Taking Stock

At the foot of the Rockies, Kate Fox and a billionaire lock horns.

During her visit to the bustling National Western Stock Show in Denver, Kate Fox’s business partner, Aria Fontaine, expresses a grave concern. She is worried about her cousin, Jefferson Hansford, an enigmatic billionaire, who recently went through a tumultuous divorce. When Kate finds that Jefferson has been drugged and is in the hospital, Aria’s worst fears are confirmed.

Pushed by her sense of duty and friendship, Kate reluctantly steps into the role of investigator, going undercover at a high-profile fundraising gala as Jefferson’s ＂fiancée＂ to draw out his assailant. But when tensions between Kate and Aria’s husband-to-be, Glenn Baxter, run high, she is forced to leave the fundraiser with more questions than answers.

In a dark turn of events, Kate’s prime suspect is found murdered the following day, sending her scrambling to make sense of the details of Jefferson’s complicated past. Kate’s investigation propels her through a complex maze of dark family legacies, a hidden connection to the stock show, and trails of dirty money. Caught in a whirlwind of duty, forbidden love, and danger, Kate’s resolve is tested as she confronts the chilling realization that the attacker will likely strike again--unless she can stop them first.

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Praise for Shannon Baker:

＂...terrific series...＂ --Catriona McPherson, multi-award-winning author of A Gingerbread House

＂...Baker knocks the wind out of you...＂ --Carolyn Ridder Aspenson, USA Today bestselling author of Damaging Secrets

＂Shannon Baker gets better with every book.＂ --Amazon Charts bestselling author Jess Lourey

＂...winning characters and a stunning setting...＂ --Mystery Scene

＂A wonderful western mystery not to be missed! Enjoy!＂ --Fresh Fiction

＂...laugh-out-loud humor and heart-stopping suspense...＂ --Gwen Florio, author of the Nora Best and Julia Geary series

＂Baker serves up a ballsy heroine, a colorful backdrop, and a surprising ending.＂ --Kirkus Reviews

＂...Baker offers readers a protagonist and a place they will love coming back to visit book after book.＂ --William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author

＂...perfect blend of small-town atmosphere, intriguing plot-line, and down-to-earth characters affectionately called Sandhillers.＂ --Christine Carbo, author of the bestselling Glacier Mystery Series

Shannon Baker is the award-winning author of The Desert Behind Me and the Kate Fox series, along with the Nora Abbott mysteries and the Michaela Sanchez Southwest Crime Thrillers. She is the proud recipient of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers 2014 and 2017-18 Writer of the Year Award. Baker spent 20 years in the Nebraska Sandhills, where cattle outnumber people by more than 50:1. She now lives on the edge of the desert in Tucson with her crazy Weimaraner and her favorite human. A lover of the great outdoors, she can be found backpacking, traipsing to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, skiing mountains and plains, kayaking lakes, river running, hiking, cycling, and scuba diving whenever she gets a chance. Arizona sunsets notwithstanding, Baker is, and always will be a Nebraska Husker. Go Big Red.