An enjoyable read, some interesting premises, but nothing that really stuck with me. The story was well written and I would give future stories a read.

This is book 18 in the Return to the Double-C Ranch. This story has Ali Templeton, a police officer in Weaver and has to inform Grant Cooper he is the uncle of an abandoned baby and that his sister has disappeared. Grant lives outside of town and is a loner. He's a writer and has some issues with PTSD and his military service. I enjoyed this story, it can read as a stand alone but you get to catch up with many of the previous couples. I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Ali is a small town cop looking for the uncle of an abandoned baby, so imagine Grant Coopers surprise when she shows knocking at his down with this story. While they try to figure out where Grants sister is and why she abandoned the baby while also trying to prove a relationship the two seem to have a romance blooming between eachother.

Overall this was a pretty good romance. I liked seeing the romance between the two. I thought it was interesting getting to know Grant's relationship with his sister and the mystery that was the sister in general. I was curious into the reasoning why she would abandoned her baby when she could've sent the baby to the father or her family members. There was that mystery surrounding the sister and the romance between the two MC'S that'll keep the readers hooked. It was a pretty good book I enjoyed it.

I absolutely adored the story about Ali and Grant.

Grant is terrified to let people in and feels that he doesn't believe he is worthy of LOVE. Ali is struggling to deal with a devil boss and making a case to find the family of little Layla. I adored the effort she put into this no matter the fact it wasn't her case and could have cost her, her job.

I do hate that this cover in no way reflects Grant's actions in this book. Grant is terrified of this child. He shows no emotion where she is concerned yet the cover makes him look like a doting father. Even though he is possibly her uncle.

Ali Templeton, a cop, is looking to identify who the real parents are of the baby that her sister & her husband are raising. Her search takes her to Grant Cooper who she believes is the baby's uncle and a romance begins..
What I don't like is cliffhangers & things left open-ended (i.e. baby). If I spend hours reading a book, I want all plot points & questions answered - otherwise, what was the point???

The cover picture is a bit deceptive since the hero, who may or may not be the uncle of an abandoned baby, does everything he can to avoid holding that baby. He’s not the one taking care of the child, but the sister of the heroine and her husband are the ones hoping to adopt the baby they’ve been fostering. Ali is a policewoman who is using her few moments of downtime to try to find the mother of the baby her sister and their family has come to love. Her search takes her to Grant Cooper, the brother of the purported mother of the baby. And, conveniently, he’s living in their small town. While he has no information on the whereabouts of his sister and no interest in the baby who may or may not be his niece, he is very attracted to Ali. She feels likewise.

No one in town knows that Grant is actually a best-selling author who doesn’t want to write any more or do much of anything. He suffers from survivor’s guilt after having served in Afghanistan. But Ali starts making him interested in life once again.

I enjoyed their growing relationship and the mystery of what happened to the baby’s parents. Unfortunately, the novel ends before we get any confirmation about the baby’s parentage. DNA, for various reasons, is of no use in figuring out who the parents are of this baby. So, while the romance is resolved satisfactorily, we’re left with somewhat of a cliffhanger about the baby. Since Ali is a triplet and the stories have now been told about two of the three triplets, I guess we’ll have to wait for the third sister’s story perhaps to find out the end of the baby saga. I enjoyed this one enough to be interested in reading the third, but I did resent getting involved in that part of the story and not having it resolved.

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book that I received from Netgalley; however, the opinions are my own and I did not receive any compensation for my review.

Show me a hero is a wonderful romance/mystery. Ali is a small town cop who has to hold down two jobs to make ends meet. The police sergeant who is her boss is a misogynistic man who holds a grudge against Ali, and it’s all Ali can do to keep her job while accepting all the demeaning tasks he assigns to her. Her second, part-time job is a waitress in a bar where she is required to wear skimpy clothes and high heels.
Grant is a writer, ex Air Force, who is living in the same small town. Both Ali and Grant are fixing up old houses. Ali and her sisters (they are all triplets) are fixing up a Victorian house while Grant is fixing up an old farm house that was his grandparents.
What brings Ali and Grant together is an abandoned baby. Rather than let her fall into the foster care system, Ali is trying to find her parents and that search leads Ali to Grant’s front door. She suspects that Grant is the baby’s uncle.
Finding Grant’s estranged sister is like finding a needle in a haystack. Ali’s family is a rather eccentric group of women, including her grandmother, mother and the other two women who are triplets with Ali. This is not the first book in the series but can be read as a stand-alone. The ending is wonderful but does not finish the mystery. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series which will hopefully solve some unanswered questions about the abandoned baby. I really enjoyed this book.