Her Cowboy Hero: Rodeo Knights, A Western Romance Novel (Cowboys of Ransom Creek) by Debra Clopton

Author:Debra Clopton [Clopton, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Cowboys of Ransom Creek Prequel
Publisher: DCP Publishing
Published: 2017-06-19T18:30:00+00:00

They made it to the ranch and Trip’s heart was racing and it was all he could do not to pull Lori into his arms and kiss her like he’d always dreamed of doing. But he didn’t need to do that right now. She just needed him to do his job and be there for her. She was still adjusting to losing her dad. And then losing the cattle and horses on top of that. She had too many things to deal with right now. But that didn’t make it any easier on him.

As he stopped in front of the ranch house his phone rang. “It’s Jesse Knight. He’s the last one of the brothers I talked too. I’ll come into the house with you so we can take this together.”

She nodded and got out. He answered the call as he followed her up the walk and into the house. “Hey Jesse. Good to hear from you.” He followed Lori into the office.

“I have some news.”

“Great. Lori’s here with me in her office. I’ll put you on speaker phone.”

“That’s good,” Jesse said. “Hi, Lori. I think you both might be interested in something we’ve dug up. Your man, Harvey once worked for Kramer Stock. Did you know that? I figure since Lori just got involved with the ranch workings again that she wouldn’t now but maybe you knew, Trip?”

Trip frowned. “No, I didn’t know. He was here during my dad’s time as manager but I think Ray hired him. He’s been less than cooperative since the horses were stolen.” Trip didn’t like it. “Though we’ve taken precautions on the hunch it could be an inside job I’ve been holding out hope that it wouldn’t be.”

“Me too,” Lori said, looking pained by the news.

“I get that,” Jesse agreed. “But this doesn’t look good. Stan Kramer doesn’t have the best reputation out there among other rodeo stock contractors but its undeniable that he does have some bucking stock moving up the ranks.”

“Tell me about it,” Trip grunted. He’d had his run-ins with Kramer. “His horses might buck good, but I question his treatment of them. And we had a horse colic the month after I took this job. I couldn’t pin on Kramer but we had suspicions about them tampering with our feed. And it just happened that his horse got to fill the spot on the ticket when we had to pull out.”

Lori’s eyes widened. “Did Dad suspect him of tampering with the horse feed?”

“He did. But to steal a trailer full of horses would be bold of him. Since his five automatically would fill the ticket it seems a little too bold.”

“Yes,” Jesse agreed. “But if he was desperate he might do it.”

Trip’s adrenaline spiked. “And is he?”

“Sean, Michael and myself believe he could be. We’ve got a source that says the bank is on his heels hard. And my wife, Carly, also has had her own run-in with the man with her stock contracting company. She’s not surprised by any of this either.

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