BLURB
Texas
Ranger Nate Stewart has been through a lot in his life—and his losses aren’t
over yet. In the months that Nate has ridden with Captain Quincy and his
Rangers, his best friend and pardner, Hoot Harrison, has been the rock Nate has
depended on. But once beautiful Clarissa Hennessey comes into Hoot’s life, she sets
out to destroy the friendship between the two young Rangers.
When the chips are down and Black Dog’s raiders
attack the Hennessey ranch, there’s bound to be bloodshed and lives lost. Will
Clarissa divide Hoot and Nate forever, or can Hoot prove that he’s A RANGER TO STAND WITH?
EXCERPT
“Sure. Listen, Mister, take out
your gun, slow and easy, and hand it to me, butt first,” Nate ordered. “No
false moves, or I’ll drop you right where you stand.”
“Okay. Okay, Ranger. You’ve got me,
all right. I’ll go peaceable like. Just don’t shoot me,” Jeb pleaded. He took
the gun from his holster, then held it out to Nate, butt first. When Nate
reached for it, Jeb, whose trigger finger, unnoticed by Nate, was in the
trigger guard, spun the gun level, thumbed back the hammer, and pulled the
trigger. A wad of cardboard slammed into Nate’s stomach, with enough impact to
drive him backward and double him over. Gasping for breath, Nate fell to the
dirt.
“And you just got yourself
plugged in the gut and killed, Nate,” Jeb said. “That’s called the road agent’s
spin. No one knows for certain who first came up with it, but it’s cost many a
lawman his life. You never, ever ask a man to hand you his gun butt first. It’s
a sure way to get killed. Either tell him to unbuckle his gunbelt and drop it,
or take his gun out of the holster with two fingers, then drop it. Unless, like
what just happened, you want a bullet in your stomach. Lesson learned?”
“Lesson learned,” Nate said. “I
don’t reckon I’ll ever forget it, neither.”
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