"Part & Parcel" by Abigail Roux

This latest installment in the "Cut & Run" universe finds Marine Force Recon team Sidewinder reunited again, this time on a quest left by their fallen comrade Elias Sanchez.  Nick O'Flaherty is recovering from injuries sustained in the book "Crash & Burn" with boyfriend Kelly Abbott trying his best to help.  With lots of down time, Nick decides to go through storage boxes and discovers letters from Sanchez addressed to the Sidewinder team, so he gets the guys together for a cross-country adventure that turns out to be more emotional than any of them had anticipated.

I was so glad to see Ty Grady and Zane Garrett again; they are the heart of the "Cut & Run" universe since the actual "C&R" series was about them.  This book focuses on Nick and Kelly's relationship but also gives us more insight to the other two Sidewinder members, Digger and Owen Johns.  Another plus - Ty brings along his two new kittens (which really wasn't plausible but still fun to picture).  This story is another winner for Roux.  Hooray for team Sidewinder!  270 pages (Kindle edition).

Spirit of Steamboat by Craig Johnson

This is a short novella, featuring Sheriff Walt Longmire, from the Longmire series now on TV.  The book was featured in One Book Wyoming, and given to the state librarians who attended the conference last week.
This short piece recounts an incident early in the Sheriff Longmire chronicle in which the newly elected Sheriff and his predecessor risk flying a child injured in an auto accident through a blizzard to get treatment at a hospital in Denver.  The story is pretty tight, and brings out the colorful characteristics of its characters.  It takes place at Christmas, for extra plucks on the heartstrings.  A short fun read.  146 pages.