Journal*

Other novels by USA TODAY bestselling author Susan May Warren.

MONTANA FIRE Book 1: Where There's Smoke (Summer of Fire)
Book 2: Playing with Fire (Summer of Fire)
Book 3: Burnin' For You (Summer of Fire)
Book 4: Oh, The Weather Outside is Frightful (Christmas novella)
Book 5: I'll be There (Montana Fire/Deep Haven crossover)
Book 6: Light My Fire (Summer of the Burning Sky)
Book 7: The Heat is On (Summer of the Burning Sky)
Book 8: Some Like it Hot (Summer of the Burning Sky)
Book 9: You Don't Have to Be a Star (spin-off)

MONTANA RESCUE
Book 1: If Ever I Would Leave You (prequel novella)
Book 2: Wild Montana Skies
Book 3: Rescue Me
Book 4: A Matter of Trust
Book 5: Crossfire (spin off novella)
Book 6: Troubled Waters
Book 7: Storm Front
Book 8: Wait for Me

TEAM HOPE: (Search and Rescue series)
Book 1: Waiting for Dawn (novella prequel)
Book 2: Flee the Night
Book 3: Escape to Morning
Book 4: Expect the Sunrise

NOBLE LEGACY (Montana Ranch Trilogy)
Book 1: Reclaiming Nick
Book 2: Taming Rafe
Book 3: Finding Stefanie

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07F1QP11P
Publisher ‏ : ‎ SDG Publishing; 1st edition (July 17, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 17, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5129 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 161 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #42,932 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #103 in Contemporary Christian Fiction (Books)
- #131 in Christian Mystery & Suspense Romance (Kindle Store)
- #140 in Contemporary Christian Fiction (Kindle Store)

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Although I attended the U of Minnesota, I’m a woodsy girl at heart. Or maybe I’m an adventurer—having lived and traveled all over the world, including Siberia, Russia as a missionary for eight years. That’s why my characters seem to get into one scrape after another—they’re too much like me! I love God, my family, my country, my church, and feel privileged every day to be able to write stories.

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With nearly 2 million books sold, critically acclaimed novelist Susan May Warren is the Christy, RITA, and Carol award-winning author of over ninety novels. Known for her compelling plots and unforgettable characters, Susan has penned contemporary and historical romances, romantic suspense, thrillers, rom-coms, and Christmas novellas. With books translated into eight languages, she's a USA Today, ECPA and CBA bestseller, and has received numerous starred Publisher Weekly reviews. Library Journal says, "Warren’s characters are well-developed and she knows how to create a first rate contemporary romance.”

Susan is a nationally acclaimed writing coach, and winner of the 2009 American Christian Fiction Writers Mentor of the Year. She is the founder of Novel.Academy, author of the popular writing method, The Story Equation, and a founding partner of Sunrise Media Group.

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GumboMom

Wonderful clean romance

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2018

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This is the second in the Summer of the Burning Sky series by Susan May Warren.

Skype Doyle is a Smokejumper from Montana fighting fires in Alaska. She is the only woman on her team and feels she has a lot to prove. When a group of prisoners is brought in to assist in the fire fight, she is kidnapped by a murder/rapist who was accidentally slipped in to the group of prisoners assigned. It is going to take everything she has to stay alive and get back to her teammates.

Rio Parker is an undercover FBI agent who is tired of playing the bad boy. Agent Parker is in prison to help protect a potential witness who is resistant to his efforts to get him to testify against his boss. When the other prisoners stage an escape, he soon finds himself needing to protect the beautiful smokejumper, Skye, and wanting something more in his life and maybe even with her. Would they be able to survive this ordeal and get away without being killed and is it possible for the good guy to win?

I am a huge fan of Mrs. Warren's books. This series is just as wonderful as her others that I have read. I would highly recommend it to anyone who loves a good story with romance and danger.

