The sheriff of a small town like Snake Valley is meant to be a pillar of society, somebody everybody looks up to, a man whose mere presence is enough to keep the peace. It’s a pity, then, that Curt Maddox only got the badge because the last sheriff got too drunk during a poker game. How he managed to leverage that into bedding Christina, the mayoress, is anyone’s guess.
But if playing poker is good for anything – other than unexpectedly (and probably illegally) landing a job – that’s learning how to bluff! Which means that, so far, nobody has realized that Curt is about as effective at upholding the law as a Billy the Kid fan club. Nobody, that is, except for probably Christina, which would explain the constant belittlement, dead bedroom life, and thinly disguised contempt (disguised from others: she’s far more open with Curt).
Is it any wonder, then, that a sensitive man would search kinder company to soothe his soul? Like the young and tender Lori, whose strict father ...
