Nobody came to Mitch's county and caused trouble - least of all a fancy-pants lady P.I. from the big city. And Sheriff Hayden was nothing if not a man of his word. But Alex was making a liar out of him with her blank memory and maddening allure. She'd come to town to investigate a missing-person case, and ended up a prime suspect in the murder of one of Mitch's deputies. Though all evidence pointed to Alex, he believed otherwise.