Sean's Reckoning — Sherryl Woods

BOSTON'S BRAVEST...

Son of a shattered family, fireman Sean Devaney knew love never lasted -- so he refused to chance it. Then he encountered scrappy but vulnerable single mom Deanna Blackwell and her pint-sized son -- who had just lost everything in a devastating fire....

Despite the warning in Sean's head, he had to protect this struggling waitress and her spunky kid. But who knew that mother and child would take chinks out of the armor around his heart? A tower of testosterone, Sean was tough enough to storm burning buildings. But was he brave enough to risk building a family?

THE DEVANEYS: Five brothers torn apart in childhood, reunited by love.