"Broody, moody, and protective. He was everything I didn't want. Everything that set my teeth on edge. I hated how I still craved him." - L.M. "Stubborn, hotheaded, and ethereal. She was the worst. The devil in stilettos. The bane of my existence. I despised how she looked like forever." - J.C. Luciana McLaine takes life seriously. A little too seriously. This sexy, confident, no-nonsense paralegal knows what she wants and goes after it, even if that includes returning to the small hometown she once fled from to assist with an important criminal case. James Colson is still recovering from a violent break-in that left him physically and emotionally scarred and stole his brother's life. For this unfairly gorgeous, hot-and-bothered police deputy, love is the last thing on his mind. Until she and her signature stilettos and French-pink lips step into his world. Again. "Hot-and-bothered" soon becomes hot-and-conflicted when these two broken, sour ex-lovers are reunited by chance. Possibly by fate. Will it end in beautiful chaos or hideous mayhem? *Additional author's note: only book 1 is first responder romance*