The Bribe (Calamity Montana, #1)

by Willa Nash

“Ms. Morgan. Lajade, right? Or should I call you Lucy Ross? As in the famous country singer Lucy Ross.” I cringed. “I can explain.” “Yeah. I think you’d better start talking.” “Sheriff Evans.” I gave him my sweetest smile. “What would you say to a bribe?”

My parents had been my shelter and since they’d died, I’d felt lost. I was a woman running through a storm, searching for a haven against the onslaught of rain.