Ransom

She was a polite person, normally. But Hallie Fitzgerald was expecting a call -- on the pay phone outside the hardware store -- from the burglar who'd robbed her. The same phone a gorgeous former marine, and the town's new police chief, currently occupied!

By-the-book lawman Marc Walcott sensed the petite and feisty Hallie knew more than she was telling him about the stolen museum pieces. Marc was determined to employ all sorts of new interrogation techniques to uncover the truth -- including an in-depth investigation of her lips...no matter how many kisses it took!

Silhouette Romance #1688, September, 2003.