Slocum, a man of few friends, is minus another when war buddy Tim Blake is found murdered, leaving him alone to face the deadliest gunslicks in Black Rock in his quest for answers to the killing.
Slocum learns firsthand that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned... Playing cards with a whiskey trader in the wilds of Texas, John Slocum wins a white woman in a bet. Until recently she was a captive of the Comanche, used and abused like nobody’s business and traumatized into silence. But after a little kindness on Slocum’s part, she expresses her gratitude with a physical enthusiasm that’s louder than words. Her name is Juliana, and it turns out she’s a victim of her husband’s greed. Job Toby had his wife abducted, hoping she’d be declared dead so he could inherit her cattle ranch. Now, Job knows Juliana is alive and plans to end his marriage once and for all—unaware of just how far Slocum is willing to go to protect her assets…
Slocum gets spooked in San Francisco! Frisco’s one hell of a town—full of gamblers, loose women…and ghosts? Slocum’s old friend Captain Caleb Newcombe needs his help with a problem: his post in the Presidio is being overrun by morale-crippling haints. Every time the fog rolls in, soldiers report seeing shackled souls being led across the parade grounds, prodded by demons—in uniform. The ghosts are chilling the soldiers’ blood. But a hot-blooded woman is about to warm things up for Slocum…
When it comes to lawyers, Slocum’s got more than a few objections… John Slocum thought he’d faced every kind of lowlife the west had to offer. But he’s just met the most dangerous outlaws in Tombstone, Arizona, and they don’t carry guns. They’re lawyers. These vultures have descended upon the silver boomtown, flocking together in the business district known as Rotten Row and subverting the letter of the law to swindle prospectors out of their rightful claims. Only Sam Norton, the lone honest lawyer in town, has been willing to stand against them and represent the miners. But Sam is dying, tended to by his daughter Claire, a firebrand more than willing to continue the fight—and more than willing to share her legal briefs with Slocum as he decides to settle with the corrupt shysters outside of court...
Slocum is under the gun… John Slocum is in Reno to see a man about a horse--a broke-down nag given to him as payment by a hornswoggling horse trader. But his attempt to get his money’s worth may end up costing him even more. Because the only way Slocum is going to get anything out of this deal is to cross barrels with a pack of murderous mongrels known as the Terrors…
Slocum learns that trouble is all in the family. When Slocum’s good friend Colonel Gill McKee makes a trade for two sisters who were captured by Comanches, he agrees to return Elania and Katrina Proctor to their wealthy merchant father in Santa Fe. But with winter raging, Slocum won’t be able to transport his precious cargo until the spring. At least he has some female company to keep him warm. But when a band of outlaws murders McKee’s men, Slocum puts romance on the back burner in order to find their leader, a ruthless gunslinger named King. After all, there’s nothing Slocum enjoys more than some well-deserved payback.