Whiskey Girl — Maggie Casper

When your heart has been ripped bleeding from your chest, it leaves behind a dark hole where desire no longer resides. At least that was what Ausha Malone thought right up until the moment Detective Doug Pennington walked into her bar. Informing Ausha about the death of her ex-husband would be Doug's hardest task of the day, but he was ready for it. What he wasn't prepared for was meeting Ausha face-to-face. Life had dealt her a bad hand. If someone cared to look close enough, they could see exactly how bad in the gunmetal gray of her gaze. Doug wasn't so sure he wanted to look, and yet he couldn't seem to stay away. He was bound and determined to give Ausha her life back, whether he had to drag her kicking and screaming all the way or not.