{"id":6439,"date":"2026-05-27T20:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=6439"},"modified":"2026-05-27T20:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:17:16","slug":"play-with-fire-by-sophie-l-henderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=6439","title":{"rendered":"Play with Fire by Sophie L. Henderson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Play with Fire<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/authors\/sophie-l-henderson\/\">Sophie L Henderson<\/a> <br \/>on February 24, 2026 <br \/><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/genres\/fiction-romance-contemporary\/\">Fiction \/ Romance \/ Contemporary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/genres\/fiction-romance-new-adult\/\">Fiction \/ Romance \/ New Adult<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/genres\/fiction-women\/\">Fiction \/ Women<\/a> <br \/><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 326 <br \/><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/formats\/audiobook\/\">Audiobook<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4tGbJok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy on Amazon<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/8505863540\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodreads<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><em>Play with Fire<\/em> is the first book in Sophie L. Henderson\u2019s firefighter romance series, and while I ended up liking book two more, this was still a fun start to the series\u2014especially because I\u2019ve apparently entered my firefighter romance era lately.<\/p>\n<p>This book follows Savannah, a firefighter-in-training trying to save her struggling fire hall, and Brodie, the journalist ex-boyfriend she never expected to work with again. The setup had all the ingredients for a really entertaining second-chance romance: forced proximity, unresolved feelings, workplace tension, and plenty of spice.<\/p>\n<p>Second-chance romances can be a little hit or miss for me, and unfortunately this one leaned a bit more toward the \u201cmiss\u201d side emotionally. I listened to this one on audio, which may have affected my connection to the story, but I just never fully clicked with either of the main characters the way I wanted to. I could see what the author was building toward, and I thought the premise itself was strong, but the emotional connection didn\u2019t fully land for me.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s definitely chemistry and tension throughout, and if you love firefighter romances with spice and drama, there\u2019s still a lot to enjoy here. The third-act breakup also gave me a little side eye, which longtime romance readers will probably understand immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this was a cute, spicy firefighter romance with a solid premise, and it definitely did enough to make me continue with the series\u2014especially since I ended up enjoying book two even more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ubb-final-rating\"><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/play-with-fire-by-sophie-l-henderson\/\">Play with Fire by Sophie L. Henderson<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/\">Book Nook Buzz<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play with Fire by Sophie L Henderson on February 24, 2026 Genres: Fiction \/ Romance \/ Contemporary, Fiction \/ Romance \/ New Adult, Fiction \/ Women Pages: 326 Format: Audiobook Buy on Amazon Goodreads Play with Fire is the first book in Sophie L. Henderson\u2019s firefighter romance series, and while I ended up liking book [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}