Buttered Up by Mayra Statham

Some people are worth melting for.

Police officer Lawson ‘Law’ Lawrence is an iceberg. He’s not the forever kind of guy. All he needs is his work and his lifelong friends, who are more family than anything after all these years.
But when his buddy double dog dares him to hit on Gratitude Peaks’ new Science teacher on Halloween night, Law gets hit with a titanic-sized curveball that cracks his exterior. One look is all it takes for him to start melting, losing his heart faster than you can say ‘Beam me up, Scotty.’
Law isn’t a man to shy away from something he wants. Marigold Jimenez has him melting fast and furious, and he’s ready for a forever with her. Nothing is going to hold him back from doing everything he can to claim Mari as his own.
All he needs is one chance. And Law is ready to lay it on thick. Anything to butter Mari up into giving him a chance at forever.