Done a Runner by Cynthia Knoble

He’s a rancher, an ex-cop, and the only thing standing between a killer and his prey. Except he doesn’t know it.

Against his better judgment, Ethan Collins hires Zoë Pennell as the new cook for his ranch. She’s not the person she pretends to be, but the men on the ranch are taken with her. Especially Ethan. Unable to resist her, he delves into her past, an act that plummets the pair into jeopardy. For the danger she’d outrun has found her, and his ranch is no longer a safe refuge
Wanted Men of Bison Bluffs.

The tiny prairie town houses hard-working, genuine folk leading humble lives. It’s also a place of mystery and intrigue, where love flourishes, but danger has come.