WHY DO WE ALWAYS HURT THE ONES WE LOVE MOST?
Haunted by a terrible crime committed by her own father, Texas State Police Officer Bailey Moore is a woman on a mission:
Getting her normal back after her father nearly killed her.
Mending her broken body and spirit, she's hell-bent on reclaiming her badge, determined to find a way to heal, whatever it takes. Even if it means working with the one man she can't forget?the one whose expectations she never could meet.
Sheriff Clay Addy.
HE HAS HIS REGRETS. SHE IS ONE OF THEM.
Clay Addy is a man living in the shadow of guilt. He should have protected Bailey before. And he had failed. Bailey's return to the force reminds Clay of that every time he looks at her. There are some failures a man can never forget. Having her right there next to him just makes the hurt all that much sharper.
SHE DESERVES FAR BETTER THAN HIM.
?AND HE KNOWS IT.
Clay knows he's not the kind of man a woman like Bailey needs, so it's better to keep the walls between them. No matter what. No matter how much he wants to hold her.
But when a serial killer comes to little Value, Texas, Clay has no choice but to work closely with the woman he can't help but want. As they dig into the killer, an enemy from their past resurfaces. One with a single goal in mind now:
Keep Sheriff Clay Addy away from Bailey. No matter who he has to hurt to make that happen...
HOLDING THE TRUTH is a 500-page, small-town western romantic thriller that takes place within the wider Finley Creek and PAVAD: FBI and Masterson County universe. The Small-Town Sheriffs series contains multiple scenes of violence, adventure, dark criminal behavior, cursing by heroes, heroines and villains, a few mild-to-moderate love scenes, and references to subject matter that may distress some readers, including pregnancy loss, abductions, mass shootings, child abuse and other dark themes.
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She'd been a victim of a horrible crime at her own father's hands.
With her spirit broken and her body hurting, Texas State Police Officer Bailey Moore is determined to return to the job-and find a way to heal. No matter what she has to do.
Finding her place in Value, Texas again is the hardest task she's ever undertaken.
Especially in front of him. The one man she has never forgotten--or lived up to his expectations.
Sheriff Clay Addy is haunted by the woman he failed.
Bailey's return to the TSP reminds Clay of just how much she has suffered-and reminds him of how much he had wanted her. Still wants her.
Even though he is not the kind of man she needs.
Clay needs to find a way to deal with the attraction still burning in him. Before he does something else he'll regret. Something that will hurt her more than he already has.
Somehow.
But as they try to solve a series of homicides, someone from the past returns. Someone who wants Clay to stay far, far away from Bailey. Someone who will stop at nothing to achieve his goal…
No matter who he has to destroy.