A Broken Roads Romance

A previous winner of the Professional Bull Riders’ gold belt buckle, Jodie Cahill plans to ride again. But fate intervenes, in the form of a broken wrist, and keeps her from winning another buckle. When the CEO of the PBR offers her a three-month tour on the circuit working as a judge and traveling with a combination newspaper/magazine reporter/novel writer, she takes the job.

James Moses Crowe jumps at the chance to travel with Jodie Cahill. For years he’s been trying to get her off his mind and out of his heart. Now he has the opportunity to do both. It doesn’t work.

In the course of a three-month trip, they both have to face their own feelings and wonder if, in the end, they will bless or curse the broken road that caused them to run smack into each other.

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Dr. Todd Thomas sees at least one bright side to his sister Katie’s disastrous arrival in Victor City: she has finally met his best friend Murphy. However, their first encounter was more explosive than he ever could have expected.

Murphy is looking forward to stepping down from his post as sheriff. He’s sure there is more to life than corralling drunks, disarming bandits, and clearing the streets of pickpockets. He might even like to find a wife and begin a family. But before he leaves office, Murphy must discover the truth of what happened during the stagecoach robbery that left three men dead and one man in a coma.

Katie is the only conscious survivor of the robbery and swears she does not remember the event. Murphy wants to believe her, but if she’s being honest, then why do shifty characters keep turning up to ask her where she’s hidden the money? It may be his last act as sheriff, but Murphy is determined to find out whether his friend’s beautiful sister is as innocent as she looks.

You can’t go home again, popular wisdom claims, but Merrilee Ingram, singer on hiatus from a concert tour, ignores the warning and returns to her Appalachian hometown. Almost immediately, the campaign to run her out of town begins and quickly escalates from verbal threats to snake drawings to a live Copperhead on her porch. Someone in town has a memory long enough to remember that, as a child, Merrilee was deathly afraid of snakes.

Meeting the town’s boss and society maven, Merrilee is shocked by the hatred the woman and her daughter display toward her. They, too, ask her to leave. Police Chief Quentin Garner wonders if the threats are rooted in the suspicious death of Merrilee’s mother, which a four-year-old Merrilee witnessed. Will she remember what happened before the murderer can strike again?

When the Coltonville express office is robbed and the clerk is murdered, Will Grant is arrested for the crime. Found at the scene—wounded and holding the smoking gun that was used in the shooting of the clerk—Grant stands trial, is found guilty, and is sentenced to prison.

A year into his sentence, Grant is released when the dying confession of one of the thieves exonerates him. He returns to Coltonville, where he is given a hostile reception by most of the locals, who remain skeptical about his innocence. Supporting Grant’s efforts to clear his name are his friend Steve Collins and his sister Mary. Also playing a role in the robbery investigation is the beautiful Nora Masters, a new reporter who has more than just a passing interest in Grant’s case. However, Grant’s status is further complicated when money from the express office robbery begins to surface for the first time—within days of his return.