Shrouded Past by Mary Alford

Former Wyoming Sheriff Bryce Malone is determined to put as much space and as many states between him and the tragedy that had taken away his life.
He’d gone after international drug smugglers, and it had cost him dearly when his wife was taken hostage and killed. The smugglers got away. He’d stopped nothing.
Bryce tossed his badge on the mayor’s desk and left. He’s done with being the good guy and doing the right thing.
After renting a beachside cabin on Hope Island, Maine, Bryce comes across a single-vehicle accident near his home late one night. The car is empty but there is blood on the seats. Inside the trunk, a frightened woman is bound and gagged.
Piper Alexander was taken at gunpoint and forced into the trunk. And the worst part? She has no idea why. If it hadn’t been for the accident and the man who saved her, she’d be dead.
With Piper refusing to go to the police, Bryce asks her to trust him. But he’ll need more help than what he alone can provide to figure out who is coming after Piper. He reaches out to his neighbor, and one of the owners of Hope Island Securities, JT Wyatt.
Can Bryce and the team unravel the truth behind Piper’s abduction before it’s too late?