Previously published as Western Burn by Jenny AndersenShe undresses men—to photograph them. He chases drug lords—and is burned out. J. J. Coburn leaves the LAPD in search of his uncle Jake’s murderer. Instead he finds a dozen needy and ancient miners, an old enemy, and a bombshell blonde mayor. Mayor Chris Layton secretly supports the proud, elderly, and destitute citizens of Lead Gulch by photographing models in the rugged outdoors for Hot Hunks calendars. When both Jake and the income from her photographic business die, she desperately needs financial help. The only help in sight is new resident Burn, who has his own problems. When Chris’s photo shoot in Mexico goes wrong and she gets tangled up with the drug cartel that ordered the murder, it’s up to Burn to save the town, the blonde, and himself. If he can.
Writing romance was a natural for Jenny Andersen, given her lifelong fascination with words. (And men.) Like most writers, she has had a number of weird jobs and strange experiences that sometimes mutate and show up in her stories. Jenny has an M.A. in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania; the master's thesis turned into her first book, Loving Luke, for The Wild Rose Press.