Western Contemporary Romance - J.D. Martin, a former policewoman in New York City, is trying to start her business as a private investigator. Doing a good job on her assignment, finding the rustlers of Reed Brunswick's cattle, will surely give her the one thing she needs in Montana, a good reference from a well-known rancher.
What neither of them is prepared for is the immediate attraction that develops between them. This far-away ranch is a place no woman wants to live, that's already been proved to Reed more times than he cares to remember.
J.D.'s got a lot to prove, but isn't prepared to have her heart rustled...
This is Ms. Butler's third romance novel and her first contemporary. Although she resides in Illinois, her heart is in the west. She's quickly becoming known as someone who writes a different type of romance with a little bit of shoot-em-up, a little humor and a whole lot of romance. She's the author of "The Colonel's Widow" and "Trailboss" also westerns, but historicals. She's working on a three book trilogy with the first of the series placed in Southern Illinois pre-Civil War. The second gets her back in the west as hero and heroine travel from Cairo, Illinois to Ft. Benton, Montana on a riverboat and the third is placed in Virginia City, Montana. Master of the Black Night should be out in fall or winter 2001 followed by Calico Queen and Libby.