Fire & Water

Only in the glaring light of hindsight does pediatric surgeon Kate Murphy understand that she was groomed for the path she s taken. Raised by a widowed dad and a misshapen, sometimes comical trio of parental surrogates from Murphy s Pub, her father s Irish bar in San Francisco, Kate has never understood how protected she is but when she learns that her well-meaning family has hidden bitter truths about her mother s mental illness and death, the rest of her family history unravels. Kate is still recovering from her family s deception when she becomes involved with Jake Bloom a charming artist different than anyone she s ever known. When she experiences his sculptures on Ocean Beach, she is forever changed; in the months that follow, Jake reveals beauty Kate has never noticed, and exposes her to spontaneity, sensuality, and love deeper than she d imagined it could be. Only Mary K Kate s hard-edged best friend who doesn t miss a thing and names bull when she sees it is immune to Jake s charms. She sees the potential for danger in Jake, and, of course, she says so. Caught between her newfound passion and her friendship, Kate dismisses her friend s warnings. Ultimately, it isn t until she is in too deep, with a daughter on the way, that Kate understands what Mary K feared on her behalf. Fire & Water is a story of navigating the treacherous territory of passionate love, friendship, and family devotion and of how love is always a matter of life and death."

• Author
• Betsy Graziani Fasbinder

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 416

• Publisher
• She Writes Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781938314148

• Genres
• romance, fiction

• Release date
• 2013