I received a free copy of this book in return for an honest review.Jake is a criminal profiler called in to help on a serial killer who plays with fire. Little does he know that Alexis, an old friend, is also being called in on the scene. She has an uncanny ability to put herself in the killer’s mind and a very high success rate. Sparks they never knew existed kindle between them, but the serial killer is not content to let himself be discovered. If he gets his way, the only Paradise Alexis will...

I was lucky enough to get an early reading of Fire Angel by Susanne Matthews. Jake is a profiler and Alexis is the arsonist investigator they bring in. It turns out they both find themselves having feelings neither had expected. I found myself rooting for them to overcome their insecurities and fears about love and realize the strong connection and future they must have! I like to try to figure out who the bad guy is before I get to the end but Ms. Matthews did well to keep me guessing until the...

Paradise was a small town, and a crazed firebug made people nervous.There were six bodies without any leads, they needed the eyes of a profiler, to get into this guy’s head and find him before he struck again. The recent string of fatal fires has kept the arson squad busy, when they finally made a connection between the cases, Jake (John Jacob McKenzie, Criminal Profile, aka Jake) was asked to help.Jake agreed to work with them as a special consultant, profiling the felon. Jake soon realises bas...

This is a page-turner. It is by turns sweet, gritty, alarming, and always tension-filled. It is also satisfying and compelling throughout. I love TV profiling and forensic crime dramas, and Ms. Matthews hits on all cylinders there, while adding the bonus of a great romance. As mentioned, there is a very realistic grit and darkness to this story, so if you don’t like that kind of thing, find something else to read. However, if you can handle it, and love a great, well-written tale, this should be...

Fire Angel is a fast-paced romance that can also be read as a crime novel. Jake and Alexis grew up in Paradise, Ontario, but their budding young-adult romance short-circuits when Alexis’s alcoholic uncle forces her to get out of town quickly. Her unexpected departure leaves Jake devastated. Their careers as criminal investigators develop in parallel over the years in separate locations and both Jake and Alexis harbor nagging thoughts about what might have happened between them if Alexis had stay...

I'm in the process of reading this. I got it off Amazon for $.99. I'm glad I didn't pay any more for it. I'm trying to finish but not sure if I will.I'm not a fire person so the writing on the fires/arson's seems good to me. However the buildup for the romance is really not good! I don't care who you are, you don't meet a childhood friend one day and want to be immediately jumping in his bed the next minute. I just roll my eyes every time I see this because please, any writer can write better th...

New author, Susanne Matthews, has a real page turner here. I do not read a lot of suspense, but this book has changed my mind and wet my appetite for more. I appreciated the creativity and well-thought out details in Fire Angel. Instead of your typical murder mystery, the weapon of choice is fire, only adding to the unpredictability. But even amidst an intense investigation, romance reigns supreme! A great read!

It was kind of nice but extremely simple. You could figure out who the killer was after the first chapter. Didn't have enough depth.

Currently reading. I got a free copy on my Kindle, and so far I really like the two protagonists. Jake is former military and an amputee dealing with PTSD. He is now a consultant on cold cases ... though he takes on a case that is far from cold. Alexis is an arson investigator/profiler, who ran away to escape her physically abusive childhood. She is dealing with her own form of PTSD. I like that they are both functioning in stressful careers, and that they aren't afraid to talk about their issue...

This is a nice read from a new author. A romance with suspense, it is well paced and kept me engaged even though I don't read a lot of suspense these days.The romance between the veteran amputee criminal profiler and the former victim of abuse fire investigator was well done. The issues were realistic enough and I was keen to see them get a happy ending.The suspense element was well thought out and provided a good background for the romance. I'm not sure if I was supposed to guess the villain up...

Fire Angel is romantic suspense that has a straight forward, no nonsense style of writing. From start to finish I was drawn into the book and didn't want to put it down. I made speculations throughout and it kept me guessing. The tension of the build up made for some late nights just to read it! Well done, Susanne!

The evil, malicious killer in this book calls himself Fire Angel in the notes that he leaves for our heroine, Alexis Michaels. Alexis used to live in the small town of Paradise before she ran away as a teenager due to an abusive situation. She returns to this town after 18 years, thinking she won’t be recognized. She was in for quite a surprise when not only the residents remember her, but the killer puts her right in his crosshairs. Jake is the boy she left behind all those years ago, but he is...

I WAS READING THIS WHILE HOME ALONE I WAS SURPRISED IT WAS KINDA SCARY, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE JUST A SIMPLE SOMEONE SETTING FIRES THING. I STARTED HEARING (normal sounds were suspect) AND CHECKING THINGS AROUND MY HOUSE PLUS I WAS COOKING (using fire of course) I STARTED CHECKING THE STOVE AND THE FURNACE. FOR SOME REASON READING WHAT AND HOW THE FIRES WERE SET AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE CAUGHT IN IT, WOW IT WAS HORRIBLE. THE ROMANCE PART WAS VERY SMALL BUT HEAVY ON THE MANY FIRES BEING SET...

This was a wonderful debut novel by Susanne! It was full of action, suspense, love/friendships and more! It is told in dual POV's and loved that. Jake is wounded and carries scars on the inside/outside. He agrees to take a position to try to help solve as case of fires. However, he can not figure it out by himself and asks for help. His boss calls the fire expert Alexis Michaels to come and help solve the case. When Jake sees Alexis he knows it is her, the her/she who left town 16 years ago!She

This book in my opinion was terrible. I knew from about page 20 who the killer was. Some of the dialogue was so poorly written if one character hadn't apologized for being angry I wouldn't have known that they were. The hero of the story was supposed to be a highly respected criminal profiler but he couldn't figure out anything without the heroine's imput. It was boring and dragged on and it was cliched. It just plain wasn't any good. I forgot to even mention the far fetched ill-explained psychi...

I much prefer this author when she's writing suspense! The story flowed much smoother, though I had the killer figured out long before the story ended. It is a clean romance, and set in Canada, a setting that is unusual to me. I didn't like how readily Alexis settled back into the area, especially if she wanted to remain "dead" as she stated she had worked so hard to achieve. Jake was an overprotective hero, in my eyes, but it was rational, given his background. The characters were easy to conne...

Meh. Too predictable. I almost gave up.

I loved this book! Sorry, it took me so long to finish as I had company and my time for reading was very limited. As it was I had a very hard time putting this book down, right from the git-go (for non-Southern folks, that means from the start).A love long lost rekindled in a very bad situation. The characters are well developed, the story complex, twists, and turns, a great who done it or in this case who is doing it. I have just started reading Susanne's work and I will not be stopping anytime...

At first I thought Fire Angel was a typical crime novel, but I was happily surprised with the introduction of Alexis. I found her smart, relatable and even funny. My favorite was when she said, "Who says candy isn't good for you?" referring to the man eye candy aka Jake. Susanne's detailed descriptions make you feel a part of the story. I look forward to reading more of Susanne Matthew's books!

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