Sirens and Spotlights by Craig Prusansky
He works in the space between life and death.
She lives in a world built on image, distance, and control.
San Diego paramedic Michael Petrenko is trained to stay grounded under pressure—but nothing prepares him for Ava, a global pop star whose carefully constructed life begins to fracture the moment she ends up in his care. To him, she isn’t a headline or a brand. She’s a woman trying to hold herself together behind the fame.
To the world, she is untouchable. To him, she feels real.
What begins as a brief intersection of two very different lives doesn’t stay contained. Chance encounters become harder to ignore. Distance becomes harder to maintain. And with every step closer, the risks grow—professionally, personally, and publicly.
Michael knows the rules: you don’t get involved with someone like her.
Ava knows hers: people like him don’t survive the spotlight.
But rules don’t hold much weight when someone finally sees you clearly.
Sirens and Spotlights is an emotional contemporary romance about identity, boundaries, and what it costs to choose something real in a world built on illusion.
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Author Bio:
Craig Prusansky is a retired District Captain with more than 30 years in fire-rescue and EMS, working across New York, Massachusetts, and Florida. Much of his career was spent in the space between calm and crisis—experiences that continue to shape his writing today.
After retiring from emergency services, he began writing both nonfiction and fiction inspired by the human side of high-pressure situations. His memoir shares real stories from the front lines, while his fiction explores emotionally driven characters navigating identity, connection, and life-changing choices.
Now living in north-central Florida with his wife, Michele, Craig continues to write stories grounded in real-world experience, often exploring what happens when ordinary people are pushed into extraordinary circumstances.
When he is not writing, he enjoys spending time with his family, coaching youth softball, and staying connected to the EMS world that shaped much of his perspective.