title: To Kiss a Stranger
author: Beggs, Delores Goodrick
description: Sage Morgan is attempting to do a variation of a riding trick only one other rodeo performer has perfected. She hasn't forgotten Sheriff Arroyo Smith who'd come to her assistance last season when she'd been attacked by strangers.
   Back in Mescal Flats with a new horse, for a new season, Sage seeks Arroyo's assistance when the same men come after her and her horse again, and she still doesn't have a clue why.
   Arroyo was blinded when the men beat him up last year and has stayed with his parents on their ranch away from town. Questions abound. Can Mescal Flats have its Sheriff back? Can Arroyo and Deputy Jim take down the strangers who'd attacked Sage and Arroyo last season? Can Sage at last perform her variation on the trick only one other rider has performed?