Painted Lady - The Evangeline Monroe Series, #1

EvangelineMy mother was my first pimp. I was six. The love of my life was my second. I was fourteen. After that, my life has been a game of survive and adapt, and I have. But now some sexy-ass, glorified cater-waiter has walked into my life and fucked with my perfectly crafted world and I need to find a way to walk him back out. Permanently. ShepThe media called me a hero. The Department called me a shining example of Savannah's fellowship of firefighters.
I just wanted to be left the fuck alone so I could cook. After early retirement, I traded in my axe for a chef's knife, convinced I was done putting out fires. Little did I know that a brush with a beautiful but troubled woman was about to set my world ablaze. ArloAfter years of devotion to the NYPD, I was out on my ass and blacklisted for doing the 'right thing.'Exiled to Shitville, USA, and sentenced to serve the remainder of my life as a small town sheriff, busting petty teenage criminals and meth heads.
However, when a pair of unsolved cases continues to haunt me, I'm drawn to what could be the biggest case of my career, but it could also cost me my soul.