Sweet, shy Maribel has no idea that Kirk’s been pining for her. But he’d give it all up for one glance from her. He’s tall and handsome, with a chiseled body worthy of any Viking god. Thor, one of San Gabriel’s infamous Bachelor Firemen, certainly lives up to his nickname. “My hope is that in the future, when a firefighter is diagnosed with cancer, one of the first calls will be to the Firefighter Cancer Support Network.” Most firefighters don’t even know that the Network exists, and is available to them,” he said in an October 28 interview with Bernard, posted to her website. “The biggest challenge for us is getting the word out.

One of his goals for the Network is to increase awareness. Nestor, an 11-year-survivor of bladder cancer, became involved in the Firefighters Cancer Support Network the year it began, 2005. One of Bernard’s inspirations was Chief Joe Nestor of the real San Gabriel Fire Department. “When I found out that firefighters face nearly double the risk of developing cancer, I was inspired to follow in their footsteps and do what I can to support firefighters when they need help.”

“One thing I’ve learned in the process of writing the Bachelor Fireman series is how much firefighters do for their communities in addition to fighting fires,” she said. Bernard has pledged to contribute a portion of her earnings from every book sold for the lifetime of the book to the Firefighters Cancer Support Network, an organization she heard about while researching her novels.Īccording to its website, the mission of the Firefighters Cancer Support Network “is to provide timely assistance to all fire service members and their families in the event of cancer diagnosis… awareness to fire service members and their families about the importance of cancer prevention and screening by coordinating educational opportunities with various health programs.”Īfter researching for her series and learning the rate at which firefighters develop cancer compared to the rest of the population (according to Firefighter Facts NJ, they are 100 percent more likely to develop cancer than non-firefighters), Bernard knew she had to help in some way. Not only will readers get a story with lots of heat, they will also be contributing to a good cause with their purchase of ONE FINE FIREMAN. While readers wait for the next full-length story from the Bachelor Firemen, Bernard has a sizzling prequel for them with ONE FINE FIREMAN, an e-original novella from Avon Impulse on sale Novem(e-ISBN 9780062257956 $1.99). Jennifer Bernard blazed onto the romance scene with back-to-back publications of the first two books in Bachelor Firemen of San Gabriel series earlier this year, with Publishers Weekly calling book one, THE FIREMAN WHO LOVED ME, “solid, sexy, and funny.” NovemJennifer Bernard offers a smokin’ hot read, all for a good cause

One Fine Fireman by Jennifer Bernard