Scandalous Woman — Annabelle Weston

Book two in the Desert Heat trilogy.

Carly Buchanan knows who and what she is. She's the owner of the Lonesome Saloon, a bawdy place in the harsh West where any man can have his darkest desires fulfilled -- for a price. But life at a saloon isn't easy. After hearing too much one night, Carly is caught in the middle of a deadly dispute. Now no-accounts are shooting up the streets, good men are dying and no one will do a thing about it.

Until he comes to town…

Sheriff Jeddah Poole is lethally serious about cleaning up Tucson. But he can't stop thinking of Carly's bright eyes and passionate nature…or the way her lush curves feel pressed beneath him as he takes her again and again and again. In a town on the brink, caught in a divine passion they can't escape, Jed and Carly have only each other to rely on. And only their love can help them survive.