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    Talia & Ryan's Story: A Door County Romance, #1
    Talia & Ryan's Story: A Door County Romance, #1
    Talia & Ryan's Story: A Door County Romance, #1
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    Talia & Ryan's Story: A Door County Romance, #1

    By Valerie J. Clarizio

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    Talia Johnson is living her dream in Door County, WI. But, being a Park Ranger comes with sacrifices.

     

    Deputy Ryan Larson loves his job but worries about the attraction he feels for the surly Talia Johnson.

     

    When pandemonium breaks out, Talia's life becomes endangered. Ryan races to help her.

     

    Will her stubbornness prevent Ryan from saving her?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrailhead Consulting LLC
    Release dateMar 24, 2018
    ISBN9781537518589
    Talia & Ryan's Story: A Door County Romance, #1
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    Valerie J. Clarizio

    Valerie Clarizio is a USA Today Bestselling author who lives in romantic Door County Wisconsin with her husband. She loves to read, write, and spend time at her cabin in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She's lived her life surrounded by men, three brothers, a husband, and a male Siamese cat who required his own instruction manual. Keeping up with all the men in her life has turned her into an outdoors enthusiast, of which her favorite activity is hiking in national parks. While out on the trails, she has plenty of time to conjure up irresistible characters and unique storylines for her next romantic suspense or sweet contemporary romance novel.

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      Talia & Ryan's Story - Valerie J. Clarizio

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      He’s a deputy in pursuit of an elusive woman.

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      She’s a park ranger determined not to get caught.

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      When chaos breaks, they must work together to save the residents, visitors...and each other.

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      Talia Johnson is living her dream as a park ranger in a small town in Door County, Wisconsin. She loves her job, but as a woman in a male-dominated field, she has to work harder, smarter, and longer hours to prove herself. A personal life is a luxury she can’t afford, especially one that includes a certain relentless deputy sheriff.

      Deputy Sheriff Ryan Larson has given up trying to fight the attraction he feels for Talia Johnson, but the tenacious park ranger is firmly lodged in his head and his heart. The rift between the deputies and park rangers continues to grow, creating an insurmountable hurdle between him and Talia.

      Catastrophe strikes and Talia finds herself in harm’s way. Ryan races to help her, but will her stubbornness prevent her from accepting his help, or will she finally admit she needs him?

      *****

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      Chapter One

      113 10-50 PI, dispatch radioed.

      Shit, personal injury.

      113 go ahead, Deputy Ryan Larson replied.

      Moped versus tree on Shore Road in Peninsula Park, approximately one mile north of the park office. One female with injury. EMS has been paged.

      Has state park law enforcement been notified?

      Yes. Two park rangers are now on scene.

      Larson cringed at the thought of having to respond to the moped accident call, but not only was he the deputy closest to the scene, he was the only one available. The other three deputies working the county were busy with other accidents and complaints. They’d all been running non-stop since their shift started at three o’clock.

      Welcome to Door County Wisconsin on the Fourth of July weekend.

      Though he was only a few miles south of the park’s entrance located in Fish Creek, it’d take him a while to arrive on the scene. He hoped to get through the holiday weekend vehicle congestion without getting in a wreck himself. Red lights, and siren blaring, he clipped down the highway at speeds ranging between forty and ninety, depending on the curves and traffic.

      Emergency Medical Services updates indicated there were no major traffic issues currently impeding his route. They also reported that alcohol didn’t appear to be a factor with the crash.

      He slowed at the curvy, downhill portion of the highway leading in to the small town he needed to drive through to reach the park.

      Traffic was at a near-standstill as people crossed streets on every corner. Curbside parking was filled. The vehicles in front of him couldn’t get out of his way. Frustration ripped through him. He darted his gaze around, looking for an opening to slip through. Nothing. Finally, the pedestrians seemed to get the picture and waved the cars through the intersections.

      Larson crept along, slowly meandering around vehicles that’d come to a stop, unable to get out of his way. Some motorists were lucky, ducking into overflowing parking lots of the retail hops and restaurants. Others simply pulled up next to cars parked at the curbside. He hated having to maneuver through these small Door County towns during the height of tourist season.

      Larson tightened his fingers around the steering wheel. Anxiety gripped his spine. Truth be told, it wasn’t the traffic, or the moped accident that had him cringing at responding to the call, it was the fact that she’d probably be there.

      Talia Johnson, the park ranger from hell.

      She hated him with a passion. Why, he wasn’t sure. Honestly, she was abrasive with all the sheriff’s deputies, but her dislike for him was second to none. So bad even his co-workers had noticed.

      As he drove past the entrance gate to the park, dispatch let him know that two first responders were on-scene with the two park rangers who initially responded to the call. Good news. But, the EMTs were still en route.

      Larson pulled to the edge of the narrow road, parking behind Sam Bley’s truck and trailer loaded

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