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NAMED BEST NEW WESTERN AUTHOR BY TRUE WEST MAGAZINE.
SMALL TOWN TEXAS. BIG TIME TROUBLE.
It’s hard to be a woman in the Wild Wild West. And if that woman is wearing a badge and slinging a six-shooter, it’s even harder. Especially for any foolhardy man who gets in her way . . .
The frontier town of Ring Bit, Texas, has a way of attracting trouble. Shootouts. Showdowns. Shady drifters. But it’s never seen anything like the mysterious gunman Hawkshaw. Is he good or evil? As the town marshal, it’s Tennessee Smith’s job to keep an eye on him. Which is okay because he sure is easy on the eyes . . .
Of course, Tennessee needs another man in her life like she needs a hole in the head. This mail-order bride-turned-widow is raising three young stepsons on her own. And now she’s taking the boys to Austin to get married again. Between outlaws and in-laws, she’s got her hands full. When Tennessee’s stagecoach is ambushed—and she’s taken hostage—she could use help to shoot her way out. Even if that someone is a dangerously mysterious gunman named Hawkshaw . .
. AMAZON 4 STARS
I have to admit when the book started out I wasn't sure I was going to like it. Then I looked down at my kindle at 37% and went, "wow, really? ". Part of the reason was because there had been so much happening that I figured I must have been half way through or more. Wow, what a ride it turned out to be. It was a ride that I enjoyed.
The people in the story were very interesting, starting with Tennessee's (Tennie) stepsons. They were quite the little hellions but as the story goes on they turned out to be quite the help. All the mischief that they had gotten into ended up being something that saves everyone more than once.
Tennie was such a likeable main character. Tough when she needed to be and she often had to grit her teeth and be just that. But she also had a tender, loving, loyal side as well.
Tennie has a fiancee who is a Texas Ranger (Wash). He appears in and out of the story but he sure doesn't really seem to be there when Tennie needs someone. Tennie just can't seem to catch a real break.
Hawkshaw was quite the unusual person and most of the time you had no way of knowing what he was thinking. Another quirky, unusual character was Gid Coltrane.
He wasn't the sharpest tool in the box but he was loyal and he was especially skilled with horses and blowing things up.
There were other people that they ran into in the story that kept my interest and the level of intensity high.
I felt like the book kind of ended abruptly and I didn't like that. It did leave things open enough for another adventure (book). So even after saying I didn't like the ending of this book, I still feel open to reading another one. I liked the characters in this book that much. Besides, there were still a few unanswered questions in this book.
“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”
SMALL TOWN TEXAS. BIG TIME TROUBLE.
It’s hard to be a woman in the Wild Wild West. And if that woman is wearing a badge and slinging a six-shooter, it’s even harder. Especially for any foolhardy man who gets in her way . . .
The frontier town of Ring Bit, Texas, has a way of attracting trouble. Shootouts. Showdowns. Shady drifters. But it’s never seen anything like the mysterious gunman Hawkshaw. Is he good or evil? As the town marshal, it’s Tennessee Smith’s job to keep an eye on him. Which is okay because he sure is easy on the eyes . . .
Of course, Tennessee needs another man in her life like she needs a hole in the head. This mail-order bride-turned-widow is raising three young stepsons on her own. And now she’s taking the boys to Austin to get married again. Between outlaws and in-laws, she’s got her hands full. When Tennessee’s stagecoach is ambushed—and she’s taken hostage—she could use help to shoot her way out. Even if that someone is a dangerously mysterious gunman named Hawkshaw . .
. AMAZON 4 STARS
I have to admit when the book started out I wasn't sure I was going to like it. Then I looked down at my kindle at 37% and went, "wow, really? ". Part of the reason was because there had been so much happening that I figured I must have been half way through or more. Wow, what a ride it turned out to be. It was a ride that I enjoyed.
The people in the story were very interesting, starting with Tennessee's (Tennie) stepsons. They were quite the little hellions but as the story goes on they turned out to be quite the help. All the mischief that they had gotten into ended up being something that saves everyone more than once.
Tennie was such a likeable main character. Tough when she needed to be and she often had to grit her teeth and be just that. But she also had a tender, loving, loyal side as well.
Tennie has a fiancee who is a Texas Ranger (Wash). He appears in and out of the story but he sure doesn't really seem to be there when Tennie needs someone. Tennie just can't seem to catch a real break.
Hawkshaw was quite the unusual person and most of the time you had no way of knowing what he was thinking. Another quirky, unusual character was Gid Coltrane.
He wasn't the sharpest tool in the box but he was loyal and he was especially skilled with horses and blowing things up.
There were other people that they ran into in the story that kept my interest and the level of intensity high.
I felt like the book kind of ended abruptly and I didn't like that. It did leave things open enough for another adventure (book). So even after saying I didn't like the ending of this book, I still feel open to reading another one. I liked the characters in this book that much. Besides, there were still a few unanswered questions in this book.
“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”
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