Fiona Nelson made one bad decision several years ago and has
been paying for it ever since. She had a simple decision
really -- boob job or conversion serum -- and Fiona chose
conversion serum. Conversion serum was all the rage at the
time, it was taken from an asteroid that had fallen to earth
near Las Vegas and when taken, it was believed it would
magnify a latent power that lay dormant within you. For
most people who took the conversion serum, nothing much
happens. For Fiona, and a select few others known as the
Corrupted, the conversion serum causes serious changes.
Fiona is essentially a fire starter. Her hands heat to
incredibly high temperatures and she becomes a human flame
flower.
Ian Jones is a scientist who has been researching the
Corrupted for years. He has dedicated his life to trying to
pinpoint a way to tie the residue of the aftermath from a
Corrupted attack to one particular Corrupted. He thinks he
has finally made a breakthrough when he runs into Fiona.
Again.
Ian and Fiona new each other in high school and each had a
major crush on the other. They tried but failed miserably
at the time to have a relationship. Fiona turns to Ian for
help when another of the Corrupted is trying to frame her
for crimes he has committed. Ian finds he still has
feelings for Fiona after all this time and is willing to
throw all his science away to help her.
PLAYING WITH FIRE is a quirky, playful short story that
delves into some rather deep subject matter, but still
manages to keep things from getting too serious. I enjoyed
how Ms. Morgan explored the topic of accepting people for
who and what they are by introducing the conversion serum.
She did a great job with her character development and
covered a lot of ground in just 140 pages. This was a great
story and one I highly recommend.
Fiona Nelson has always been one hot ticket—even before she
took the conversion serum that gave her superhuman
abilities. Fiona\'s powers come at a price: lack of human
contact, or she won\'t be the only thing burning. When she
loses control of her emotions, her fire powers run
rampant...and she\'s hurt enough people already.
Including herself.
But when the man behind her conversion returns to blackmail
her into helping him gain power, the only person she can
turn to is Ian Jones, the man who broke her teenage heart.
The man determined to expose the criminal known as
Fireball, whose explosive escapades are just a little too
close to Fiona\'s M.O.
Ian is convinced Fiona\'s dangerous, convinced she\'s
Fireball, and convinced he\'ll damn himself if he doesn\'t
resist a heat that\'s always drawn him to Fiona like a moth
to a flame—but Ian has his own secrets.
And he\'ll learn far too soon what happens when you play
with fire
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