Charla's Shadow: A Contemporary Romance
Alina Michaels, Robin Smith

Telling a new crush that you like a little spanking in your romance is always going out on a limb, but in a town as small as Poho, that was one limb Charla Savelle just didn't feel comfortable about climbing out on. Building herself a life without love, she turns away from airy dreams and surrounds herself with her work in stone. Right up until a dog walks through her front door and changes Charla's life forever...
Dr. Milo Bickleman has been burnt by love before. There is nothing quite like having an ex-girlfriend tell everyone she knows that you're a deviant to make a man swear off relationships forever. And since his fresh start in tiny Poho could be seriously compromised should history repeat itself, that is one vow he hasn't had any trouble keeping... until he stumbled upon Charla... and the dog... and the diamonds... and the three sinister men who seemed to be following her.