She had feared coming face-to-face with him the moment she parked outside. He would have to be on duty the one time she came here. There weren’t many men built like him sporting a police uniform. She dragged a breath in and forced her attention to his face as dread pooled in her stomach. The body that filled out the uniform was muscled and tightly built. Her gaze crawled over the uniform-and There was a considerable amount of it. But for her it never signified anything good to come. The sight of a policeman’s uniform should provide comfort. She supposed it was an unhealthy reaction. As was her physical reaction to the sight of it. Her throat closed up at the sight of the deep blue uniform with its shiny brass bits. She looked up just as a tall figure emerged from the hall, a big dark shape etched against the pale beige backdrop of the building’s interior. They had to have the occasional need for urgency.įootsteps sounded, thudding deeply across the floor. She did work in a sheriff’s department, after all. Piper reached deep for patience even though a part of her marveled at how this woman fared in emergencies where speed was required. Malia giggled as the woman resumed searching through the clutter of her desk.
“No, I’m her sister, but her legal guardian.” “You hardly look old enough to be her parent.” The other parents already signed out their children. “Ah, yes.” She clapped her hands lightly and scurried behind the broad desk again. Is there somewhere I have to sign her out? Or do you need to check my identification or-” She pasted a smile on her face for the benefit of the older woman. Piper grasped Malia by the elbow and tugged her close beside her. “Found her,” the desk clerk trilled as though Malia had been lost somewhere in the back-clearly oblivious to the tense undercurrent between them. As she continues to push his buttons, it becomes clear to Hale that he must either arrest Piper-or claim her as his own.
The infuriating troublemaker clearly has no respect for his badge. But staying out of Piper’s path is proving near impossible. Piper has nothing in common with the town golden-boy-turned-lawman-and she refuses to be a notch on his bedpost.ĭespite rumors, Hale avoids fooling around with the women of Sweet Hill, many of whom are hoping to get him to the altar. So she isn’t surprised that when she comes into contact with Sweet Hill’s wildly irresistible, arrogant sheriff, Hale Walters, they’re instant adversaries. It doesn’t seem to matter that she’s worked hard to build a good life for herself.
From the wrong side of the tracks and with most of her family in jail or dead, Piper Walsh is used to everyone in town thinking the worst about her.
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