The Mountain Man's Dog (the Mountain Man's Mysteries) (volume 1) [Paperback]

In the small town of Clarkesville, in the heart of the Oregon Cascade Mountains, a humble forester stumbles into the complex world of crooked cops and power-hungry politicians& all because he rescued a stray, injured dog on the highway. Lehigh Carter didnt really mean to adopt the dog. But his ex-fianc?e, Stacy McBride, convinces him to do it, with a promise to help. Their rekindled romance angers her father, state Senator George McBride, who sees her backwoods suitor as a blemish on his carefully created political image. It also sets off a chain of events that entangle Lehigh in a life-or-death conflict with the senators hardnosed campaign treasurer, Paul van Paten, who had his own plans for Stacys future. The Mountain Mans Dog is a briskly told crime thriller loaded with equal parts suspense, romance, and light-hearted humor, pitting honor and loyalty against ruthless ambition and runaway greed in a town too small for anyone to get away with anything.