Beneath the Flames

By: Gregory Renz

Narrated by: Gregory Lee Renz

Beneath the Flames is a mesmerizing story of love, race, and life as an urban firefighter that brims with emotion and humanity.

Winner of the Readers' Favorite International Gold Medal Award, Winner of the IAN Book of the Year Award, Midwest Book Award Winner, and International Book Award Winner.

A brash adolescent inner-city girl and a guilt-ridden firefighter must overcome their biases in the fight for their lives.

A fire in a neighboring farmhouse has young farmer and volunteer firefighter Mitch Garner blaming himself for the tragic outcome. He loses all hope of forgiving himself. His only hope for redemption is to leave Jennie, the girl he’s loved since high school, and journey from Wisconsin’s lush farmland to the decaying inner city of Milwaukee to prove himself as a professional firefighter. Mitch is assigned to the busiest firehouse in the heart of one of the most blighted areas of Milwaukee, the Core, where he’s viciously hazed by senior firefighters. He struggles to hold it together at horrific scenes of violence and can’t do anything right at fires. Within weeks, he’s ready to give up and quit.

His salvation comes in the form of a brash adolescent girl, Jasmine Richardson. Mitch is assigned to tutor her little sister through a department mentoring program. Despite Jasmine’s contempt toward Mitch, her courage and devotion to her little sister inspire Mitch to stay and dedicate himself to helping her and the neighboring children overcome the hopelessness of growing up in crushing poverty. Trouble on the farm has Mitch torn between returning home to Jennie and staying in Milwaukee where he’ll be forced to risk his life to protect Jasmine from the leader of the One-Niner street gang.

©2019 Three Towers Press (P)2019 Gregory L Renz

Magnificent

Captivating. Kept my attention. Memorable characters. Thank you for sharing. Will tell others to read

A Look inside a small community to inner city.

A page turner... even as an audio. I could not wait to get back in the car to hear the next chapter.

Couldn’t put it down

This book was recommended to me by a friend. I wasn’t very excited about the subject and prefer to read books with tons of great reviews. Thankfully I listened to her recommendation. Within moments I was completely wrapped up in the story and couldn’t put it down. This book had me in tears, laughing out loud, heart pounding and thinking about the characters long into the night after I had stopped listening. I didn’t want it to end… Do yourself a favor and listen to this incredible book.

Couldn’t put it down

I listen to audiobooks on my daily walk, however I found myself listening to this book every moment I could. Very compelling story of life, love, family, and situations many of us are never exposed to. I cried through the entire novel. Great book!