Valentine Sheriff's Doorstep Baby
(2026)(The tenth book in the Valentine Heat Chronicles series)
A novel by Cassie Wood
How did a doorstep baby turn into a forbidden kiss with the sheriff who makes me feel safe enough to want more?
I wake up to a newborn on my steps and Luke Callahan standing in the smoke-cold morning like a promise I never asked for.
He is off-limits and magnetic, a man with a badge and hands that make my pulse race.
One stolen kiss and one desperate decision pull us into forced proximity as threats start whispering through town.
A monogrammed blanket and a shadowed diner turn dangerous, and suddenly we are protecting a tiny life together.
Three moments undo me: his calm voice when panic hits, his fierce grip when someone follows us, and the way he looks at the baby like it already belongs to him.
That is when I realize I have fallen for him, just as lawyers, donors, and guns begin closing in.
Now every choice could cost us everything.
If this goes wrong, I do not just lose love—I lose the child we risked our lives to save.
Genre: Romance
I wake up to a newborn on my steps and Luke Callahan standing in the smoke-cold morning like a promise I never asked for.
He is off-limits and magnetic, a man with a badge and hands that make my pulse race.
One stolen kiss and one desperate decision pull us into forced proximity as threats start whispering through town.
A monogrammed blanket and a shadowed diner turn dangerous, and suddenly we are protecting a tiny life together.
Three moments undo me: his calm voice when panic hits, his fierce grip when someone follows us, and the way he looks at the baby like it already belongs to him.
That is when I realize I have fallen for him, just as lawyers, donors, and guns begin closing in.
Now every choice could cost us everything.
If this goes wrong, I do not just lose love—I lose the child we risked our lives to save.
Genre: Romance