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Beautiful Lawman by Sophie Jordan
3.0

Sheriff Hale is the town's golden boy who all the women want. Piper is the town's pariah. Her brother's in jail, she waitresses at the local strip joint, and no matter how hard she works she just can't seem to get ahead.

So, when her little sister is picked up by the sheriff, Piper is sure the sheriff is about to hand her a world of problems. Instead, it sparks an intense attraction shocking to both of them.

A series of misfortune events starting with Piper's first official lap dance (given to Hale) leads to Piper losing her job. Hale wants to jump to her rescue, but Piper's past makes her question his motives. Plus, her brother may be wrongly imprisoned for a murder that Piper has something to do with.

Overall SUPER sexy, but I'm not the biggest fan of the "works in a strip club but isn't like that" trope but at least this book ultimately made me think a bit differently. What kept me from loving the book was I didn't quite buy the love between Hale and Piper, it seemed to come a bit too quickly, and the mystery was a bit of an add-on