Earning Her Trust by Tonya Burrows

He doesn’t let people get close.
Owen “Ghost” Booker doesn’t believe he deserves a second chance. Not after what he’s done, not after the lives lost because of him. At Valor Ridge, he stays in the shadows, watching, calculating, protecting from a distance. Only Cinder, his fiercely loyal and equally guarded K9, sees the man beneath the silence. Neither of them trusts easily. They don’t connect. And they definitely don’t let anyone in.

Until her.
She doesn’t trust anyone to tell her the truth.
After burning out at the FBI, Naomi Lefthand returns to Solace, Montana, to breathe. But when a local woman goes missing—and the pattern echoes the cases that nearly broke her—Naomi can’t walk away. The cold trail leads to Valor Ridge and the ex-operative who disappears every time she gets too close.

They were never meant to trust each other.
But when Naomi vanishes without a trace, Ghost is forced out of the shadows and into the hunt. As he unravels the case she refused to drop, it becomes clear her disappearance isn’t random. The truth she uncovered is more dangerous than either of them imagined. She might be the only one who ever truly saw him. But when he finally finds her, earning back her trust—and keeping her alive—may cost him everything.

Earning Her Trust is a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romantic suspense set in the Valor Ridge world. If you love tortured protectors, fierce heroines, and a found family that won’t let you fall, this book will keep you turning pages long into the night.