Singed in Saint John: A Clean Victorian Romance (Dear Aunt Judy)

Book overview The flames that ruined their lives just might bring them back together.Four years after the Great Fire that devastated half her city, Phoebe Lockhart and her family are still living in the shantytown while their house is being rebuilt.

She works hard to provide for her younger siblings while her father drowns his sorrows in drink, the result of losing his job shortly after the fire.

If only the bank hadn’t hired her father’s former employer to rebuild their house—and Phoebe didn’t find him so intriguing.Josiah works too hard to put up with waste and laziness but considers himself to be a reasonable man.

When he suddenly keeps encountering Phoebe everywhere, he struggles to look beyond the prejudices he holds.As he works to rebuild the Lockhart family home, flashes of attraction keep him wondering if there is something he doesn’t see.Both determined to ignore the other, Phoebe and Josiah keep crossing paths as he works on the house.Neither can deny the sparks between them, but the passion of conflict is far from that of love, isn’t it?Will they fan the flames of true love or both end up getting burned?