El Paso was ready for trouble, as Ranger undercover agent Walt Slade found when he rode in — and was nearly gunned down by quick-triggered citizens, suspicious of any stranger. For a stranger might be one of the dreaded Starlight Riders, who raided and burned from their mysterious mountain hideout, threatening to destroy the Texan ranchers and farmers who refused to pay "protection money." In his role of the "outlaw" El Halcon, Slade prowled the Border Hills and the back streets of El Paso, hunting the Riders' brilliant mastermind — and keeping his hands close to his guns, because when the Ranger and his quarry met it would be time for gunsmoke talk!

divpKiller… Survivor… Hero of New Orleans. /ppThe story of Robert Charles comes to life, etched in blood, bites and bullets, in this exciting Steamfunk adventure, set in the world of Moses: The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman and The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman: Freedonia! /ppAn infectious plague has struck the Tremé in New Orleans in 1898. A plague that turns people into creatures found only in our worst nightmares. /ppRobert Charles, Ida B. Wells, John Scobell and others must choose sides—to be heroes, monsters, or… something else. /ppGunsmoke Blues delivers a fast paced, wild ride, sure to leave you clamoring for more. /pp /ppRead on and enjoy!/p/div

The only hope of finding a US marshal who suspiciously vanished in the desert is rotting in a New Mexico jail!Because of reports of a potential range war in Peñasco County, New Mexico, US Commissioner Guilford dispatches Deputy US Marshal Ed Church to help clean up the mess. But after arriving in Agua Verde by stagecoach and renting a horse to ride to the troubled area, Church disappears. At the same time, two top men from rival ranching operations are found killed outside town the day after Church arrived in Agua Verde, apparently the deadly result of a shoot-out.Guilford knows that Ed Church's best friend, Streak Mathiot, is currently sitting in the Pleasant City jail. Guilford visits and offers him the job of deputy US marshal to investigate Church's disappearance. If Streak will accept it, the commissioner's assignment will take precedence over any local charges against him, and the prisoner would be released into Guilford's custody. Streak accepts...

The truth will out the criminalAnd change this lawman's life forever Deputy Jacob Black's homecoming is marred by his first assignment: solving the murder of Big John King. Ashley King is surprised and relieved to learn that her former childhood crush is working to find her father's killer. But when Ashley narrowly fends off a brutal attack, Jacob's protector instincts kick in. His new mission: keep Ashley safe—and find the killer at any cost. From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.Discover more action-packed stories in the Kings of Coyote Creek series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Closing in on the CowboyBook 2: Revenge on the RanchBook 3: Gunsmoke in the Grassland

Asked to rescue a missing girl, a gunman finds trouble everywhereCelia lies in bed when the man comes through her window. He whispers instructions, and she follows him into the night. Has she been kidnapped, or did she go of her own accord? To Celia's father, there is no question that his daughter has been abducted, and he offers $800 to anyone who will kill the man who took her. His first choice is Dan Featherskill, a mysterious drifter with no patience for the law but a deep respect for human life. Dan has killed before but is no assassin, and the offer of a bounty makes him sick. But there are men in this town who see murder as an opportunity.When the men sent out after Celia threaten the girl who Dan loves, he follows their trail into the foreboding Shadow Mountain. Trapped on the mountain by a deadly snowstorm, he will have to kill to survive.

Throughout the length and breadth of the sun-bleached cow town of Mescal, Arizona, seethes an undercurrent of suppressed excitement. In front of the town's blacksmith shop a group of Mormon homesteaders gather about their potential leader, Webb Nichols, in grave discussion. In a lodge room the special meeting of the Magdalena Stockmen's Association, comprising the big cow outfits of the county, has turned into a deluge of hot words and very pointed accusations. Is the long conflict between the homesteaders and the big outfits about to flare into violence again?For years this particular part of Arizona has been a rustler's paradise. And as long as homesteaders like Webb Nichols and Shad Caney cover up for the rustlers, the notorious Steve Jennings among them, they're asking for trouble from the big cattlemen. The Association decides to bring matters to a head by calling in Clay Roberts, a lone wolfer stock-detective with a reputation for getting results."It don't seem like...

