Hot Blooded — Lynda Rees

Quirky, purple-haired Rose Casson is targeted and in danger of losing more than her heart to retired Navy Seal, Calvin Coldwater, who recently moved from Texas to Sweetwater, Kentucky. The Native American's fellow horse trainer is slain. Terrorists and drugs wreak havoc on the quiet community. Sheriff Gordon uncovers viable suspects for the double-homicide with the help of his stunning deputy, ex-Texas Ranger, Jaiden Coldwater. Corrie Parrish has loved Justin Henderson since they were children, but Justin never saw past her freckles and pigtails. Losing his family in the murder, Justin gives up on life. Fed up with her philandering husband, she files divorce papers. Her daughter, Morgan is livid about the move from New York to their rural homestead. Can old pals help each other survive turmoil shattering their disjointed lives, when one of them is the killer's next mark? Will peaceful Sweetwater ever be the same?