To Protect the Heart of a Brazen Woman — Rita Sawyer

Sheriff Jake Gurion has been fighting his attraction to Bobbie Brazen since she started teasing him six years ago. She's young and beautiful and way too tempting, so he's careful not to spend too much time alone with her. Now, a criminal Jake put away has escaped. No one knows where she is, but she's left messages saying Jake would pay, starting with his pretty little plaything. He's not about to let anyone he loves get hurt, including Bobbie. Now he can't avoid being alone with Bobbie any more than he can stop breathing. Bobbie's furious that Jake had used her age as a reason for them not to get involved for years, but while she was out of town he dated a woman only two years older than her. He expects her to just go hide away with him alone until the madwoman making threats is caught. Bobbie plans to use this time to teach him a few lessons.