The Man Behind the Badge

He’s a rugged country cop. She’s a guarded city doctor determined not to stay. But some sparks can’t be put out.

The doctor and the cop

However hard city-girl and new-doc-in-town Kayla Morgan tries, she can’t resist being impressed by Tom Jamieson—he rides horses, herds cattle, enforces the law and knows how to have fun, too!

Arriving in rural Dustin to cover a six-month hospital locum, Kayla is determined to guard her bruised heart and keep life strictly professional. Between roadside accident calls and dust-swirling weekends at the arena, she discovers that Dustin’s senior sergeant is impossible to keep at arm’s length.

Off duty, he cooks homemade pasta, calms his injured nephew, and watches her with an intensity that rattles every plan she brought from Melbourne.

But taking a bullet in the line of duty has made cop Tom rethink his work-hard, party-harder lifestyle… Will he ever let Kayla see the real man behind the badge?
Small Town Setting: Life in Dustin moves to its own rhythm, from cheering Tom and his horse Ziggy at the Welshman’s Flat campdraft to lively family barbecues under the gum trees.Opposites Attract: Kayla arrives in tailored designer clothes, counting down the weeks until she heads north, while Tom is an easygoing local sergeant firmly planted in his country roots.Alpha Hero: A decorated police sergeant who survived a gunshot wound while stopping a violent carjacker, Tom never hesitates to put his life on the line when danger strikes.Slow Burn: Neither is looking for a whirlwind entanglement, but shared midnight emergency calls and quiet kitchen dinners slowly chip away at Kayla’s carefully maintained defences.Also by This Author: Bachelor Dad, Girl Next Door and Marriage Reunited: Baby on the Way.