MATEO’S
LAW
A modern day, shape-shifting sheriff.
He’s the sheriff of a sparsely populated
county in Montana. His blood brother and childhood best friend is Chief of
Police on the Blackfoot Reservation, but they no longer speak. His deputy is a Southern
transplant with the body of a high-priced call girl, a voice of honey and a mouth
of a trucker. And if that’s not enough, he’s got a secret that would stun those
that know him best. Other than that, it’s business as usual for Sheriff Mateo
Grey.
Excerpt:
She cleared her throat and asked what was on
the forefront of her mind. “Do you think we can get the child back?”
His hands tightened on the wheel and he
looked straight ahead. “We’ll get her
back.”
She nodded. In some it might sound like
braggadocio. But not coming from Mateo Grey. No one tracked like the sheriff.
Not even the residents of the Blackfeet Nation where they were headed. And they
were no slouches in the tracking department. He was nineteen for nineteen and
that was just since she’d worked for him.
“Tell me what you know about the girl’s
disappearance.”
She told him what she knew which wasn’t
that much. “They didn’t know the child was gone till this morning, when her mom
went in to check on her.”
Leaned over the wheel, he straightened. His
body language and his facial features changed, became sharper, more intense.
His unusual amber eyes glittered. A fission of unease traveled up her spine and
lodged at the base of her neck. He
looked angry and dangerous. Even though she knew it was directed at the
situation not her, it shook her. But she’d
be damned twice over before she let her boss know she sometimes found him
intimidating.
“It was down to twenty degrees last night.
And in the mountains even colder.” He shifted restlessly in his seat. “Was she
taken or just wandered off?”
She shrugged then realized he couldn’t see
her. “Don’t know. There’s no indication she was taken or that
anyone outside the family was in the house.”
They fell silent. Dark clouds traveling
overhead made the indigo night darker. The barren trees along the road threw
the sheriff’s face in and out of shadows adding to the eeriness of the drive.
Her heart ached as she thought about a toddler alone in the cold and dark. Or
was she?
Sandra is a vegetarian, animal lover and
avid gardener. She lives with her husband,
their dog and cats in
sunny
North Carolina.
Her stories consist of all things western…and more. She is a
category bestselling Amazon author, Eppie finalist and Golden Ankh Award
winner.
You can find her HERE.
Her twitter handle: Sandra_Cox
Her
Amazon Page: http://tinyurl.com/SandraAtAmz
Order Link: https://tinyurl.com/MateosLaw
Her latest book sounds like fun, doesn't it? I bought my copy early this week and hope to get to it soon.
Sandra also posed a question:
If you were a
shapeshifter and had the choice, what animal would you be? Would you choose a
secluded or highly populated area to live in? Got a place in mind?
I would be a dragon. I would choose a highly populated area, because in my eyes a dragon NEEDS easy access to a library (preferably several libraries). Whether it remains highly populated is another question...
