When You Are Near, Brookstone Brides, Book 1, by Tracie Peterson, Paperback

Come one, come all to the Brookstone Wild West Extravaganza!

 

Lizzy Brookstone was a trick rider in the all-female Brookstone Wild West Extravaganza, but after her father's death she desperately wants to quit her role as the star performer and live a quiet life on her family's ranch. If she returned home, then Wesley DeShazer, the ranch's foreman and the man who broke her heart, would come back into her life. Plus, the troupe's new manager is afraid Lizzy's departure could doom the already cash-strapped show.

 

During a stopover at Fleming Farm, hope grows in Lizzy. Ella Fleming has a natural talent for trick riding and could easily replace Lizzy. She's even eager to join the show in order to escape a forced betrothal. While there, one of the show's wranglers is killed in a way Lizzy finds suspicious. During her escape from the farm, Ella stumbles across a secret that could affect all of their lives, as well as the future of the Brookstone Extravaganza.