Courting Season — Jo Anne Cassity

WAS IT TOO LATE FOR THEIR LOVE?

MEGAN: She came to the bustling town of Boonville, Missouri, to work as a veterinarian -- and to seek out a man from her past...

JIM: The deputy sheriff's life -- and his heart -- were overturned when Megan Hawkins came to town ...

Years ago, Jim was silently smitten with the outspoken, feisty Megan. Now their childhood crush is a thing of the past -- and Megan is reunited with a Jim she barely recognizes: handsome, manly, confident -- and in love with another woman. Wrapped up in her struggle to be accepted as a woman doctor, Megan resolves to ignore her feelings of attraction. But Jim sees everything in her that he's always adored -- and feels the innocence of first love coming alive again...

Hero: James (Jim) Gordon Lawson
Heroine: Megan Hawkins