Books like The best defense by Carsen Taite

Love doesn't wait to be invited in... Ainsley Faraday specializes in the management of sleek, urban hotels, and is reluctant to accept her employer's latest challenge to take over a mom-and-pop property in Santa Fe. Even though she has no desire to be surrounded by lonely mountain ranges and coyote skulls, she can't resist a challenge that might put her within reach of a corner office at headquarters. Rock star Greer Davis's protective bubble of stardom bursts after a night of wanton partying results in a public disaster of epic proportions. Unprepared for the scathing turn of events, Greer heads for the hills- literally. She assumes a new identity and returns to her roots in Northern New Mexico just as her latest album debuts at number one on the charts. When Ainsley and Greer meet on a flight to New Mexico, love is the last thing on either of their minds, but tall mountain vistas, big blue skies, and hot, hot green chile all combine to create a rush of endorphins begging for release. —Back cover

In the heat of a murder trial, a law professor and her student experience a passion that turns a courtroom battle into a dangerous romance.

Two women, a private investigator and her mother, track down a missing lottery winner to uncover a fortune in New Hampshire.

Barb Dowles‑Holloway, a former courtroom attorney in Eugene, Oregon, reluctantly investigates a new case after the sister of a convicted killer appeals for help. As she uncovers wrongful convictions and a smear campaign, the story delves into legal ethics and justice.

In Baltimore, seasoned private investigator Tess Monaghan is hired to locate a famous Orthodox Jewish man's missing wife and children, uncovering a web of betrayal, vengeance, and murder.

A missing woman thirty-five years after her disappearance sets off a chain of events in a Southern California small town where no one seems to want to admit that things have changed .