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The first in the series of Firehouse Family novels, MEMORIES begins the story of the tumultuous, passionate, and forbidden love affair of Jake McCann and Laura Darvey. In the height of Prohibition, after suffering the terrible loss of firefighter friends in one fire, followed by the death of his wife and son in another fire, former New York City Fire Captain Jake McCann is appointed fire chief in the small town of Woodhill, Ohio. The town may be small, but the trouble and turmoil in Woodhill are not. Jake is joined by two friends, Freddy Pratter and Mickey Justini, who are appointed to the fire department with Jake. Like Jake, they have their own personal demons.

Sharing an interest in horses, Jake falls in love with Laura Darvey, a woman who is married to a local bootlegger and operator of a protection racket. The affair causes the three friends to become tangled in a series of horrifying crimes that force them all to unexpectedly face their demons.