If Tombstones Could Talk by Stacey Joy Netzel

When Melanie Sparks moves to Lindeman’s Crossing she takes a historic cemetery tour to get to know the small Colorado town. She’s drawn to the tombstone of Andrew Lindeman and the story of his death. The historian tells how in 1859 Andrew was shot in the back fleeing from a bank robbery, fell into the raging river but managed to save a young girl from drowning before he himself succumb to the cold torrent. While she listens, Melanie also hears a voice giving a different side of the story. Intrigued by alternative versions of the tale, Melanie has vivid dreams of what might have really happened. When Andrew appears before her in all his hunky, ghostly glory, will Melanie be able to resist? Can finding the truth of Andrew’s role in the bank robbery set his ghost to rest? And will Melanie want it to?

Stacey Joy Netzel packs a lot of story into a scant thirty pages. I enjoyed If Tombstones Could Talk. My only regret is that it ended too soon. Read it. You’ll thank me.