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A Sheriff's Captive: A Forbidden Love, Slow-Burn, Historical Western Romance with Suspense and Mystery
Paperback
Series: Hartley Brothers, Book 2
ISBN13: 9781735038889
Publisher: Sara Van Buskirk
Published: Aug 28 2026
Pages: 284
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
She's a criminal on the run.
He's the law sworn to capture her.
Falling for her might be his biggest mistake.
Nevada, 1869
Catalina
Freedom is all I've ever wanted.
It feels like sugary bliss until the men we stole from come looking for revenge.
Now the only way out is a distraction.
And the biggest problem? The sheriff.
It should be against the law for a sheriff to be this attractive-tall, strong jaw, intense, sparkly blue eyes that watch me with too much perception.
I should avoid him, but I need to distract him.
So I do the only thing I can.
I trip him.
But what else was I supposed to do? My sister needed time to escape.
She got away.
I didn't.
Now I'm captive to a sheriff of all people. And he's not letting me go.
I'm not afraid of breaking out.
I'm afraid of him finding me because sheriffs can never be trusted...and I'm starting to forget why.
Levi
As sheriff, I have three rules.
Uphold the law.
Be prepared.
Trust your instincts.
They've never failed me.
Until her.
Catalina is trouble-clever, defiant, and completely unafraid of me. She tests every boundary, challenges every order, and somehow turns my own jail into a battleground.
She's a criminal.
And I should treat her like one.But the more time she spends under my watch, the harder it is to ignore the truth-she's not what she seems.
And neither is the pull between us.
I've faced down outlaws, thieves, and killers.
But nothing has ever tested me like this.
Because now I have to add a fourth rule:
Never fall for a criminal.
A Sheriff's Captive, book 2 in a series of interconnected stand-alone novels, overlaps the timeline from book 1 while telling a completely new romance that can be enjoyed on its own. This sweet, slow-burning historical western romance features forbidden love, a suspenseful murder mystery, and no explicit scenes. Download today for a deeply emotional love story filled with romantic tension, witty banter, laugh-out-loud moments, and a guaranteed happily ever after.Also from
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