Crime Scene at Cardwell Ranch
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Authors: B.J. Daniels
*McCalls’ Montana
†Whitehorse, Montana
†Whitehorse, Montana
†Whitehorse, Montana
†Whitehorse, Montana
†Whitehorse, Montana
*McCalls’ Montana
*McCalls’ Montana
*McCalls’ Montana
**Montana Mystique
**Montana Mystique
**Montana Mystique
†Whitehorse, Montana
†Whitehorse, Montana
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Dana heard the creak of a footfall on the porch steps. Another creak. The knob on the back door started to turn.
She raised the shotgun.
“Dana?”
The shotgun sagged in her arms as the back door opened and she saw Hud’s familiar outline in the doorway.
He froze at the sight of the shotgun.
“I didn’t hear you drive up,” she whispered.
“I walked the last way so your visitor wouldn’t hear me coming and run. When I didn’t see any lights on, I circled the house and found the back door unlocked—” His voice broke as he stepped to her and she saw how afraid he’d been for her.
He took the shotgun from her and set it aside before cupping her shoulders in his large palms. She could feel his heat even through the thick gloves he wore and smell his scent mixed with the cold night air. It felt so natural, she almost stepped into his arms.
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RIME
S
CENE AT
C
ARDWELL
R
ANCH
B.J. D
ANIELS
When I think of the Gallatin Canyon, I remember rubber gun
fights at our cabin, hikes to Lava Lake and stopping by
Bessie and Russell Rehm’s place near the current Big Sky.
Russell is gone now, but I will always remember Bessie’s
cooking—and the treat she used to make me at her ranch in
Texas: a mixture of peanut butter and molasses.
I still make it, and I always think of Bessie.
This book is for you, Bessie. Thanks for all the memories!
B.J. Daniels wrote her first book after a career as an award-winning newspaper journalist and author of 37 published short stories. That first book,
Odd Man Out,
received a 4
1
/2 star review from
Romantic Times BOOKreviews
magazine and went on to be nominated for Best Harlequin Intrigue for that year. Since then she has won numerous awards, including a career achievement award for romantic suspense, and received many nominations and awards for best book.
B.J. lives in Montana with her husband, Parker, and two springer spaniels, Spot and Jem. When she isn’t writing, she snowboards, camps, boats and plays tennis. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Thriller Writers, Kiss of Death and Romance Writers of America.
To contact her, write: B.J. Daniels, P.O. Box 1173, Malta, MT 59538 or e-mail her at [email protected]. Check out her Web page at www.bjdaniels.com.
HARLEQUIN INTRIGUE
803—COWBOY ACCOMPLICE
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845—AMBUSHED!
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851—HIGH-CALIBER COWBOY
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857—SHOTGUN SURRENDER
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876—WHEN TWILIGHT COMES
897—CRIME SCENE AT CARDWELL RANCH
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915—SECRET WEAPON SPOUSE
936—UNDENIABLE PROOF
953—KEEPING CHRISTMAS
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969—BIG SKY STANDOFF
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996—SECRET OF DEADMAN’S COULEE
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1002—THE NEW DEPUTY IN TOWN
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1024—THE MYSTERY MAN OF WHITEHORSE
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1030—CLASSIFIED CHRISTMAS
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1053—MATCHMAKING WITH A MISSION
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1059—SECOND CHANCE COWBOY
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1083—MONTANA ROYALTY
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Dana Cardwell
—Her two great loves were her family ranch and Hud Savage. She’d already lost one and now, just when she was about to lose the other, a body was found in the old homestead well.
Marshal Hud Savage
—He was back in town determined to find out who had set him up so he lost not only his former deputy job—but also the woman he loved.
Rupert Milligan
—The aging coroner thought he’d seen it all—until he climbed down into the old dry well to retrieve the body.
Ginger Adams
—Right till the end, she thought that love could conquer all. Unfortunately, she was dead wrong.
Lanny Rankin
—The lawyer had always wanted Dana. But how far would he go to have her?
Judge Raymond Randolph
—Was the judge’s death just a robbery gone wrong, or had the judge become too much of a liability because of what he knew?
Kitty Randolph
—The widow had buried herself in charity work to forget her husband’s murder five years ago. But the discovery of the body in the well brought it all back.
Jordan Cardwell
—He needed money badly if he hoped to keep his lifestyle—and his young, gorgeous, unemployed, former model wife.
Clay Cardwell
—He tried to stay out of the family politics, but if he could get his share of the ranch he could live his secret dream.
Stacy Cardwell
—The divorcée had a secret that was eating her alive.
Brick Savage
—The former marshal was loved and hated—especially by Judge Raymond Randolph. But his son Hud couldn’t really believe he was a murderer, could he?
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