People Will Talk — Audra Adams

SMALL-TOWN BLUES

After six months as acting sheriff in quiet Branchport, tough New York cop Vince Messing vowed he'd once again be ready to hit the city streets. But he hadn't counted on falling for local beauty Amanda Simpson. One look at the single mom's gamin face had him resisting returning to his dangerous life-style.

But Amanda was still living down a local scandal -- and the last thing she needed was to fall for a cop from the Bronx! Her heart, however, wasn't listening to reason. Vince's passionate persistence had her breaking the laws of small-town survival. She and Vince made memories together, but when he left, and heartache moved in, would memories be enough?