The Spy Next Door — Cathy Liggett

Hope Hathaway doesn't distrust all men . . . just the ones who make promises to her like her no-good, cheating ex-husband did. Still, she's happy with life as a single mom in a small town-donning overalls every day, driving her son's school bus, and escaping into the world of Sela Theodore, the heroine of her romantic spy novels. Until, that is, Chandler Adams comes to stay next door. Chandler is gorgeous. The best-looking thing to drop into Bearsville since the hunky Fed Ex guy's truck broke down there several years before. Even better, Chandler's got a sense of humor, too, telling her they have something in common-she writes spy thrillers and he's an international spy. But after a little snooping, Hope finds out he really is a spy. After a series of escapes and a growing fondness for Hope's son, Chandler finally decides he's a spy ready to come in from the cold to warm Hope's heart forever. But can he get Hope to trust his promise? To believe in love again? Or is it truly a mission impossible?

Cathy Liggett lives with her husband, son and daughter in Loveland, Ohio.