With the abundance of summer rain, the area brimmed with green and vibrant wildflowers. I’d planned to stop at her grave while I was out.” The oaks bordering the family plots would offer relief from the hundred-degree temps. We could talk and have lunch with your grandma.” Should be a nice breeze there this morning. I’m west of the river about a mile from the family cemetery. “I’ve packed us a picnic, and I’m on my way to meet you. “Can I treat you to a five-star restaurant for lunch?” He chuckled. Pressing on Granddad’s name in Favorites, she breathed in the sweltering heat and envisioned him fumbling for his phone. Closing her eyes, Avery allowed Darcy’s rhythmic gallop to soothe her.Īvery slowed the mare to a walk and twisted her phone from her jeans pocket. She lightly grasped the reins of the most wonderful quarter horse on the planet and the perfect cure-all for the morning’s frustration.

A good excuse for her to get away from the office and spend special time with him. Then the Internet had gone down ending her morning’s work.

His work habits overruled his stomach, which meant he wouldn’t stop to eat until he’d inspected a recently repaired stretch. Granddad had left at dawn to ride fence and enjoy some solitude and think time. She’d framed the saying and placed it in the reception area of their office. Granddad had told her once that if he could lasso the wind, he’d ride that bronc to eternity. The sultry August wind blew through her hair, bathing her damp face and shoving aside her pensive mood.

Recommend to fans of Dani Pettrey, Lynette Eason, and Carrie Stuart Parks.”ĪVERY ELLIOTT SPURRED HER HORSE across one of the thirty-five thousand rolling acres of the Brazos River Ranch in the blazing heat. “VERDICT Mills … delivers another action-packed novel that offers intrigue and an adventurous ride. With a hurricane approaching the Texas coast and the structural integrity of the Lago de Cobre Dam called into question, time is running out to get to the bottom of a sinister plot that could be endangering the lives of not only Avery and her loved ones but the entire community. As Marc works to identify the dead man Avery saw, threats toward Avery create a fresh sense of urgency to pinpoint why someone wants to silence her. To make matters worse, Avery’s just discovered a billing discrepancy for materials supposedly purchased for construction of the Lago de Cobre Dam.ĭesperate for answers, Avery contacts FBI Special Agent Marc Wilkins for help. until the day she finds him standing with a gun over the body of a dead man. Raised by Senator Elliott, Avery has never doubted her grandfather is the man of integrity and faith she’s always believed him to be. On the family’s Brazos River Ranch in Texas, Avery Elliott helps run her grandfather’s commercial construction business.

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