Lavender's Blue (The Liz Danger Series Book 1)

Liz Danger returns home after fifteen years to deliver a birthday teddy bear to her mother, only to be pulled over for speeding by Vince Cooper, a cop new to Burney, Ohio. Despite the ticket-worthy offense, Cooper fixes her car, helps her out of a ditch, and avoids giving her a citation. Liz finds him appealing—until she learns that the man she's loved for years is marrying Lavender Blue, the most beautiful woman in southern Ohio. Vince, a former Army Ranger and New York City cop, moved to Burney six months ago seeking a quieter life after a dangerous career. He finds the small town full of odd people and long stretches of boredom, which suits him fine. When he picks up Liz for speeding and encounters her again at a local bar the next night, his quiet existence becomes considerably more complicated. As Liz navigates her dysfunctional family, a demanding boss in Chicago, her ex-boyfriend, a bridesmaid dress, a troubled dachshund, a disastrous wedding, assault, murder, and hundreds of teddy bears, Vince repeatedly appears to help her through. Yet he recognizes that Liz herself—with her own warning label—represents the real danger to his newfound peace.