Charli Rae Warren is back home in Hazel Rock, Texas, spending her time reading, collecting, and selling booksβat least, the ones that donβt get eaten first by her fatherβs pet armadillo. Running the family bookstore is a demanding job, but solving murders on the side can be flat out dangerous . . .
The Book Barn is more than just a shop, itβs a part of the communityβand Charli is keeping busy with a fundraising auction and the big rodeo event thatβs come to town. That includes dealing with the Texas-sized egos of some celebrity cowboys, including Dalton Hibbs, a blond, blue-eyed bull rider who gets overly rowdy one night with the local hairdresser . . . and soon afterward, disappears into thin air.
Daltonβs brother also vanished seven years agoβand Charli is thrown about whether Dalton is a villain or a victim. After a close call with an assailant wielding a branding iron (that plays havoc with her hair), and some strange vandalism on her property, sheβs going to have to team up with the sheriff to untangle this mystery, before she gets gored . . .
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