Because of our child

the long version

Jen Delazzeri never expected to see Max Rickman again after the end of their brief, intense affair. They were young, he had just lost his fianceé in a fire, and he told Jen he didn't love her. All good reasons for Jen to keep their daughter a secret for thirteen years. Now they're together again on fire duty--Max as a smoke jumper and Jen as a reporter--and Max wants to spend time with his daughter and wants Jen to help investigate what went wrong during the long ago tragedy that ended his fianceé's life.