Stubborn As a Mule
Shadow Mountain Ranch, near Jessup, California

Franzi DeLisle--She's not your typical rancher--she raises mules. But then, there's nothing typical about Franzi, from her skill as a tracker to her distrust of lawmen. She's tough and self, sufficient to a fault... because she has to be.

Levi Hunter--U.S. Marshal. City slicker. Horse-lover and all-around traditionalist. He's a lawman on a mission... chasing a vicious killer who's escaped into the Sierra Nevadas.

When Franzi insists on helping Levi track his quarry, he quickly learns there's only one creature as stubborn as those "ugly, long-eared mules"--and that's Franzi herself!

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Hero: U.S. Marshal Levi Hunter
Heroine: Franzi DeLisle