Death on Heels

I'LL NEVER GO BACK!

"Never!" D. C. fashion reporter Lacey Smithsonian swears she'll never go back to Sagebrush, Colorado. That scruffy hard-luck  Western boom town is where she earned her spurs as a cub reporter. But now three young women have been murdered, their bodies found barefoot and broken. And the accused is her old boyfriend, Sagebrush rancher Cole Tucker.

In her best (for courage) cowboy boots, Lacey heads way out West to help prove Tucker's innocence. And to resolve the last of her old feelings for this man she once loved--and left. Her plan doesn't sit well with her current beau, private eye Vic Donovan, who has his own history in Sagebrush. Vic races back there in pursuit of Lacey. Her editor and a nosy fellow reporter are chasing Lacey's story. Soon many more complications are hot on her trail. Like a murderer--and even her mother.

But Tucker kicks over all their plans when he abducts Lacey in a daring courthouse escape. On the run with her old flame, deep in the badlands of Western Colorado, fleeing in stolen Jeeps and on horseback, with Vic, the sheriff's posse, and a vicious killer in hot pursuit, Lacey's world turns upside down. Who can she trust? Tucker? or Vic? The law? Or her own conflicted feelings? Or nothing but her reporter's instinct for the truth?

Reviews 

"Amazing! That's the first word that comes to my mind when thinking about this book. I don't even know where to begin, since I loved the entire book. It had everything: it had humor, sarcasm, action, romance and everything in between. loved Lacey. She's so funny, sassy, sarcastic, incredibly curious, stubborn. It was so fun reading about her adventures." -- Bookishly Ruby

Byerrum successfully pulls off another rollicking mystery filled with an eclectic mix of colorful characters and more red herrings than you can shake a stick at!" --BUBBLE BUBBLE BOOKS & TROUBLE

"I loved the touch that Lacey was a reporter trying to track down a murderer, but could always be counted on for her fashion forward thinking as well. This was the definition of a chick lit murder mystery. If you haven't yet picked up a Lacey Smithsonian novel, I suggest you do! I loved the touch that Lacey was a reporter trying to track down a murderer, but could always be counted on for her fashion forward thinking as well. This was the definition of a chick lit murder mystery. If you haven't yet picked up a Lacey Smithsonian novel, I suggest you do!" Chick Lit Plus

"The characters are realistic and fun-spirited, their interactions and dialogue with each other make the story so much fun to read, their antics will keep you laughing all the way through the book. I absolutely loved Lacey, she is so sassy, self-assured and feisty, one can't help but love this woman! Lacey's Fashion Bites articles were fantastic, I loved her fashion-sense mixed with her own witty style and sarcastic flair for describing the dos and don'ts for fashion forward women." -- Jersey Girl Book Reviews