Nick Baron knows it's wrong to buy trust with a lie, but there's no way he's about to let a spitfire fugitive know he's not a U.S. marshal--no matter how appealing she is--especially when she holds the key to his best friend's murder. Original.
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Nick Baron knows it's wrong to buy trust with a lie, but there's no way he's about to let a spitfire fugitive know he's not a U.S. marshal--no matter how appealing she is--especially when she holds the key to his best friend's murder. Original.
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Mary Burton's books have been a recent addition to my reading pile. This one lacks the depth of the other books I've read by this writer. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it; the book seems like very light reading.
Nick Baron is a tortured soul who wreaks vengeance on those who have broken the law. He's widely known across the West for his ruthless pursuit of wrongdoers. He has been so effective at creating fear that even good folks fear him.
Nick's grown weary of the constant riding and man-hunting and an old friend offers to partner with him on some land he has bought. Unfortunately, that friend is killed in a train robbery (for $20,000) and Nick is on the trail of the killers.
Ellie Watson is the daughter of a prostitute that died when she was 6. The owner of the brothel kept Ellie as a worker in the kitchen. One day, she is called to help with the birth of a baby girl. The baby's mother dies ? begging Ellie to take the child and raise it as her own. The baby's father is one of the killers/train robbers.
The next time we see Ellie, she is working at a stagecoach stop. Nick finds her and wants to use her to lure the killer. Things do not go as he planned.
This is a quick book and definitely light reading. The main characters are good people in bad circumstances.