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

Like Dunny Sting, Renner was loaded. He sat across from me at my desk, looked dazed, and mumbled, “You know I’ve had a liquid lunch, right?”


The man was handsome and sexy for all the right reasons, but this afternoon he looked like cow dung. He hadn’t shaved, half-moons hung under his eyes, and his clothes smelled of body odor.


“Renner, what have you done to yourself?” I inquired, getting ready to phone my sister and tell her that her husband was plastered and in my office.


He ignored my question (many people did those days, probably because I was a private investigator), and said, “I came on bees’ nest.”


“Bees’ nest?” I questioned, feeling bad for his ass, knowing that something critical had occurred in his life with my sister, which I would help the both of them with, since I was related.


He laughed. “Business. I came on business,” he corrected himself.


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