Gage by Kathy Ivan

Suzanna Dawkins desperately needs someone to believe her when she says she didn’t murder her husband. But it seems trouble follows her everywhere she goes. With the evidence against her piling up, it’s only a matter of time before she’s behind bars for a crime she didn’t commit.
Gage Newsome is only doing a favor for a friend when he agrees to meet Suzanna Dawkins in a bar in New Orleans, where she begs him to help prove her innocence. When she’s nearly kidnapped after meeting with him, he realizes she’s telling the truth, and whoever killed her husband plans to eliminate her as well.
To protect Suzanna, Gage realizes there’s only one place he can take her—Shiloh Springs. As Gage works to unravel the web of lies and uncover the truth of the real culprit, he realizes he’s falling for the beautiful widow. Can he keep her safe, or will the tangled conspiracy they discover spell the end of their growing love?