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Allyson Anthony

Heart-stopping danger

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2024

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What a great pulse-pounding addition to the Summer of the Burning Sky series. The Heat is On focuses on Skye and Rio's perspectives as we continue on with the prisoners helping the smokejumpers battle the Alaskan wildfires, then escaping and taking Skye who came upon them as hostage.
Not all as it seems to be. Secrets, a shocking reveal, and heart-stopping danger unfold during this story. Can Skye trust Rio long enough to escape?

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MJSH

Suspense, action, adrenaline-packed

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2018

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I love Susan May Warren books, though I’m sort of a newbie in her fan club with only having read Montana Rescue series so far (no worries, I have most of her other series lined up to be read on my bookshelf or on my Kindle). This sequel to Light My Fire in the Summer of the Burning Sky series surprised me a bit because a good portion of this book is a rendering of all that happened so far in the first book but told from two other perspectives. Though a bit different from what I expected, I still enjoyed the book and loved getting to know Skye and Rio.

As the fire rages on in Alaska, there are prisoners who break free and are on the run. The Heat Is On focuses on Rio who is an undercover FBI agent, attempting to take down a trafficking and smuggling ring while disguised as a prisoner. He’s strong, solid, and protective as the defender of justice even as he struggles with the darkness that he lives with day in and day out. Only his faith shines a little light into his life of duplicity until he meets Skye, a smokejumper who is everything kind, loving, sweet, and tender as well as determined. Plenty of twists and turns in the new plotline makes the story fascinating and the adrenaline of fighting fires and chasing down the bad guys is high and alive in this book. I particularly enjoyed how Skye and Rio clung to Psalm 23 even in their darkest and most threatening trials.

What will book 3 hold?

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Zenobia N Jefferson

Susan May Warren tells a story that you cannot resist.

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2023

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Susan has the power to make you see the characters, realize their struggles, and essentially put you there in the moment.

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2018

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Wow! Every book I read that Susan May Warren has written is so full of sparks, action, intrigue, drama, suspense, and some sweet romance!
This story fits that list perfectly! I was captivated from the very first sentence to the end. I couldn't put it down!
I grew up knowing many smoke-jumpers, and firefighters. Those men and women are true heroes! They put their lives on the line every time they go out on a call.
Susan May Warren has captured what they do in a way that as we read her stories, we can feel the heat and smell the smoke. She also has a wonderful way of bringing into each of her stories the amazing grace and love of God. As well as, lessons for each of us, about how we are not failures when we put our trust in Him.
I highly recommend you pick this book up and read it. It will keep you on the seat of your chair and you won't want to do anything until you've finished it.

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Tracey~book corner fan

Love Skye and Rio...but majority of story is a reread of book one

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2018

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I am a huge Susie May fan and have read more of her books, fifty six at last count, than any other author. She has given me more hours of reading thrills and excitement, swoon-worthy and touching inspirational moments than any one else, putting her squarely in my number one most read and enjoyed author spot.

But The Heat is On surprised me. It's a retelling of Light My Fire, book one in the Burning Sky series. The only difference is it's told through the point of view of two of the other characters in the first story. Of the 162 pages, only about forty pages or so is new material specific to Skye and Rio. Honestly, I would have preferred to have just had the new material, even as short as it was, than having had to read three-fourths of the book reliving the same story. Unfortunate because I actually enjoyed The Heat is On with Rio and Skye's story more than Light My Fire, but did not rate it as high because of the repetition.

The short preview of Some Like it Hot, the third book in the series, once again begins in the same spot at the Midnight Sun Saloon to tell the story from Larke and Riley's point of view. This series has the feel of so many of those time loop movies where the characters awake to the same day, ever day. Or the feel of different witnesses to the same event being interviewed to compare stories and piece together what really happened.

I may be in the minority on this, but the retelling of the same story three times from three different perspectives, is not really a plot device that appeals to me. If I could figure out a way to go directly to Larke and Riley's part of the story in Some Like It Hot, I surely would.

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