Sara Caudell: 4 books

The small town of Cold Springs, Colorado is not prepared for the crime wave that hits. The armed robbery of Kelly's Lounge outside of town starts the ball rolling and problems escalate. To add to Sheriff, Jim Hobson's problems a young girl runs away from home.

In foothills of Colorado, Susie Wheeler's peaceful widowhood of gentling and training abused horses is shattered by gunshots in the night, bullet holes in her barn and dead horses. Confused by the violence to her peaceful life, she ignores people who try to intimidate her.

No good deed goes unpunished. In a remote Colorado ranching community next to the Sawatch Range, Jackie Jackson is building her dream, a modern cutting horse training facility. It isn't in her make-up to turn down anyone needing help, especially another woman. Unbeknownst to her rancher cousin she provides women with a place of sanctuary, temporarily on his ranch.

Cary McCall returns home to the small ranching community of Cold Springs, after her father's stroke. She gets on a fast learning curve and finds out how ten years has changed her, her hometown, and her old friends. Thrown into this mix is a mystery involving dead cattle, mustangs and guns.