Remembered Classic Romance

Rebeka Evelyn Danforth (Reddy) survived a car crash and now, five years later, she's settling into partial retirement. Then Gideon Jager appears in town and convinces Reddy to help him talk to the people involved in that accident. In the next week, she gets phone threats, is tailgated, and her store is vandalized. The local police think that Gideon is involved because it all started when he appeared. But the timing is consistent with the death of a woman who died in that car crash. Someone is targeting people who were involved. Is it Gideon she needs to worry about? Or does someone else have a grisly checklist of death that they're following...and is Reddy's name next?

Lu Roze & her Iowa town are recovering from a huge storm, with trees down and houses demolished. When the road crews pick up debris, a dead body lands at her feet--literally. Lu & her neighbor, Lee Hardy, become embroiled in the mystery of who killed the man, why he was killed, where he was killed & why he was dumped on Lu's doorstep. Lu & Hardy discover they have much in common including a strong mutual attraction. If she can learn to trust him & he can tell her the legal problems he's tangled up in, they might have a chance at a future together--if they can escape being killed in the process.