Tanishi Kawano

Fujihashi Ryo enjoys her job as an office worker well enough, but it doesn't hold a candle to the exciting job of her childhood friend Mizuno Souma, who works as a fireman. He and his handsome buddies are more than happy to entertain ladies with their heroic tales. Ryo wants to set up Souma with a girl in her office, but he's too much of a playboy to settle down...or so she thinks. It turns out that he has the hots for her, and when he rescues her from a fire in her building, a different kind of spark begins to fly! In this sexy romance for Mature Readers, one fiery couple really turns up the heat.

TRUST OR TRYST? When Souma returns from his training seminar, he expects to pick things up where he left them sizzling with Ryo, but with Ryo’s ex, Rei, back in the picture, nothing is going according to plan. Rei is making Ryo’s work life easier, and now they’re doing research together, out on the town together, and pretending they’re dating each other?! Even when Souma takes Ryo on a date, they end up with a crowd of three. Can Souma’s trust in Ryo endure against his fears about Rei?

Ryo tries to set up her strapping fireman friend Souma with a co-worker from her office, but her matchmaking efforts hit a brick wall. It turns out that Souma has the hots for Ryo instead! And when a fire breaks out in Ryo's apartment, it's Souma who comes to the rescue and the heat really gets turned up for the fiery couple! “DON’T RUN AWAY FROM ME, NOT NOW…” Despite herself, Ryo has finally let Souma in. They’ve confessed their feelings, and now their awkward love is blossoming into something deeper, body and soul. But it’s not easy being a firefighter’s girlfriend! First Souma’s job threatens to interrupt everything, and then who should show up at Ryo’s workplace but her ex-boyfriend, Rei!

SHACKING UP Ryo and Souma are finally ready to take the next big step—moving in together! Which means they need to figure out what kind of apartment they’d like to live in. Though they each have separate needs, the process starts off smoothly, with only a few bumps along the way, like opening up about their relationship to Souma’s parents. Surprisingly, the biggest hurdle is Souma’s younger sister, Mei, who doesn’t like Ryo at all. Can Ryo salvage their relationship—if not for her sake, for Souma’s?

A smoking hot love story between a cautious woman and a flirty fireman--now with a sizzling anime! Fujihashi Ryo enjoys her job as an office worker well enough, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the exciting job of her childhood friend Mizuno Souma, who works as a fireman. He and his handsome buddies are more than happy to entertain ladies with their heroic tales. Ryo wants to set up Souma with a girl in her office, but he’s too much of a playboy to settle down…or so she thinks. It turns out that he has the hots for her, and when he rescues her from a fire in her building, a different kind of spark begins to fly! In this sexy romance for Mature Readers, one fiery couple really turns up the heat.

Ryo's relationship with her childhood friend Souma has taken a sexy, surprising turn since she moved in next door to him. He says he wants her, but how serious is he? The firemen in Ryo's life are all the they play games, they sleep around, and they won't commit. A letter arrives inviting Ryo and Souma to a school reunion. Not only does Ryo have to come face to face with a beautiful girl from Souma's past, she's stuck in close quarters with him! And the heat is getting unbearable...