Review: UNDER FIRE by Jo Davis.........

Oh my, I so loved this book I finished in a matter of hours, despite the fact I did start late Sat night and ended at 2am Sunday morning. I refused to put it down it was that good!
UNDER FIRE is book two in Jo Davis' Firefighters of Station 5 Series and it does not disappoint. You got a little taste of the boy genius Zack Knight in the first book TRIAL by FIRE (Howard "Six-Pack" Paxton's story). Zack seemed so ready to give up, as in throwing in the towel, he was done with his horrible life and wanted out! It all starts as he is feeling the brunt of his reality on a raining day and rear ends sexy exotic dancer Cori Shannon, info is exchanged and they go on their separate way only to be reunited once again in an deadly rescue as Cori's tire is actually shot out in the storm while she is crossing a bridge. As you can imagine what happens next is the sexy and not so geeky Zack & Station 5 come to the rescue, the problem is, and it is a biggie is that Cori is trapped in her car. Zack volunteers to go in and get her feeling the guilt of hitting her earlier that day, but as he saves Cori, Zack gets trapped in the car and drowns... Yes I said it, not a spoiler since it happens in the first 20 pages, he dies, actually dies, but with the temp of the water and the heroics of his team, especially Julian and Howard, Zack is brought back to life. Whew...and so the real story begins, as if that wasn't a kicker and a hell of a way to start a book off! Ok, I admit I loved it, it got my heart beating a mile a minute as I turned from page to page. As Cori and Zack fall in love and develop their relationship they or rather Zack is attacked several more times and is hurt severely each time. This guy can really take a lick'in and keep on tick'in, but there is a plot someone out in the unknown to take down Cori and Zack by association now that they are involved. I enjoyed not knowing until the end really who I main villain was, it helped turn the pages of this hot and oh so sexy read. There was a great chemistry between Cori and Zack I felt which was made solid by the end of the book. The mystery behind Cori's life choices as well as the devastation of Zack's life at the hand of a powerful and very dangerous man due to his father's debts, helps create some excited and fun twists and turns.
All of Station Five comes and goes throughout the book, Sean Tanner still an alcoholic and grieving for his lost family, Eve is Zack's best friend and doesn't fail him while trying to support him through these though times as well as Howard. Julian actually gave CPR to Zack and revived him, and although their turbulent relationship can't be called friendship there is a mutual understanding as Zack realized that Julian isn't out for the FAO position while he is out of commission. Tommy is Tommy and just looking pretty. His personality hasn't been explored as of yet but I look forward to his story. Just go out and get it, you know you wanna. And you won't be disappointed!!

Snippet: "Meet Zack Knight, firefighter and paramedic— the handsome genius of Station Five. He can take on any blaze, but needs a certain kind of woman…
Zack fights fires and saves lives, yet his own thirst for life has run dry—until he comes to the rescue of hardheaded, sharp-tongued exotic dancer Corrine Shannon, who sparks a carnal appetite that has the normally shy hero burning out of control.
But just as they are consumed by the flames of passion, they find themselves under fire from two relentless enemies with fifty million reasons to succeed. Dangerous men who will stop at nothing to get what they want, even if it means putting a permanent end to Zack and Cori’s love—or their lives. Can Zack and Cori withstand the heat­­, or will their newfound romance be extinguished as fast as it began?"