Its early June and Ashley Tucker is having a horrible day the day after failing to place in a Michigan Longhorn rodeo. While driving home to Fort Worth, she gets lost on a rural road in central Ohio after getting her truck repaired. And as darkness approaches all she wants is to find someone who can give her directions and get her back on the expressway. She soon finds herself in a dilapidated western apparel store in the middle of nowhere, when she spots some boots she wants. With no one around, she decides to walk out with the boots, intending to send a check when she gets home. Just as she tries to leave, a teen girl confronts her and locks the door to the store.
A frightened and dejected Ashley is escorted to the backroom of the store, assuming shell be arrested. She suddenly finds herself face-to-face with an immense girl bully named Andrea who is hiding out after committing a heinous crime. Andrea dismisses the girl, along with another female worker, leaving her alone with Ashley. And when Ashley realizes the girl has no intention of having her arrested, she tries to escape with brutal consequences. Its truly rodeo cowgirl versus girl bully in a brutal fight to the finish. Detour to Doom is the expanded novel version of the novelette Cowgirl Down.