After spending twenty years hunting and bringing to justice devious, and deliberate murderers with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Army, Major Lynne Fhaolain had decided to retire to the high, quiet mountains in Colorado.  Early retirement and the unexpected death of her partner leave Lynne trying to hang on and build a new life by moving to Leadville, Colorado. She wants to stay busy and focused on the opening of a small bookshop and getting her secondary career as a travel book writer off to a running start.  As she makes her way to her new home in the old mining town, a killer emerges from the community to prey on unsuspecting tourists and locals alike.  Befriended by two old town cronies, Lynne finds herself privy to more information about the murders than she wanted to know. Against her better judgment, Lynne finds herself teased and taunted by the mystery posed as the force of old habits return. Unfortunately, the murderer notices Lynne’s habits of curiosity. Murder in Cloud City goes into high gear as hunter and hunted circle in for the kill.

As a bitter, January wind whips through Leavenworth County, Kansas, Sally Windrow prepares for another hectic year of farming on the 620-acre spread that has been in her family for seventy-five years. Unfortunately, her hired hand and chief mechanic is seriously injured in an accident. Frantic because all the skilled labor in the area has already been hired at neighboring farms, Sally puts an ad in the local paper, hoping a good man will turn up. To Sally's surprise, her ad is answered quickly... by a woman.  Forced out of the Army by an anti-gay witch-hunt, Master Sergeant Nicole Jaeger is a trained mechanic and at a crossroads in her life, trying to find a place to start over.  New to the area, and with no ties to bind her, Nicole convinces Sally she will be a loyal and hard-working employee. As Sally and Nicole work side-by-side to make the farm and roadside restaurant successful, the women develop a strong and trusted friendship that soon blossoms into romance.