Historical, Mainstream
Josh had a ten-minute head start on him, but he'd be easy to track with the blood trail. From the amount of blood intermingled with the horse's hoof prints, Cliff expected to find him dead. He grimaced at the thought. He'd never gotten used to the killing.
At the edge of the tree line, he kept to the scrub trees as much as possible, searching the area for a rider. Then he spotted him. He was still in the saddle.
Slowly, working his way to within twenty yards of the horse and rider, Cliff dismounted with rifle in hand. The rider didn't appear to notice him as his horse slowed to a walk.
Slipping from the saddle in slow motion, the outlaw pitched sideways, hitting the ground with a dull thud. Cliff approached him cautiously. The body lay motionless, face down in the Arizona dirt. Aiming his rifle at the outlaw's head, he toed him with his boot. No reaction. He rolled him over. The bandanna still covered the outlaw's face but the hat fell away.
Stunned, he stared at long, cascading auburn hair. Cliff's mind raced. Kneeling, he removed the bandanna. Unconscious, Jenny's face was pale and still. He felt for a pulse. Faint, but it was there. Lifting her to a sitting position, he pressed his kerchief against the wound in her shoulder. He had to keep her alive.
Engaged to a man she doesn't love, Jenny knows Karl will kill her if he finds out her real reason for becoming his fiancée. When Karl brings in the Pinkerton Detective Agency to catch the outlaws robbing his stagecoaches, she knows it is foolhardy to continue, or is it? One last robbery on the only unguarded stage could financially ruin Karl and force him to sell the ranch she wants to get back, and they would buy it with Karl's money. Then she would break her engagement to Karl, a man she knows is responsible for the death of her parents.
When she meets Detective Cliff Rancord, she knows he will do whatever he has to do to catch the bandits robbing Karl's stages. What she doesn't bargain for is the instant attraction between them, an attraction that could be her undoing. As long as she is around him, she is in danger of losing her heart, as well as her freedom and possibly her life at the end of a hangman's noose.
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Terri Lynn
Length: Novel
ISBN: 1-60180-020-7
Price: $5.99
As long as Jenny is around Pinkerton Detective Cliff Rancord, she is in danger. In danger of losing her heart, her freedom and her life at the end of a hangman's noose.
