Lawman
by Diana Palmer

When San Antonio FBI agent Garon Grier buys a ranch in
Jacobsville, Texas, the strong, silent loner is hoping to
mend some broken family fences. He's not looking for love
when he finds an unexpected, unwanted attraction to the girl
next door, a shy, lovely woman who believes some secrets are
best kept hidden. But the truth will prove just as dangerous
when Garon tackles the most difficult case of his career,
hunting an escaped convict, a child predator whose former
victims are all dead. All except one.

Grace Carver grew
up in this quiet Texas town. She works as a cook at the
local caf and nurtures a spectacular garden in the home
she shares with her elderly grandmother. She remains
unmarried and untouched because of a past darkened by
tragedy. Now, at only twenty-five, she's accepted loneliness
as a way of life. That is, until Garon.

But only when
fear and uncertainty collide in reckless heartbreak does
Garon fully realize what he's found with Grace—and what
he may have lost. Because his hunt for a killer has led him
to the last person on earth he would ever have expected to
be the one who had escaped death at the hands of a madman.
And now a desperate lawman and a proud woman must decide if
secrets will come between them forever...or free them to love.

Originally published June 2007 in hardcover.

Diana Palmer's Bio

New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer, AKA Susan Spaeth Kyle, was born in Cuthbert, Georgia, the eldest daughter of William and Eloise Spaeth. She and her younger sister, Dannis, were raised in Chamblee, where Susan graduated from Chamblee High School in 1964. The family moved to Cornelia, Georgia, in 1965. Susan married James Kyle in 1972. They have a son, Blayne, who is married to the former Christina Clayton. They are both graduates of Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia. They live in Tennessee and have a daughter, Selena Marie Kyle, born in February, 2009. In 1991, Susan returned to college and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia, in 1995. She continues to work on her master's degree in history as time permits. Her first novel as Diana Palmer was published in 1979. She has over 115 novels in print. She has written historical novels as well as contemporary romance, and has produced science fiction, with her novel THE MORCAI BATTALION appearing in hardcover in 2007. Susan's hobbies are gardening, knitting, crocheting, astronomy, archaeology, and animals. She has dogs, cats, birds and lizards.