Charli Rae Warren is back home in Hazel Rock, Texas, spending her time reading, collecting, and selling booksโat least, the ones that donโt get eaten first by her fatherโs 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, itโs a part of the communityโand Charli is keeping busy with a fundraising auction and the big rodeo event thatโs 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.
Daltonโs brother also vanished seven years agoโand 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, sheโs going to have to team up with the sheriff to untangle this mystery, before she gets gored . . .
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