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Fisher Moreland has been cast out of his family because they can no longer deal with his issues. Fisher is bipolar and living day to day, trying to manage his condition, but he hasn’t always had much control over his life and has self-medicated with whatever he could find. 

JD Burnside has been cut off from his family because of a scandal back home. He moved to Carlisle but brought his Southern charm and warmth along with him. When he sees Fisher on a park bench on a winter’s night, he invites Fisher to join him and his friends for a late-night meal.

At first Fisher doesn’t know what to make of JD, but he slowly comes out of his shell. And when Fisher’s job is threatened because of a fire, JD’s support and care is more than Fisher ever thought he could expect. But when people from Fisher’s past turn up in town at the center of a resurgent drug epidemic, Fisher knows they could very well sabotage his budding relationship with JD.

Book Review

This latest installment in the ‘Carlisle Cops’ series is as touching, suspenseful, and heartwarming as the first three. Determination and courage are again central themes, but this time both men battle a sense of abandonment, having been cut off by their families. JD is a well-liked police officer, so at least he has his colleagues (Red, Carter, and Kip – all well known from the first three books) to talk to and support him. Fisher is not so lucky – he has a dark past, suffered an accident with horrific consequences for his health, and faces life all alone. To make things even more difficult for both of them, Fisher’s past seems to be catching up with him, JD’s mother exhibits a sudden need to return him under her control, and increasing threats from drug dealers turn all of the usually quiet city streets of Carlisle into a battlefield. What a roller coaster!
 
Fisher has never had an easy life and did some things he is less than proud of, but he was trying to get his life in order. Then an accident left him with traumatic brain injury and he is now bipolar, making everything much more challenging. His boyfriend abandoned him, his parents and siblings kicked him out, and his mood swings and memory lapses make every single day a challenge. He doesn’t easily trust, so he has no friends, but even though he is lonely, he has no idea how to fix it.

JD is from the South and has started a new life after being cut off by his family – mainly his mother. All she worried about was the scandal JD caused, and JD, knowing a lost battle when he sees one, decided to leave and build his own life. He likes being a cop despite the occasional danger, and he works well with the Carlisle team. When he sees Fisher sitting on a bench in the park, all on his own and in the freezing cold, he decides to check on him and help if he can.

This simple act of human kindness has all kinds of consequences. Fisher is attracted to JD, but afraid the man will run once he finds out the truth about Fisher – everyone else in Fisher’s life has left him. JD finds Fisher intriguing, and he admires the strength it has taken for Fisher to get where he is now. Both men clearly need each other, and when the increasing incidents with drug dealers begin to look like someone is after Fisher, JD’s protectiveness comes to the fore and they combine their efforts to catch the criminals – only to find they are falling for each other. Very sweet!

If you like stories about men who fight for the right to live a peaceful life the way they want, if you want to know more about the effect of mental issues can have on a budding relationship, and if you’re looking for a read that combines suspense, emotion, determination, and an indomitable will to live unencumbered by what others think, then you will probably like this novel as much as I did. It’s a worthy addition to this beautiful series!

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook, print and audio
Length	Novel, 200 pages/67386 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	20-May-2016
Price	$6.99 ebook, $14.99 paperback, $14.99 bundle, $19.95 audiobook
Buy Link	https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/fire-and-snow-by-andrew-grey-6867-b