Loving the Stranger (The Hero Next Door #9)
Rebecca King

What he doesn’t expect is to find himself embroiled in his first Star Elite investigation before he has even unpacked his bag. But Darius isn’t a man to refuse to help a lady in distress. A good deed quickly turns sour, though, when Darius is plunged into a complex web of mysteries that make him doubt everyone in Badger's Wreake.
Darius has to find out who is thieving from the elderly while trying to adapt to a completely alien environment in the country. But one thing is for definite, he is not the kind of man to back away from a challenge. He soon realises that his new future will be far happier than he ever imagined it could be so long as he can persuade Beatrix to take a chance on him. But will his past thwart his dreams for the future?