Which eccentric cowboy in Stockton County branded Evan Sting on Shotner Hill, murdering the young man? This is what private eye Joe Boxford asks himself when he's hired by Evan's father Benny to find the murderer. Joe needs some help, and enlists the services of Tal Linear, owner of The Linear Bar. But sparks begin to fly between the two. As romance heats up between them, they attempt to solve the branding crime. As the suspects start to pile up and weird relationships unfold in West Stockton, Joe and Tal begin to unravel a heinous crime. That is, until Tal vanishes and Joe thinks his sleuth buddy is going to be the killer's next victim. Does Joe have the skills needed to be a hero and save Tal from the killer's secret agenda and solve the crime? Or will Joe fall flat on his face and lose his reputation as a private investigator as well as his new lover, Tal Linear?

Stockton County Cowboys Book

Part of me wanted to agree with him, needing the touch of a man, desiring nothing less than having Dash Shore press his cock inside my bottom, but I was still holding out for Tal, the man who I had more of an interest in, and a date with later today. “Pull up your jeans. We can do this another time, and in another place. I have a meeting in here in less than ten minutes.” It was a lie, but I couldn’t break the contract I had signed with Maddy, by not seducing her husband and ending up in a lawsuit with her. I was flirtatious with Dash, which I found necessary. Truth was, leading him on to believe that I had desired sex with him was mandatory according to the contract with his wife. Again, if I wanted results about the Shore case, and a paycheck, I had to work for both.


“You’re a tease,” he said, dressing.


“I’m not easy, Dash. You have to work to get me.”


“I will,” he said. “You can count on that.”


Chapter 28