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Reeling from the death of his wife Rosa, Fast Larry Shaw turns to whiskey to drown out the sorrow. But even with a drink in one hand, he's still the fastest shot around. So when he becomes a target for a Mexican bounty hunter after killing two banditos, Fast Larry will have to protect himself the only way he knows how.

As Julie Wilder races to greet her father, she sees his ashen face and fixed stare too late to escape the hooded nightriders who suddenly surround her. When bounty hunter Baines Meredith discovers her the next day--battered, bleeding, and barely alive--he covers her nakedness and gently cares for her. But can Baines help Julie develop the strength, courage, and skill she needs to administer her own brand of frontier justice?

Cray Dawson is on his way home, having just made a name for himself in a gang-busting shootout. He is now revered as one of the heroic gunmen who live their lives by their own credo, out on the frontier of civilization. Although Dawson doesn't want to be known as a gunman, he keeps getting mistaken for one. In a time when most people shoot first and ask questions later, Dawson may never get the chance to prove he's no gunslinger.

Former hired gun Larry Shaw tries to help a prostitute determine the father of her unborn child. Of the three candidates, one stands out--the notorious William H. Bonney. And as a cattle war brews, Bonney has a proposal for Shaw--lend your iron to our side and help us blast our way to victory.

Tough-as-rawhide ranger Sam Burrack pursues a posse of violent jailbreakers. As he follows the bloody trail, Sam comes face-to-face with an unpleasant foe: the legendary Hole-in-the-Wall Gang.

This novel sees game warden Joe Pickett's life take a turn for the worse after millionaire Opal Scarlett goes missing. As Pickett discovers more and more disturbing truths, it becomes clear that someone wants the dogged game warden to keep his nose out of the investigation.

After the epic battle of Adobe Walls, Lt. Frank Baldwin and former buffalo hunter Billy Dixon lead a band of Indian and white scouts into Texas to assist the U.S. 5th Infantry combat unruly natives. But as they are drawn into a series of increasingly deadly skirmishes, the fighters come to learn that in Texas, there is no time for peace--only eternal war.

Legendary hero Smoke Jensen comes to the rescue once again when a crew of crooked outlaws attempts to rob the town's bank. After Smoke puts a damper on their plans, leader of the pack, renegade Jack Tatum, is determined to seek vengeance. Little does Tatum know--no one mistreats Smoke's family or friends and gets away with it.

Smoke Jensen believes he's seen every dirty trick a man could ever pull--and then his wife and his neighbor's daughter are abducted by a ruthless band of outlaws. But when the ransom demands come in, Smoke can only see one thing clearly through his blinding rage--any payment he forks over will be in the form of hot lead.

Jeremiah Correy gets more than he bargained for when he and the members of his expedition are terrorized by Sam Madigan--a cold-blooded killer who'll take anyone down without a single moment of remorse.