True-Blue Cowboy by Sara Richardson

Author:Sara Richardson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2018-07-30T00:00:00+00:00

Don’t get Everly wrong; she liked Deputy Dev Jenkins, all right, but over these last few days, he’d turned into her constant shadow whenever she was out doing chores.

“Bet you didn’t know this one,” Dev said, following her around to the goat pens. For the last twenty minutes, he’d been informing her of all the strange laws in Colorado that no one knew about. “Riding a horse while you’re drunk can get you a DUI.”

“Wow.” She dredged up an interested smile as she locked the padlock on the stable door. Inside, Trunchbull and Wormwood were stomping around and whining about the confinement. “I had no idea.” She turned and started the trek back to the chicken coop.

Dev ambled along by her side. “And in Colorado Springs, it’s only illegal to wear a holstered six-gun on Sundays, holidays, and election days.”

Everly glanced at his boyish face. “But it’s fine on Wednesdays?”

“I know, right?” Dev shook his head with disbelief.

She had to laugh. He might be awkward when it came to chitchat with women, but he really was a nice guy. Good-looking, too. Tall and broad, shy hazel eyes and decent hair—soft brown and neatly trimmed. And then there were the muscles that filled out his uniform nicely. But none of that did much for her. In the last two years, only one man had done it for her, with his dark eyes and thick black hair and sinful grin—but she wasn’t supposed to be thinking about Mateo.

“Well, I’m about done here, so you can go if you want. You don’t have to hang out anymore.” The chickens were all bedded down for the night, but she checked the lock once again just in case.

Dev didn’t budge. “Mateo said you shouldn’t be out here alone. And I agree. The parks and wildlife guys still haven’t tracked the lion. Until they do, you’d best use the buddy system.”

And he was her new best buddy. Fighting the temptation to sigh, she glanced at her watch. “I’ll only be a few more minutes out here, so it’s okay if you have other things to do.”

Dev gave a stubborn shake of his head. “I’m stayin’ until you walk into that house. I promised Mateo.”

In that case…Everly grabbed a rake that was leaning up against the fence. If he insisted on sticking around, she might as well use the opportunity to get all the leaves up before the snow came. “Really, Dev. I’m fine. Maybe you should go on patrol or something. I heard there’s been some shoplifting at the market lately.” Hank had muttered something about it at the café a few days ago.

“Carla Holden’s toddler accidentally walked out with a pack of gum.” Dev grabbed the other rake that was leaning against the coop. “I’d hardly call that a crime wave.” He started to rake a few feet away, scraping up a huge pile of leaves in no time. “Besides, I wouldn’t feel right about leaving you. Did I mention Mateo has texted me at

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