Small Town Beast by Marion Meadows

When her baby son goes missing in their sleepy mountain town, Tanya Weaver finds an ally in the dangerous crime lord Saverin Bailey.

The McCalls took his loyalty, and then they took everything else. Rocked by the death of his brother and forbidden from taking revenge, a dark decision pushes Saverin to the brink. But there he meets Tanya, a mother grieving her son’s strange disappearance and desperate for answers. Tanya changes Saverin in ways he never imagined and brings him back to life, but his newfound peace is short-lived as a plot to overthrow the King of Florin surfaces, and Saverin finds himself suddenly in line to seize the crown.

Part One of two, this book deals with mature themes and strong language– discretion advised.