Where There's Smoke Brown, Sandra

Lara Mallory returns to Eden Pass, Texas, with a clinic, a mission, and a past she can't outrun. The town blames her for Senator Clark Tackett's heart attack years ago — his widow Jody still runs the place with an iron fist, and his son Key would rather see Lara gone. But Lara's here to stay, and as old secrets claw their way to the surface, the line between love and hate starts to blur. Sandra Brown writes romantic suspense with heat and grit — this one simmers with small-town politics, family poison, and a slow-burn tension that builds to a scalding payoff. For fans of dangerous chemistry and heroines who refuse to apologize.