Scarlet Nights, by Jude Deveraux

Scarlet Nights is part of the new Edilean saga, in which Jude swapped Montgomerys and Taggerts for McTerns and Armitages.
The plot in a nutshell: Mike Newland is special ops and has been asigned to arrest a notorious con woman and her son, who are suspected of hiding in Edilean, Virginia. They have a lead on the son, but don't know where the mother is, so Mike has to convince the son's fiancee, Sara Shaw, to help him discover the truth.
Sara's about to marry the man of her dreams and is not happy that the whole town seems to despise him. Things seem to fall from bad to worse when her fiancee dissapears 1 week before the wedding and Mike shows up, refusing to move out of her house. Things get complicated when they try to find out what Sara's fiancee really wants.

So, while the plot wasn't so original, the hero for sure is. What other hero has ever been described by the heroine as a half bald midget without a voice? (he has a body that compensates all that, believe me). The heroine was a little like Samantha from "Sweet Liar", an overworked damsel in distress (although she threw away all her work without second thoughts like 4 seconds after meeting Mike). There was a small town feeling (and we all support the home team).
The book was OK and entertaining. No big passion here, but plenty of action and fun. As in many of Jude's novels, the girls save the day, which is always nice.