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Friday, 29 August 2025

Playing with Fire: The true story of Fireman Scam by Coleen Greenwood and Karen Crear

 



Playing with Fire: 
The true story of Fireman Scam 
By Coleen Greenwood and Karen Crear


Publication Date: 19th January 2023
Publisher: Crear Publishing Ltd
Page Length: 340
Genre: Women's Biographies

“In my 23 years of policing, I have never encountered a man as manipulative as Greg Wilson... a compulsive liar who has shown absolutely no remorse... If somebody wrote this as a script for Coronation Street, it would be too outrageous.” – Detective Constable Chris Bentham

Coleen Greenwood was overjoyed to meet James Scott, a heroic firefighter and man of her dreams. Little would she know her dreams would soon become a nightmare as his web of lies started to unravel.

The astonishing true story of one man’s lies and a family’s fight for justice.

This is the full untold story that was made into the BBC Sounds podcast series “Love-Bombed with Vicky Pattison” which reached No1 in the UK Apple podcasts playlist within the first week of its release.

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Playing with Fire: 
The true story of Fireman Scam 
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A portion of proceeds from all book sales will be donated to a UK charity - "Women's Aid"

Coleen Greenwood


Coleen Greenwood now uses her past traumas to help and empower others hopefully turning her negative life experiences into a positive.

Currently living a happier life in the Yorkshire Dales with her lovely family and two cats she is content and always keen to be there to support others.

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Karen Crear 


K. L. Crear is a teenager trapped in the body of a much older woman (she’s still in denial). After decades spent in the grey-suited world of banking, the Civil Service, and property management, she somehow found herself bankrupt, baffled, but never bitter. 

Armed with an often inappropriate sense of humour and a well-timed expletive, she has survived two rounds with the Big C, countless sticky situations, and every *Real Housewives* franchise (purely for research, of course). 

After years of procrastination—and a gentle shove from Father Time—she finally swapped a pint of pinot for a pen. She now writes laugh-out-loud women’s fiction, with a couple of memoirs under her belt too.

She dreams of owning a permanently cheerful axolotl but recently declined the chance to hug a sloth (because clinging to a tree while peeing on yourself is not aspirational). 

A proud Yorkshire lass now living in a quiet corner of the Northeast, she shares her home with her endlessly patient, slightly deaf husband and their rescue cat, Pickle—who has a resting bitch face to rival any Real Housewife. 

K. L. Crear donates a portion of book sales to charities close to her heart, including Women’s Aid, Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, Epilepsy Society, and Macmillan Cancer Support. 

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1 comment:

  1. Good gracious, what a harrowing experience. I have added your book to my to-read list. Is the podcast still available to listen to?

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