"A sprawling landscape of sand, red clay, and pine trees, Fairfield County is the only place the Bolton family has ever called home. For over a century, they have cultivated this land, expertly raising horses to compete in derbies and rodeos, and passing this knowledge on to the next generation. Dwayne, never quite the cowboy his grandfather envisioned, is the reluctant inheritor of the Bolton legacy. When tragedy strikes and hes orphaned by a barn fire that kills everyone he loves, the pain of this history is almost too much to bear. He maintains the family farm and raises his daughter there, but the land is a shell of what it once was, now devoid of the animal that once made the Bolton name legendary. Nikki, unlike her father, is a burgeoning cowgirl and natural rodeo prodigy with no knowledge of her family history. But through a series of events that threaten to sever father and daughter from the only land theyve ever known, Dwayne is forced to confront his past so that Nikki can step into her future. Fairfield County, expansive and tear-jerking, expertly embodies what Dameron most loves to explore: the intricacies of family-both the one were born into and those we choose.

With depth and nuance, the characters that populate this novel also rewrite our understanding of one of Americas most enduring cultural images. In doing so, Dameron firmly situates Black men and women at their rightful center of cowboy iconography"-- Provided by publisher.