COMFREY, WYOMING: Black Sheep, Black Sheep, by Daphne Birkmyer

In Black Sheep, Black Sheep, Book Four of the COMFREY, WYOMING series, multiple storylines converge in a tale of fierce family bonds—both forged and tested.

After hearing her father’s estranged brother referred to as a black sheep, young Melissa McNabb declares her neurological differences make her one too. The discovery of a deed to fifteen acres down the road from her uncle’s property draws her to Comfrey, where her arrival unsettles Arapaho deputy sheriff, Amadeus Crow.

Accompanied by a guinea pig rescued from a restaurant in Peru, Melissa joins other characters new to the series: a lawyer seeking a home where she and her dog can breathe free, a young girl hoping the father she has never met will provide sanctuary for herself and a Basset Hound destined for euthanasia, and a young man with Down Syndrome who paints the animals that reveal themselves to him in the peeling paint and shadows of the airport’s office wall.

When her husband’s closest friend arrives in Comfrey and reveals a deep betrayal, Melissa seeks healing by embarking on a three-thousand-mile journey that will affect Amadeus Crow and his twin sister, Marcela, in unexpected ways.