The Sheriff of Shelter Valley : Shelter Valley Stories (Harlequin Superromance No. 1087)

The Sheriff of Shelter Valley is the sixth book in the Shelter Valley Stories series by American author, Tara Taylor Quinn. Beth Allen and her son Ryan have been in Shelter Valley for six months. Beth has a cleaning business and tries to keep a low profile, but it isn’t easy with Sheriff Greg Richards taking a romantic interest in her. Greg is perplexed by her reticence, but what he doesn’t realise is that Beth doesn’t know the answers his questions about her past because she has no memory of it. All she knows is that she has to hide.

Greg has some puzzles of his own to deal with: violent car-jackings that bear a strong resemblance to similar crimes ten years earlier, one of which disabled his father. In this romantic intrigue novel, Taylor Quinn touches on some thought-provoking topics: gang initiations, cult societies and brain-washing. Her characters are interesting, there is plenty of intrigue, and the original plot builds to a dramatic climax. Enjoyable.