Cheryl St John Bücher

Boy-next-door Nick Sinclair had grown up into a hunk extraordinaire, that was Ryanne Whitaker's first shock on reencountering her sexy, single-dad neighbor. The second was that she was facing this broad-shouldered Mr. Gorgeous across the barrel of a gun! Turned out Nick was now sheriff of their Iowa hometown and had mistaken Ryanne for an intruder, but meeting him again like that had certainly unsettled her settling in. Ryanne had planned her stay in town to be temporary. But that was before Nick kissed her! Was it time for Ryanne to trade in the bright lights of the big city for the warm glow of hearth and home?

"Everyone treated Annie as a fragile doll because of her deformed hip, except Luke Carpenter. The only times Annie felt like a whole person was when she was with him because Luke challenged her to do things others discouraged her from trying--even becoming his wife"--