Love books I found in SW county (8)
I believe the answer is:
devotion
'love' is the definition.
(devotion is a kind of love)
'books i found in sw county' is the wordplay.
'books' becomes 'ot' (Old Testament).
'found in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'sw county' becomes 'devon' (I've seen this before).
'ot'+'i'='oti'
'oti' put inside 'devon' is 'DEVOTION'.
(Other definitions for devotion that I've seen before include "Great love" , "Commitment to some purpose, religion say" , "Intense loyalty" , "Feelings of ardent love" , "Religious zeal" .)