Red River Showdown
Red River Showdown

Author: J.R. Roberts

Publisher: Speaking Volumes

Published:

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1645404676

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LUCK OF THE DRAW Clint Adams has received a mysterious invite to ride the Misty Morning, a riverboat for gamblers and cardsharps. Staked by a saloon-owning friend, he decides to turn his lucky feeling into some much-needed cash. Along the way, he saves pretty Mia Hayley, who is so confident that the worst is over that she bets Clint five hundred dollars she'll win more money on the Misty Morning than he will. But something isn't quite right aboard the ship. The atmosphere is edgy, the card games are unfriendly, and the boarding passengers look more and more like cattle about to be slaughtered. This riverboat—making no stops until its final destination—just may be a floating con game, set up by a crook who gathered as many suckers as he could to cheat all at once. But Clint Adams is no sucker...

Showdown with the Sheriff
Showdown with the Sheriff

Author: Tyler Anne Snell

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2022-01-25

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 036972058X

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Do or die for the lawman Last Stand Sheriff Haunted by an unsolved case involving his family, Sheriff Declan Nash had hoped his recent vacation would help clear his head. And it worked. But just as his family’s abductor steps out of the shadows, Remi Hudson, a woman from his past, reveals he’s going to be a dad. Now, as Remi becomes the target of repeated attacks, Declan will do anything to keep her and their unborn baby safe. Small-Town Face-Off Sheriff Billy Reed could never forget Mara Copeland, the woman who left without a goodbye. Now she’s back with criminals on her trail and a child in her arms. His child. He’ll do anything to protect their daughter, but will love be reason enough to forgive Mara and bring their family back together? Previously published as Last Stand Sheriff and Small-Town Face-Off

Ride to Hell's Gate
Ride to Hell's Gate

Author: Ralph Cotton

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780451224811

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Drowning his sorrows in alcohol after the death of his beloved Rosa, Lawrence Shaw, once the fastest gun alive, gets a second chance at life when he starts working on a ranch, but the brutal Barrows Brothers Gang has other plans for him. Original.

Trick of the Trade
Trick of the Trade

Author: Ralph Cotton

Publisher: Cotton-Branch Publishing

Published: 2018-10-19

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13:

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Jeston Nash knew horses—he’s stolen enough of them in his time. But the lookalike cousin of Jesse James was going respectable, almost. Then, in a New Orleans teeming with drunks and blue uniforms, he sold a horse to a well-bred lady. It was the biggest mistake of his career .... He hit Fort Lincoln with a belly full of wounds and minus a boot. His horse had been stolen, and he’d stolen it back—along with some bootleg crackers. All in all, it hadn’t been a pleasant trip through the dreaded Black Hills. But at least Jeston Nash—for the time being calling himself Beatty—hadn’t drowned. Now he fully intended to fulfill a promise: to deliver an unridable horse called Honest Bob to a woman named Custer. The trouble was, the wife of General George Armstrong Custer, Elizabeth, wasn’t very interested in the horse she’d persuaded Nash to deliver. In fact, Mrs. Custer was on the warpath. So were the Sioux—and General Custer’s commanders in Washington. Suddenly, Nash finds himself in the middle of the most dangerous kind of fight: a marital squabble. Before he knows it he’s riding alongside a hardheaded, buffalo-hunting, blond-haired general who’s sure glory awaits them—at a place called Little Big Horn ....

The Search for Montana Red
The Search for Montana Red

Author: Ralph Cotton

Publisher: Cotton-Branch Publishing

Published: 2018-10-20

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13:

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The Ranger Lives for the Hunt - The Outlaw Lives for the Killing - Now They Are About to Come Face to Face at Last. Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack is a man of courage with a lightning-quick draw. His goal is swift justice, and his aim is as sure as death. With a .58 caliber rifle behind his saddle and a list of outlaws next to his heart, he tracks his prey relentlessly, alone, and to the bitter end. No one under the badlands sun would put the Ranger’s skills to the test like Montana Red Hollis, a man more brutal than any beast and more cunning than any desperado the Ranger has ever hunted. No one is safe from the wrath of Montana Red and, until the Ranger took up the search, no one was brave enough to stop him. Now, on the high badlands where the fastest gun rules and only the strongest survive, a bloodthirsty killer is about to meet his match. From master storyteller Ralph Cotton comes an extraordinary story about lawmen and the lawless—and of gun justice in the rugged American West.

