TO:

AL CRANE@CSSENTINEL.ORG

FROM:

COLLEEN MONTGOMERY@CSSENTINEL.ORG

Boss, My reporter's nose smells a story brewing at the Double V Ranch. Word is that rancher Michael Vance has already lost several cows to a mystery ailment. This isn't the first odd thing to happen there, either – Michael's old foreman disappeared out of the blue, and his new one, Hector Delgato, is cagey. He bears watching.

Meanwhile, Michael hired newcomer Layla Dixon as the housekeeper/vet while his injured housekeeper recovers, and the bohemian beauty is nothing like meat-and-potatoes Michael. I think romance might be in the air, but there is also something sinister starting up in Colorado Springs….