Cops And...Lovers? // Lay Down the Law — Linda Castillo

TO SERVE...
After nine years as one of Chicago's finest,
Erin McNeal had come to sleepy Logan Falls for a second chance, not to be watched over by a man as infuriatingly overprotective -- and disarmingly attractive -- as Nick Ryan.

...AND PROTECT
She was no damsel in distress, but someone wanted her dead, and Nick knew better than to entrust a guilt-driven daredevil with her own safety. It was his duty to protect her -- whether she liked it or not.

It seemed the only thing the chief of police and his newest deputy could agree on was, the one thing they couldn't resist -- each other. Could the cautious single father and the reckless beauty be cops ... and lovers?