Stockton County Cowboys Box Set

Chapter 1: Paid for Services Rendered

Stockton County Cowboys: Book 4: Branding Cowboys

Part 1: The Cowboy’s Body

Chapter 1: Paid for Services Rendered

August 18, 20—

West Stockton, Oklahoma

Lockmar Street

Boxford Agency

I knew two concrete things in life that had done me well. One, there was a right way and a wrong way to treat a man, and I was good at the right way. And two, never underestimate the power of money. Let me explain.

I didn’t have a boyfriend, although I was looking for me. My last boyfriend was treated like an Arabian prince and somehow I lost him to another cowboy. It didn’t mean I was giving up on men. It simply meant that I was going to try harder in seeking out my Mr. Right so I could spend the rest of my life with him in Stockton County, Oklahoma, which wasn’t too far from Tulsa. I was single for f