In this short novella from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann, she returns to her long-running Troubleshooters series featuring sexy SEALs.

Featuring: Navy SEALs Izzy Zanella, Dan Gillman, Jay Lopez, Mark Jenkins, Senior Chief Stan Wolchonok, and introducing Hubert Bickles (a.k.a. HoboMofo); Eden Zanella, Jenn Gillman, Brianna Bickles, and Brianna’s fifth grade teacher Carol Redmond.

Location: Manila, Philippines, and San Diego and Obsidian Springs, California

Time Frame: This Troubleshooters story takes place in January 2010, about eight months after the end of Breaking the Rules and about two weeks after Free Fall.

Navy SEAL Dan Gillman’s wife, Jenn, goes into early labor while stranded in the California desert, as he and most of Team Sixteen are mission ready overseas. Meanwhile, left behind with a recent knee injury and faced with impending surgery and rehab, Chief Jay Lopez decides that the timing might be exactly right for a romantic interlude with a pretty fifth grade teacher … High jinks definitely ensue.

Home Fire Inferno is the second story in a connected trilogy of Troubleshooters short stories and novellas that starts with Free Fall and concludes with Ready to Roll.