Killers of Man
Killers of Man

Author: Ralph Cotton

Publisher: Cotton-Branch Publishing

Published: 2018-10-19

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13:

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In a chaotic blast of gunfire, the James Gang fled a posse’s attack and the infamous Jesse threw his cousin Jeston Nash a hoard of stolen cash. Hoping to lie low in the mountains of the Northwest, Jeston and his partner, Quiet Jack, find themselves on a journey into the dark heart of human nature—and deadly animal instinct Jeston Nash is used to dodging bullets, but when a hired thug’s rotten remark gets under his skin, he can’t let it go—and he makes himself an instant enemy aboard a snowbound train owned by the sleaze’s boss, Ben Larr. A rich son-of-a-gun hell-bent on getting the grizzly who robbed him of a leg, Larr is a fouler piece of work than the usual brand of lowlifes Nash comes up against. When Larr blackmails Nash into leading his hunt, Nash discovers the killers of man in Larr’s twisted domain—a netherworld filled with violence and drugs, obsession and revenge. Nash finds himself face-to-face with Laura, Larr’s gorgeous, murderously manipulative wife, and one savage grizzly, a man-killer straight from the jaws of hell .... In a tale sparked with his trademark wit and bull’s-eye historical detail, Ralph Cotton captures the essence of the Old West in the adventures of his extraordinary outlaw hero, Jeston Nash.

Jackpot Ridge
Jackpot Ridge

Author: Ralph Cotton

Publisher: Cotton-Branch Publishing

Published: 2018-10-23

Total Pages: 276

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After leaving Elk Horn with his hard-earned poker winnings, Jack Bell, a legendary gunslinger, soon finds his life in grave danger when his opponent, Early Philpot, sends his ruthless gang of thugs after Jack to retrieve his money, but Jack has a special surprise in store for Early and his men. *Preview of Ralph Cotton's Trouble Creek and Powder River at the end of this book.

Black Mesa
Black Mesa

Author: Ralph Cotton

Publisher: Cotton-Branch Publishing

Published: 2018-10-20

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13:

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Turnbaugh gave a dark chuckle. ‘‘You lawdogs and your badges,’’ he said, ‘‘you’re worse than priests with their crosses.’’ He shook his head. ‘‘I never could understand why a little ornament like that makes such a difference to yas.’’ ‘‘I don’t expect you would,’’ said Sam. He paused, took a breath and gave another glance at either end of the bar. Here goes, he said to himself, hoping he’d given Maria enough time to get into position near the empty window frame to back him up. But there was no time to wonder about it now. ‘‘I’m taking you to Fort Smith, Turnbaugh,’’ he said. Turnbaugh gave another dark chuckle. ‘‘Are you now?’’ he said in a cocky tone, as if it were all a joke. ‘‘Care to hear some numbers on how many twobit lawmen like you has tried that same thing?’’ ‘‘The numbers don’t matter,’’ said Sam, barely shaking his head. ‘‘You’re going with me. Don’t make me kill you.’’ *Preview of Ralph Cotton's Sabio's Redemption at the end of this book.

Friend of a Friend
Friend of a Friend

Author: Ralph Cotton

Publisher: Cotton-Branch Publishing

Published: 2018-10-24

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13:

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Old ways and new clash in head-on confrontation: When journeyman hit man Ray Dylan agrees to look in on Sami Bloom, former mistress of a deceased Canadian crime financier, he realizes he must keep his profession a secret. What he doesn’t realize is how difficult that is now that he has fallen for this warm-hearted beauty. While he struggles with the idea of confiding to her about his secret past, Dylan learns that Sami Bloom has some secrets of her own—and her secrets reach into the upper echelons of the very organization he works for. Add to that a greedy young criminal, who along with his thug-like bodyguard, poses a threat to Sami’s life, and secrets or no secrets, Dylan knows it’s time for bullets to fly. In Friend Of A Friend, Cotton paints a stark unapologetic portrait of modern American crime, both at its ruthless struggling-for-power street level, and at its more discreet, tight-lipped, yet equally deadly seats of authority. Cotton has a unique way of weaving the reader’s senses into the story. Known for fast-paced narrative and wry dark humor, Cotton takes inspiration for his stories from TV news and headlines. He creates a raw and colorful, almost desperate atmosphere around modern American culture, yet at some point, unexpectedly, leaves the reader with cause for hope.

Killing Plain
Killing Plain

Author: Ralph Cotton

Publisher: Cotton-Branch Publishing

Published: 2019-02-14

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13:

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In Killing Plain, Ralph Cotton displays the striking combination of gritty authenticity and lyrical beauty that has earned widespread critical acclaim. Ranger Sam Burrack has never had a partner before, but Hadley Jones has more than proven his mettle, and Burrack can tell they’re cut from the same cloth. But two lawmen might not be enough to stop Lonzo Greer and his Black Moon gang as they blaze a bloody trail of murder and destruction across Arizona Territory. Even worse, the cutthroats have a personal vendetta against the rangers for killing one of their own. If the straight-shooting peace officers aren’t careful, they might end up as vulture bait under the hot desert sun.