HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS: The Closed-Door Edition

Garrett Larkin thought he understood flirting.After spending all summer watching his coworker turn an escalating prank war into a relationship, the former rodeo cowboy figures a little harmless trouble might be exactly what gets the attention of Cedar Spurs' beautiful new assistant housekeeper.He figures wrong.Sophie Sutton has just lost the grandmother who raised her, inherited an empty house she isn't ready to call home, and started a new job in search of something resembling a fresh beginning. The last thing she needs is an infuriating cowboy making her the punchline.So Garrett stops.No more pranks. No more pushing. No more trying to charm a woman who clearly wants nothing to do with him.Which is when Sophie unexpectedly starts wanting something to do with him.Then strange things begin happening around Cedar Spurs. Objects move. Odd clues appear. Things turn up where they absolutely shouldn't be. Nothing is dangerous, and nobody else seems concerned-but Garrett and Sophie know something peculiar is happening.Their private investigation leads to late-night stakeouts, ridiculous theories, long conversations, growing trust...and enough forced proximity to make ignoring their attraction impossible.Because Sophie does have a sense of humor.Garrett just had to earn the right to see it.And somewhere between solving the mystery and falling for each other, they may discover that starting over is a lot easier when you don't have to do it alone. Content Warnings: Fade-to-black intimacy, strong language, grief and bereavement, death of parents in a character's childhood, strained parent-child relationships, and discussion of past rodeo injuries.