THE DEPUTY'S K-9 MATCHMAKER: a Protector, Love at First Sight, Small Town, Grumpy/Sunshine Romance (Gold Country With Love - Book 5)

When a reporter with a nose for trouble meets a by-the-book deputy sheriff, is it love-at-first-sight or a romance disaster in the making? Ask Czar, the coolest K-9 partner on the planet.

Giving up sucks…unless it’s for the right reasons.

Deputy Ben Jacobs stepped off the LAPD career ladder because he couldn’t take Czar, his canine partner of nine years, with him. Aged-out? B.S. Luckily, the new sheriff in Coyote Springs needed a canine department but lacked critical funds to buy young dogs and train them. A PR stunt introduces them to another newcomer—a beautiful, ambitious reporter with a nose for trouble. To Ben’s chagrin, Czar falls for her on the spot. And worse, Ben can’t get her out of his head, either.

Starting a new job is thrilling…unless it's in your old home town.

Jill Martin's back in Coyote Springs to lick her wounds after a lousy divorce. But her new job as an investigative reporter may be the ticket to the big time. Bad things are happening in her old hometown. She doesn't have time to get side-tracked by a silly attraction to the sheriff’s new hire: a sexy, by-the-book deputy with the coolest K-9 on the planet. But when something freaky happens, she sees a side of Ben Jacobs she can’t unsee…even if she wanted to. And her journalist instincts tell her some things—like love—call for a leap of faith.

5-star review: "The Deputy's K-9 Matchmaker is a very suspenseful romance. This well written, well plotted book has it all - charismatic characters, an awesome K-9 officer, a disappearance, attempted murder, bribery and more. It is all delivered with Ms. Salonen's signature style. I was on the edge of my seat until I finished the book in the wee hours of the morning!" ~ Amazon reader

If you love small town romances with reunions that can turn a second chance into forever love, you'll feel right at home in Coyote Springs. Here, you'll follow an opposites attract "meet cute" that leads to endless possibilities, thanks to a little donkey named Miss Valentine. It's a place where love-at-first-sight overcomes all obstacles—even amnesia, And a steadfast rancher wrangle firebugs and town gossips with the same finesse as he faces a first Christmas after the agony of an untimely loss. Plus, you've never met a K-9 cop like Czar, who will make you believe anything is possible when it comes to love.