The Fireman by Joe Hill

Like a guardian angel, the Fireman arrives on the scene and saves the innocent from the fire but who will save the Fireman. Harper is a nurse who is pregnant and has a problem - she has been infected with a strange spore that will cause spontaneous combustion. Her plan is to hide until after the baby is born and wait out this plague but when she doesn't go along with her husband's death wish the only option left for her is to run. The Fireman leads her to a secret colony of Dragonscale survivors and it is there she feels at home. As these groups seem to go the colony becomes radical and soon the leaders are pitting people against one another inflicting old world torture on those they deem unworthy. Harper's husband and his Klan like posse is on their tail as well. Harper must protect the people she has come to love as well as work as the colony's sole medical help. This edge of your seat thriller and smouldering love story is typical of Joe Hill who is a master at crafting truly frightening story lines with characters that you love.