When Livy OтАЩBrien spies a young boy jostling a man walking along the boardwalk, she recognizes the act for what it is. After all, she used to be known as Light-Fingered Livy. But that was before she put her past behind her and moved to the growing town of Chestnut, Illinois, where sheтАЩs helping to run an orphanage. Now sheтАЩll do almost anything to protect the street kids like herself.
SheriffтАЩs deputy Jake Russell had no idea what he was in for when he ran into LivyтАФliterally while chasing down a pickpocket. With a rash of robberies and a growing number of street kids in townтАФas well as a loan on the family farm that needs to be paid offтАФJake doesnтАЩt have time to pursue a girl. Still, he canтАЩt seem to get Livy out of his mind. He wants to get to know her better . . . but Livy isnтАЩt willing to trust any man, especially not a lawman.