Hidden Cove Firefighters Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| After the Fire | 2003 | Buy |
| On the Line | 2003 | Buy |
| Nothing More to Lose | 2003 | Buy |
| America’s Bravest | 2011 | Buy |
| In Too Deep | 2011 | Buy |
| It Had to Be You | 2012 | Buy |
| Chasing the Fire | 2013 | Buy |
| The Fire Inside | 2014 | Buy |
| A Burning Passion | 2016 | Buy |
| Take Me Back | 2020 | Buy |
The Hidden Cove Firefighters series is the work of Kathryn Shay, a New York Times bestselling author who spent five years riding along with a real city fire department. She ate in their firehouses, went on calls, and interviewed hundreds of firefighters to get the details right. That research shows in the series, which follows the personal lives and professional dangers of the men and women at a fictional fire station.
Shay started her career writing for Harlequin Superromance in the mid-1990s after two years of rejections. Before that, she was a teacher in the New York state school system. The Hidden Cove books, beginning with After the Fire in 2003, became some of her most popular work. The series grew over nearly two decades, with the tenth book, Take Me Back, arriving in 2020. Each novel centers on different firefighters from the same firehouse, blending workplace tension with family drama and romance. Shay has won five RT BookClub Reviewers Choice Awards and three Holt Medallions over the course of her career.