Chasing Fire / Nora Roberts / 472 pages

Rowan Tripp has followed in her father's footsteps and become a crack Missoula smoke jumper.  Gulliver Curry is a rookie smoke jumper, attracted to the job by his admiration of Rowan's father "Iron Man" Tripp.  The attraction between the two is as combustible as the fires they fight.  When Rowan is targeted and vandalized for a tragedy that occurred last season, things become even more intense in camp.  The stress of fire fighting, murder, abandonment, and a fledgling romance between her father and the local high school principal challenge Rowan as she has never been challenged before.  This is an intriguing story of courageous individuals, an intricate, carefully woven plot, and a plethora of suspects sure to please all.