Cowgirl Reba Cahill’s schedule is full. Save the family ranch. Take another road trip. Free her mom from a mental institute and give her the family heirloom, a gold-and-turquoise squash blossom necklace. Solve a murder and kidnapping. Plus, evade a vicious stalker. Can she also squeeze in romance?

Reba Cahill thought she could focus on the duties of the ranch, to help out her widowed grandmother. But a crippled Champ Runcie returns to Road’s End in a wheelchair and seeks revenge for the accident that put him there. Meanwhile, a letter from her estranged mom forces her and Grandma Pearl back on the trail and down Squash Blossom Road: I can leave now. Come get me. Love, Mom.

When they arrive in Reno, her mother issues a demand and refuses to return to Idaho. They head west instead. In Santa Dominga, California, Reba’s friend Ginny’s marriage is on the rocks. The family business is threatened. And squabbles turn deadly.

And they discover a mystery to solve down Squash Blossom Road. Reba also digs deep to find the courage to forge a relationship with her mom and escape a crazed man’s obsession. And she faces an uncertain future even as a horse trainer offers her a new horse to replace Johnny Poe...and maybe more.