{"product_id":"the-sheriffs-secret-jefferson-cross-9798252520612","title":"The Sheriff's Secret: A Clean Small Town Protector Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe has protected Pine Ridge for years. Now the one secret he cannot outrun may cost him everything.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheriff Tom Martinez has always been the man Pine Ridge depends on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteady. Capable. Fiercely protective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut behind the badge, Tom is fighting a battle no one else can see. His vision is failing. The job he loves is slipping out of his control. And the harder he tries to hide the truth, the closer he comes to losing the town, the family, and the future he has sacrificed everything to protect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThen FBI Special Agent Sofia Reyes arrives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSofia has her own reasons for coming to Pine Ridge - a federal evaluation, a dangerous trafficking investigation, and a promise tied to the husband she lost in the same war that shaped Tom. She is sharp, guarded, and far too good at seeing what people try to hide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEspecially Tom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs federal scrutiny tightens and a criminal threat reaches deeper into Pine Ridge, Tom and Sofia are forced into an uneasy partnership. What begins as professional tension soon becomes something neither of them expected: trust, tenderness, and the terrifying possibility of being known completely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom knows Sofia deserves the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe also knows the truth could cost him his badge - and the woman he never meant to need.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sheriff's Secret\u003c\/i\u003e is a clean small-town romantic suspense novel about hidden wounds, protector hearts, found family, and the courage it takes to let love see you clearly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReturn to Pine Ridge - where love is steady, danger is close, and even the strongest hearts sometimes need someone beside them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jefferson Cross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798252520612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Jefferson Cross","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173171962111,"sku":"9798252520612","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sheriffs-secret-jefferson-cross-9798252520612","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}