Promise — M.L. Uberti

A girl on the run settles in a small town in Northeast Texas and finds herself falling in love while she trying to protect her identity, toughen up her dog, and mingle with her nosy neighbors.

Peyton Salvestra isn't her name anymore; its Caroline Ward and she's left behind a 26 years on the razor's edge with her mobster father in Las Vegas and bought herself a new identity, a farm, and a habit of always looking over her shoulder and waiting for the other shoe to drop. Once she meets Deputy Sheriff Ty Harden, she starts to let go of her troubled past and move toward a real life in Northern Texas with her wimp of a dog, her nosy and opinionated neighbors, and a career that takes a lot of research to pull off. But will she lose it all when her past arrives in town to make her come home, or will a promise made by the man who loves her save her from a fatal mistake?