Book excerpt: Sheriff Roan Benedict comes from a family of hard–headed men with a habit of rescuing and falling in love with equally hard–headed woman. And sure enough, he's falling for a woman he just shot She a mystery wrapped inside a gorgeous enigma. This classy lady just helped rob a convenience store. But that doesn't explain the bruises on her jaw and rope burns on her wrist.He's intrigued, suspicious, and tormented as his own hands–off policy for beautiful, confounding women is sorely tested. She claims she doesn't remember what happened. But two things are clear to Roan. One: she's lying. Two: someone is trying to kill her. There's only one place safe enough for a lady in danger. Right by his side. Because in Louisiana, this man holds on to what he wants