Charlene Parris 
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Is she the key to his case?When a ruthless CEO is assaulted at his own construction site, Detective Mark Hawthorne is determined to catch the person responsible. But he finds a welcome distraction in captivating bakery owner Britt Gronlund, who rebuffed the CEO’s threat to take over her business. But when the CEO winds up dead, Mark needs to find out who killed him. Can he defend Britt from the accusations that she’s the murderer? And will they find the real killer?