Baytown Heroes

Ryan Coates does it all. Single dad with an ex who needs reminders to spend time with their kids. Chief of the Baytown Station of the Virginia Marine Police. Sergeant at Arms for the American Legion. Son. Brother. Coach. Friend. What he’s not doing is looking for a woman. Then he met her. Again. She’s the new doctor in town. And she remembers Ryan. Two years younger than him, she used to write his name in her notebooks. What she’s not doing is looking for a man. But when their jobs cross paths, they discover that working together might give them a chance at love after all.

Joseph Newman may have followed in his older brother into the military and now into a law-enforcement career, but that’s where they were different. Wyatt was a police chief, serious, now married, and someone the community looked up to. Joseph enjoyed a beer with friends, loved a good joke, and didn’t mind playing the field. Until he met her…the shy woman who barely spoke. And something told him, she needed a hero. But was he the man for the job?

Jared’s bad mood had him snap at the beautiful woman on the beach. After another run-in with the rude man, she decided to keep her distance. Of course, in a small town, that was harder to do than she thought it would be. Especially since he worked for the Virginia Marine Police, and she was a water analyzer for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

Seeing the beautiful woman on the bridge sent a shock straight through Andy's heart. Finding out she was the girl he'd tormented in high school sent a shock straight through his gut. Looks like he has his work cut out for him to convince her that he's changed in the past 12 years.

Jose Martinez isn’t looking for love. Not that he’s opposed to falling in love. And God knows, his mother is desperate for him to find a good woman to marry and start a family with. But he’s waiting for sparks, not willing to settle for less. Plus with his career in full swing, and a house to work on… finding love isn’t top of his list right now.

Joanne Norris was hopeful she’d find love one day, but the disastrous blind dates her mother arranged weren’t getting her any closer. Then she met him. Bryce Townsend had good friends, a job he loved, and four rescue cats, but no one special to share his life with. Then he met her. It looks like love may have struck. But when a body is discovered and Joanne is targeted, it will take more than love to keep her safe.

Detective Sam Shackley had known Hayley for years. She was the wife of his best friend. But when tragedy struck, he vowed to protect her and her children. Their friendship helped them through the worst of times. But eventually, he needed to give her the space to move on if she wanted. It was the hardest thing he’d ever done.

Detective Aaron Bergstrom didn't consider himself a player… he just wasn't sure he believed in love. Belinda Crowder was a wedding photographer… she firmly believed in happily ever afters. Insta-love when they met? No way. Second-chance romance? Nope, not this either. When it was finally their time… disaster struck. And now that he'd found the person who put the ‘real’ in real love, he wasn't about to let someone threaten her.

Brad hoped the night of fun with the beautiful baker would turn into something more. Too bad she came with drama he didn’t have time for. Bess wanted to break her streak of bad decisions when it came to men. Too bad the handsome detective was a jerk like the rest of them. But for Brad and Bess, it would take time… and a crime… to bring them back together. And now they had a chance to put all their misses behind them and discover that the hero they were both holding out for was each other.