Lawfully Treasured — Jenna Brandt

TAKING LOVE AND LAW SERIOUSLY...Connor Bishop left his hometown, police substation, and church behind to take a prestigious position as the newest S.W.A.T. member for the Boulder Police Department. Though he loves the new job, he is lonely and feels out of place in the big city. He wonders if he made a mistake leaving Clear Mountain behind.Hayley Hall grew up in Clear Mountain, but after having a devastating hurt in high school, she takes off to go to college. After getting her degree, she travel the world as an archeologist photographer. Her goal is to seek out hidden treasures from the past while forgetting her own, but when her mother gets hurt, Hayley is forced to come home and run the family newspaper. Connor and Hayley went to high school together, but she was a wallflower and he didn't know who she was. Flash forward eight years, and at a chance encounter at a S.W.A.T. stand-off in Clear Mountain, and the two bump into each other while he is negotiating the situation and she is covering it for the Clear Mountain Gazette. She remembers him as the popular captain of the basketball team, but he still doesn't remember her. However, this time, he is taken in by her and wants to explore the connection between them.Can these two people from vastly different worlds navigate a way to be together? Will Hayley give up her adventurous life to take a chance on Connor? And will Connor leave his dream job in order to return home and convince Hayley they can have a life together?