Cop of the Year (Bayview Heights #1)

He’s a cop who dreads working with teenagers. She’s a high school teacher of at-risk students and cops are her worst nightmare.

The last thing by-the-book Captain Mitch Lansing wants to do is work in a high school classroom to improve relationships between at-risk kids and the police department. Life’s been cruel to him, and his past still haunts him.

Unorthodox teacher Cassie Smith, herself an at-risk student in high school, has fought hard for her success as a teacher. She escaped a dysfunctional mother and worked her way through college and is happy with her job and cadre of friends.

Until Mitch crashes into her life and starts to work with her kids. Though she’s not looking for romance, her world goes off kilter. So does Mitch’s. It’s the kids who begin this healing process.

When a gang goes after Mitch, Cassie realizes she’s in love with a cop. But can he accept her and the students into his life?

Winner of Best Superromance of the Year, the Golden Leaf Award and the Desert Quill Award.