GRR Reviews Saving the Sheriff: Three River Ranch by Roxanne Snopek

Saving the Sheriff is about trust, with a bit of forced proximity and some reindeers thrown in for fun.

Frankie Sylva does a good deed every Christmas, but this one is a doozie... She "borrowed" a truck, pulled a load of reindeer from a traveling Christmas show, and intending to set them free at the mustang rescue ranch called Three River Ranch, all because she overheard the owner about trucking the "reindeer" down to a meat processing plant. Unfortunately, the rapidly closing snow storm got her truck into a ditch close to her destination. She got the reindeers out of the trailer and was hoping for help when Sheriff Red LeClair arrived. Red saw the cute but half-frozen woman, an empty trailer, and a truck that doesn't belong to her. It doesn't take a genius to realize something ain't kosher. Except she ain't talking. With the worsening storm, he had no choice but to "invite" her back to his place to keep an eye on her. When power failed, Frankie and Red had to depend on each other... Will she open up about her secret? Can he trust her?

Cute setup without making either party look weak and pathetic, that's the difference between a good author and a great author. And this author is great in creating a somewhat believable scenario with a bit of forced proximity for confessions of truth and love. It's a fun story.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Sheriff found a woman with a stranded truck and an EMPTY trailer next to a mustang rescue ranch in deep snow. What's going on?

Tropes: disguise, holiday, law enforcement, forced proximity

Overall Rating:  4/5