Smoke Screen by Terri Blackstock

Nate Beckett has spent his life fighting wildfires instead of the lies and rumors that drove him from his Colorado hometown. His mother begs him to come back now that his father has been released from prison, but it isn’t until he’s sidelined by an injury that he’s forced to return and face his past. But that means facing Brenna too.
Fourteen years ago, Nate was in love with the preacher’s daughter. When Pastor Strickland discovered Brenna defied him to sneak out with Nate, the fight between Strickland and Nate’s drunken dad was loud—and very public. Strickland was found murdered later that night, and everyone accused Roy Beckett. When the church burned down not long after, people assumed Nate set the fire to get even for his father’s conviction. He let the rumors fly and left town without looking back.
Brenna is stunned to learn that the man convicted of murdering her father has been pardoned. The events of that night set her life on a bad course, and now she’s fighting a brutal custody battle with her ex and his new wife where he’s using lies and his family’s money to sway the judge. Brenna is barely hanging on, and she’s turned to alcohol to cope. Shame and fear consume her.
As Nate and Brenna deal with the present—including new information about that fateful night and a wildfire that’s threatening their town—the past keeps igniting. Nate is the steady force Brenna has so desperately needed. But she’ll have to learn to trust him again first.

This book is different than other books I've read by Ms Blackstock.  I didn't find it had the suspense as her previous novels.  That said, it was still a good book.   Brenna is having a hard time coping with her ex-husband trying to get full custody of their children.  She turns to alcohol to help her.  Only thing is, it doesn't help.  Nate is back to his home town recovering from burns he received as a hotshot smoke jumper.  The problem is Nate's dad was put in prison for murdering Brenna's dad.  I enjoyed reading this book and recommend it to others.

I was given this book by Thomas Nelson Publishing via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.