The town of Blackfoot Falls features in this Made in Montana series. Ben Wolf drives home - in a red Porsche - for the first time in years. He had major issues when he left; his mother was a maid so he felt that others looked down on him, while his father wasn't around. In ANYWHERE WITH YOU, Ben heads to Sundance ranch to attend a wedding - and gets pulled over for speeding by Deputy Hendrix, the finest looking lady deputy he's seen. Too bad she's all business.

Grace Hendrix, the deputy who has moved here to her uncle's hometown from Arizona, later enjoys the wedding, and the other ladies fill her in about Ben - a stuntman who has broken various bits of his anatomy on the job. He's not a bad looker and he is clearly smart and dedicated, with a career like his. But like most of the town, Grace thinks he is trouble.

I like the way the reader sees change through Ben's eyes. A pawn shop and dude ranch where once cattle thrived are signs of the contracting economy. Ben's bright idea is to find a ranch near LA where he can raise and train horses for movie work and ads. As this tale is part of a series we meet familiar friends - Noah Calder, former sheriff, who is moving on to the marshal service, and various couples who have found happiness. But the main tale follows Grace and Ben so newcomers won't have difficulty finding their feet. Ben does however need to resolve issues with his mother, who is still a housekeeper. Where is his father?

There are well-written character studies and we find politics even in the small town. The mayor smarms every voter while deputies jockey to fill the sheriff's position. There's talk around the bars, but I was pleased that Grace is too professional to gossip about co-workers. She is determined to do a thorough job - even against poachers - but are her male colleagues going to be supportive? As always in a Debbi Rawlins book the horses are characters in their own right, but this time they take a definite back seat to the adult romance. We want the organised Grace and laid-back Ben to make new chances, but both of them will need to adapt if they're to be together. ANYWHERE WITH YOU is not a title that tells you a lot about the story, except that it's romantic, but this book is a good summer read about strong, interesting people and changing times.

Book Summary

Getting in bed with the law

There's a new deputy in Blackfoot Falls—and she just gave stuntman Ben Wolf a speeding ticket! That wasn't exactly the welcome-home Ben was hoping for. After fifteen years away, he's not the angry troublemaker he used to be, even if he was driving a little too fast. But if this is what the law looks like now, he may be tempted to misbehave!

Deputy Grace Hendrix is not in the mood to be sweet-talked by a sexy stranger. To become the next sheriff, she'll have to outsmart her resentful coworkers…and stay out of trouble. Unfortunately, "trouble" is over six feet of mouthwatering, hard-bodied gorgeousness. It's only a matter of time before this good cop indulges in a little bad-boy diversion…