U.S. Army Captain Charles Riker had been ordered to march his company of social misfits and raw recruits deep into Sioux territory. It was a land of heat and blistering winds where daydreaming could separate a man from his scalplock, and when Indian patrols spot the bluecoated interlopers they set upon the troopers with burning powder and hot lead.Riker and his struggling command turn back—only to find their retreat to the main body of troops has been cut off by the avenging Sioux.Outnumbered hundreds-to-one in a Montana wilderness where good men could be living one moment and dying the next, Riker must lead his band across long miles of open country to the nearest army post at Tongue River. But between them and the fort ride fierce warriors aiming to add bluecoat scalps to the ones already hanging on the tribal lodge poles. Short on rations and ammunition, but long on determination and guts, Riker's column begins its hell trek to freedom while hundreds of Plains Indians close in...

The sheriff was a violent, crooked man. He traded - in death, and always showed a profit. His mine in the Arizona hills was a kind of hell on earth, guarded by hardbitten desperadoes. All around lurked the deadly Apache, as lethal and quick to strike as rattlers. Somewhere in the mine was McAllister's friend. He had to be busted loose before it was too late. McAllister, armed with his gun and his iron nerves, smashed in... Another rapid-fire Rem McAllister adventure from the master of authentic Western excitement, Matt Chisholm.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author pens stories of courageous women…and men who stand tall, whether it’s on the Texas prairie or in a widow’s parlor. The Telegraph Tree: Desperate and alone, Maura Killion writes notes to God and ties them to a scrawny tree. But who’s writing new ones? Moon Dog Night: Bounty hunter Bonner Raine is surprised to see a nine-year-old boy and his little sister riding into his camp. The boy wears a gun and holster, determined to find the outlaw who took their mother. But will they find her alive? Or dead? The Gunslinger: Skye O’Rourke thinks she’s seeing a desert mirage when a gunslinger staggers across her field and awakens buried memories. But do second chances really exist for people like them? Hard Luck: Bank robbing isn’t ever easy—especially when it’s in Hard Luck, Texas. Logan and Wade discover that crime doesn’t pay, and love can come from unexpected places.

"Elevate! In the name of the state of Texas!Then answer was a wild yell and the gleam of gun barrels in the moonlight. The Ranger's hands flashed up and down. His first shot boomed before the outlaws could open fire. Then there was an explosion of noise and flame and smoke. The Ranger heard a choking grunt, a cry of pain and saw two men fall. His big Colts bucked in his hands and a third saddle was emptied. Now there was only one outlaw to be reckoned with—and Ranger Walt Slade knew he was finally face to face with the killer who left alive no man who stood in his way.

There was room enough in the valley, but Ike Quarles didn't think so. Now he and his hired killers had served notice on Brad - drift or die! "I'm about through drifting," Brad said slowly. "I was thinking about taking up a homestead." Then he was silent, watching them sit their horses, waiting for the abrupt twitch of a hand - the sudden, lunging move that would explode this whole valley into murderous, bullet-screaming range war!

Johnstone—Keeping the West WildYoung Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves became blood brothers on the day the rancher's son saved the halfbreed's life, forging a bond no one could ever break. As years passed, a legend grew of the breed and the white man who rode together—and who could jerk killing iron with the best of them... GUNSMOKE AND GOLD In Dale, Colorado, any cowboy with good sense knows better than to step through the batwings of the Plowshare Saloon—and any sheep-herder crazy enough to belly up to the bar at the Red Dog is ordering the last taste of whiskey he'll ever lift to his lips. The town of Dale is heading for an all-out war that will pit father against son, and brother against brother. Bodine and Two Wolves try to make both sides see reason, but that fails when a bunch of hired night riders start scouring the countryside and putting notches on their six-guns. The blood brothers soon figure the cause of the...