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"The flavor of a small Southern town shines through in this book."
Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted August 9, 2002

Detective Frankie Daniels has been had and by her partner of all things. Turns out he's not separated like he said and he's got three kids to boot! Not only that but he's the police commissioner's son-in-law! Now Frankie's boss, Captain Dell Wayford has been told to fire Read more...

"Exciting police procedural romance"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted September 2, 2002

Atlanta police detective Francis "Frankie" Daniels throws her hard earned career away when she is caught in bed with her married partner Jim Connors. The incident would have gone away except the father of three happens to be the son- in-law of the police commissioner. Knowing she made a mistake though Read more...

Summary

Detective Frankie Daniels hates her life—well, what's left of it. After a romance with the wrong man goes bad, the tough Atlanta police detective finds herself "transferred" to Nowhere, USA. Purdyville, South Carolina is tantamount to a sentence of death by boredom for the street-smart, chain-smoking cop. The crime rate here is beyond low...almost as low as Frankie's self-esteem.

When Frankie arrives to find her rental home in flames, she proceeds to chew out one of the locals—only to realize she's just told off her new boss, the annoyingly gorgeous and smug Marshall Matt Webber. But Matt is more intrigued than angry at his new deputy. He suspects life in Purdyville is going to get very interesting indeed, especially after he watches her take down the local tough guy in two seconds flat. Even the crime rate seems to have risen to the occasion. But underneath that tough cookie exterior, Matt's pretty sure Frankie's got a soft spot...he just hopes it's for him.