Falling for her best friend is not on her (forced, way-too-early, medical) retirement bucket list.Career-driven cop Neenah Casper is forced by an injury to turn in her badge at age thirty-two. The same day she's named guardian of an orphaned fifteen-year-old girl. With all her plans in pieces, it's no wonder she starts feeling more than friendship for her supportive best friend Cody. But life's taught her nothing lasts forever, and surely these feelings will pass once she finds a new life's purpose.Though Neenah friend-zoned him years ago, Officer Cody Adams has never stopped watching her back and hoping for more. Helping with her new ward could be just the opportunity to show her how much more he could be. Meanwhile, he's also fighting to earn a promotion and impress his unpleasable police chief father by catching a home burglar and a Christmastime prankster. Neenah's newly minted neighborhood watch might help him save Christmas and earn the job, if only the group didn't bring complications of its own.As Neenah and Cody wrangle octogenarian vigilantes, Christmas bandits, and complicated families, the chemistry between them only grows. But if they act on it, they won't be able to go back. With their friendship and careers on the line, is love worth the risk?Return to Redemption Ridge, Colorado and enjoy the faith, friendships, and forever-afters in this Christian Christmas Romance.Risking His Heart is book 18 in the Christmas in Redemption Ridge series, but each of the books can be read on their own.
