Tanna Baker is a Texas born and bred ranch girl and three
time national champion barrel racer. Tanna has always
worked hard and played even harder. Tanna embraces her
reputation of "Wild Child" on the rodeo circuit. She
believes in keeping it light and fun and then moving on.
With the sudden loss of her mother and the only home she
has ever known Tanna is feeling broken. Just when she
believes she might be alright, Tanna is involved in a
tragic accident which leaves her with injuries that go
deeper than her physical form.
August "Fletch" Fletcher is a Wyoming bred cowboy and
workaholic veterinarian. Fletch loves his job and is
devoted to the people and animals of his community. Fletch
can't remember the last time he had a vacation but he does
believe in blowing off steam with a good looking woman. One
night Fletch stops off at a local "watering hole" and while
enjoying a cold beer he encounters a fiery cowgirl who
rocks his world. Something about this woman touches his
soul but when he wakes up the next morning he realizes she
has left without a trace. Normally Fletch wouldn't mind a
one night stand where no names are exchanged but the
knowledge this "one" left him behind is tearing him up.
Author Lorelei James brings the modern western to life in
her Blacktop Cowboy Series fifth book, TURN AND BURN.
James' portrayal of rodeo cowboys and Wyoming ranchers is
so realistic you will swear you feel the grit on your
teeth. In TURN AND BURN Tanna's is doing what she does best
and that is running, this time it isn't barrels she is
running but her inner demons. Meanwhile, Fletch is doing a
bit of running himself. Fletch has used work to run away
from life and the possibilities of a real relationship.
When Tanna and Fletch's lives merge the fireworks are
bigger and brighter than any Fourth of July sky. Tanna and
Fletch's journey is provocative and poignant. With TURN AND
BURN Lorelei James has topped the ranks and in this readers
heart James is The All-Around Champion.
Tanna Barker is a world champion barrel racer. But her personal life has been less of a success, and she’s feeling adrift. After her mother’s unexpected death, her father has remarried, and sold the Texas ranch she called home. Now a rodeo injury has left the restless spitfire holed up in Muddy Gap, unsure what her next move should be. Until she meets her match in a wild, wild cowboy Veterinarian August Fletcher has always put his job first. He’s never found a woman who could handle his on-the-road lifestyle. But when sassy, sexy Tanna blows into town, he finally finds the woman of his fantasies. And there’s something between them, but she claims she’s been burned by love ’em and leave ’em road dogs before. How can Fletch prove that he’s in it for the long haul, and that their sizzling relationship is better than winning any rodeo medal? It’ll take some sweet persuasion to convince Tanna that Muddy Gap is where she belongs