Despite Herself by Jessie Chandler

I enjoyed this.
It is kind of a police procedural with a lot of romantic sub plot – pace is good for both.
Bec has transferred in to the area police department from Detroit. She is out with colleagues and gets rather too drunk on the speciality drink of the bar and stays the night as she is rather ill. Theo (the bar tender) spends a lot of time that night looking after her. The next day a body is found and Bec comes back to investigate!
Both women have their baggage and neither want a relationship. Or do they?
I thought there was a lot of bar related info in there – which would have taken research. Then I realised the fact that I don’t know that many things about bars and have stopped spending quite so much time in bars is more indicative of my life!

There is of course an epilogue.
This is set 1 year later and features a surprise birthday party (sorry to spoil the surprise).

I recommend this.