Courting Misfortune by Regina Jennings

 Calista York needs one more successful case as a Pinkerton operative to secure her job. When she's assigned to find the kidnapped daughter of a mob boss, she's sent to the rowdy mining town of Joplin, Missouri, despite having extended family in the area. Will their meddling expose her mission and keep Lila Seaton from being recovered?

When Matthew Cook decided to be a missionary, he never expected to be sent only a short train ride away. While fighting against corruption of all sorts, Matthew hears of a baby raffle being held to raise funds for a children's home. He'll do what he can to stop it, but he also wants to stop the reckless Miss York, whose bad judgment consistently seems to be putting her in harm's way.

Calista doesn't need the handsome pastor interfering with her investigation, and she can't let her disguise slip. Her job and the life of a young lady depend on keeping Matthew in the dark.  

All Calista wants to do is be a Pinkerton agent.  One last successful assignment is all she needs to prove herself.  The only problem is that she is sent to Joplin where she has lots of family and Joplin is a wild town.  How can she remain incognito when she runs into family at every turn.  Then there's Matthew.  He's trying to keep her from entering into the den of iniquity.  

This is a good book that I recommend.  Who knew that Joplin had such shady beginnings.  

I was given this book by Bethany House Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.