Lost Genes

<p class=ql-align-justify><strong>He seems as noble as the American eagle tattooed on his pecs. She knows he's an imposter.</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>  State troopers approach stopped vehicles with caution. But when Officer Jace Lassiter sees Leslie Hamilton again caution flies out the window. Two years earlier. A humiliating encounter in her living room. But he hasn't forgotten her mesmerizing eyes. Now he must convince her to move to North Platte.</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>  Leslie needs a job. The best way to get over that cheating narcissist she nearly married is to leave her heartache in the rearview. A start in a small-town furniture store isn't glamorous; it's a stepping stone to build her interior design portfolio for a shot to work in a metropolitan mecca.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>Moving back to his hometown after eight years is comforting but because he's sporting a badge he's the neighborhood guardian. He's exposing the seedy side of crime-stopping and making the worst kind of enemies.</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify> She can't fall for the home-grown hero. The world is full of square-jawed men with chiseled abs and roped shoulders. If only he weren't so sincere and kept his shirt on.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>Their HEA is all but assured when she learns his dark secret: his long-lost brother with a criminal past has been hiding in plain sight.</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong><em>Lost Genes </em>is Book Two in the <em>Romancing Our Roots</em> series. <em>Lost Genes</em> is a find if you like contemporary romantic suspense with a touch of genealogical nostalgia devoted family support against unseen enemies small-town loyalties and chemistry that won't end.</strong></p><p></p>