A Reference to Murder by Kym Roberts

There's a big fundraiser going on to benefit the retired cowboys' home.  There are a lot of bull riders and rodeo stars living there.  Prize money doesn't last long when you're young.  There's going to be a big rodeo event with the current title holders, too.  But when one of the stars goes missing overnight, it turns into a hunt for a body...

Kensington Books/Lyrical Underground let me read this ebook for review (thank you).  It will be published May 16th.

Charli has come home and is working in the Book Barn with her father.  Her girlfriend, Scarlet, has a crush on Dalton and is very upset that he is missing.  Charli tries to convince Scarlet he might not be the best boyfriend but she's not listening.  She asks for Charli's help in finding Dalton.

Charli gets attacked outside her business by a cowboy with a branding iron.  He doesn't get her face with it but he does burn off a good hunk of hair.  After Scarlet fixes her hair, they go to Scarlet's trailer and look in Dalton's backpack.  They find his phone and they track his Ipad.  When they find his location, they head out.  What they find are two dead bodies.  One was from the past and the other was from the present.  They think it's Dalton.

This first body was Dalton's older brother, who disappeared seven years ago.  The present day body has been so badly damaged they have to wait for DNA evidence.  The killer isn't going to go down easily and the story gets wicked before the end.  Luckily, Charli and Scarlet get out alive.