A Dead Red Heart

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What would you do if the love of your life lost their chance at a heart transplant because the donor organ went to a convicted felon? Grieve and let go—or wait until the convict is released and then hunt him down and make him pay?

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Lalla Bains certainly doesn't need any more distractions during the simmering summers in the San Joaquin Valley of California; her tight-wad, widowed father is now a born-again lady's man, a disreputable crop-dusting competitor threatens her business, and last but not least, she worries whether the sultry redhead in the local police department is taking more than a professional interest in her honey, Sheriff Caleb Stone.

But when a homeless vet is stabbed and dies at her feet, Lalla Bains, being the exasperating, pushy, tenacious gal she is, Lalla believes the dead man deserves a better homicide investigation than what he's getting.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 302 pages

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