Maid in the Shade — Bridget Allison

Gretchen Gallen, a young financial wunderkind, former addict and wildlife rescue volunteer from Charlotte, has built a new life in the sleepy village of Bridle Springs, making her living in “Crisis Cleanup.”
We are reunited with Gretchen just as she is called to a local wildlife rescue �" where there also happens to be a dead body.
With the hilarious Mona, Jackson and the perpetually irreverent Lucy by her side, Gretchen is content to continue her work in Bridle Springs while maintaining relationships with the power brokers of Charlotte. Distractions from two would-be beaus aren't helping her concentration, as they seem to be looking for commitments she is not prepared to make.
With her attention diverted, Gretchen has missed a clue or two, and by the time Gretchen sees a pattern in a city suicide, she realizes that she has trailed danger to her door, and Gretchen isn't the only one in jeopardy.