Whispers at Midnight by Karen Robards

Carly Linton returns to her home town with friend Sandra Kaminski to turn her grandmother's house into a bed and breakfast. Old heartthrob Matt Converse is now the sheriff and still stirs the embers of her crush. Matt is looking for a missing young woman whose body is found buried on Carly's property, putting Matt and Carly into close proximity to each other. Love is bound to burst into flame.