The Bull Rider's Redemption. Heidi Hormel

we can do for you all,” she said, a Texas twang suddenly entering her voice, making her sound more like the girl he’d met on the junior rodeo circuit.

      “Give everyone a job and a thousand dollars,” Loretta Miller said.

      “I wish I could help y’all out.”

      Boy, she was laying it on thick. Didn’t she know that Arizona wasn’t Texas?

      “Seven minutes,” Bobby said.

      Clover took in a long breath and stood with regal, beauty-queen posture. “Van Camp Worldwide can provide the town with a viable plan to transform it into a new style of resort that will bring both jobs and tax revenue.”

      “That’s what they all say,” Loretta muttered to Irvin.

      “The materials I’ve provided outline in detail our proposal.” She went on before Bobby could interrupt her with another time check. “We will and have purchased properties at fair market price, but I’m before this body because we need to secure permission to rezone the Miner’s Gulch corridor and demolish the properties from just north of the town hall to the railroad.”

      “Wait,” Danny interrupted. He had properties along Miner’s Gulch. He needed the zoning to remain as is for his own plan to work. He’d already sunk a chunk of his savings into his own revitalization project. She’d messed up part of his plan when she’d purchased the warehouse properties. “I talked with everyone about what I wanted to do. I’ll use local labor and end up with affordable housing for residents—a mix of senior, family and singles. It’s just what we need.”