Life hasn’t been going so well for public defender Autry Holton. First she is forced to defend an accused serial killer, a man she is sure is guilty, and then she realizes she is pregnant. Both situations she’s sure won’t sit well with her ex-lover, Sheriff Stanton Reed. Stanton has already failed at marriage and family. He broke it off with Autry because he couldn’t handle her job as a public defender and also because he was conflicted about the feelings she stirred up in him. But when she informs him about their coming child, he’s determined to avoid the mistakes he made the first time around and be there for Autry and their child. But a madman has different plans, and just when Stanton is coming to understand how important Autry and their child is to him, he’s faced with the nightmare possibility of losing them.

Linda Winfree’s Hearts of the South Series is quickly becoming a favorite with me!! Anything But Mine is an emotional minefield that keeps the reader on the edge of their seats waiting for to see what will happen next. Stanton and Autry try to come to terms with their feelings for each other as the world seems to implode around them. I can’t recommend Anything But Mine and the rest of Linda Winfree’s Hearts of the South Series highly enough.