Undercover Sheriff

By Barbara Phinney

Look-Alike Lawman 

Former lawman Zane Robinson never thought he'd wear a badge againbut to locate his missing twin brother, Zane's taking on his identity as sheriff of Proud Bend, Colorado. There he discovers heiress Rachel Smith conducting her own search for a mother and child who've also disappeared from the small town. The cases could be connected, so Zane reluctantly agrees to team up with the feisty beauty. 

Rachel can't afford to be seen getting too close to Zaneit could impact her ministry for misguided young women. But as the investigation continues, she's hopelessly drawn to the gruff yet honorable lawman. Though trust doesn't come easily to Rachel or Zane, in searching for the missing will they risk losing their hearts?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Love Inspired
• Release date: Apr 1, 2017
• ISBN: 9781488017582

Barbara Phinney

BARBARA PHINNEY was born in England but raised in Canada. She has traveled all her life, loving to explore the various countries and cultures of the world. After she retired from the Canadian Armed Forces, Barbara turned to romance writing. The thrill of adventure, the love of happy endings, and a far-too-active imagination, all merged to become fabulous tales of romance. Barbara now spends her days writing, traveling and spending her children's inheritance. On others, of course!

Reviews for Undercover Sheriff

[jenniferrobb · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I received this book in a box of books from a friend (who got them from another friend). That same friend recently wondered if there is a subgenre of romance related to sheriffs. I told her if there wasn't, there probably should be. The main theme running through the book seems to be forgiveness--God's forgiveness, forgiving others, forgiving ourselves. Both the main characters struggle with forgiving themselves for things that happened in the past that had serious repercussions. Zane's convincing Rachel of it seemed a bit preachy though.Other than that, the standard themes apply--Alex and Zane are identical twins so Zane allows himself to be convinced to pretend to be Alex to better solve his disappearance. Convenient. I did find it odd that the mayor would be in on and agree to such deception--but this is set in history and maybe such things were done that way back then. Again, it just seemed too convenient for me, though at least Zane did have some accountability in that an authority was aware that he was undercover. (To be fair to Zane, impersonating his brother was not his idea, even though he went along with it.)I thought the deputy would prove to be involved somehow and was wrong. I did guess what Daniel was trying to say, but not much before the author revealed it.