Beautiful, quick-witted Liza Danvers has made a career out of cheating at poker and fleecing hapless cowboys, but her luck runs out when her antics incite a brawl in the western town of Canyon Diablo. Sheriff Hugh Blackthorne is not a man to be trifled with, and the bounty hunter turned lawman knows exactly how to deal with a sassy lady causing trouble in his town. Liza does her best to charm her way out of the situation, but Hugh isn't buying it, and before she knows it she has been stripped naked for a thorough, humiliating search. When she is caught red-handed with stolen property, she quickly finds herself over the handsome lawman's lap for a bare-bottom spanking she will not soon forget. The sheriff's firm chastisement leaves her with blushing cheeks, a burning hot bottom, and an irresistible need for him to take her long and hard. Having gone to sleep with Liza in his arms after the most intensely passionate lovemaking he can remember, the last thing Hugh expects upon waking up the next morning is to discover that his captured miscreant has run off, robbing him on the way out for good measure. More determined than ever to tame the little wildcat, he tracks her down and gives her the strapping of her life. Once back in Canyon Diablo, he places her under house arrest... at his house. She will learn to obey him, or she will spend the next month with her bottom sore both inside and out. The sheriff's willingness to take her in hand infuriates Liza, but what truly drives her crazy is the helpless arousal that follows even the most shameful of his punishments, and despite the circumstances her desire to belong to him completely grows with each passing day. But can she trust a man like him when he professes his love for her, and can they truly put aside the scars of the past to build a future together? Publisher's Note: The Lawman's Lady is an erotic romance novel that includes spankings, sexual scenes, elements of BDSM, and more.