Rating~ 3.75 stars

Morgan Yancy is relocated to a secure-ish location by his boss after the attempted murder on his life near his home. As a team leader in a paramilitary group, this makes everything worse since Morgan has no idea who found out about his identity let alone his home. Morgan was seriously injured during the altercation and been in a hospital bed after days has left him feeling even weaker.

Isabeau “Bo” Maran is a part-time police chief in a small town. She has good friends, a dog called Tricks she adores (who can be a diva most of the time) and a house she never wanted but now is hers. Bo comes home to find a stranger waiting at her house telling her he was sent there by her step-brother.

Bo and Morgan are both loners in nature, apart from Tricks who Bo adores. They are both wary of living with each other even if it's for short of time till Morgan gets well. It doesn't help that they both feel attracted to each other yet can't really trust each other. Bo doesn't know the plan behind Morgan's move to the small town in Virginia and it could be potentially disastrous to Bo and Morgan's budding relationship.

As one expects with Linda Howard's book, a couple who have great chemistry and connection. With had this here as well with the added bonus of they both got to know each other a lot better before they decided to take the next step. Though suspense was quite on the low side and the killer wasn't exactly a creepy or twisted as Linda Howard's books usually have, it was still interesting. The book does have a slower pace which I think worked well with Morgan and Bo's relationship. Most of the book is about Morgan and Bo's relationship, romance and the life around the small town.

Overall, I quite liked this one. Kind of reminded me of older Linda Howard books which to this day I adore.