Book Summary �Oh, my sweet missy,� he said then pulled the knife from its scabbard. Crouching alongside Emma he reaches across and pressed the cold sharp blade against her neck then covers her mouth with his other hand. Emma is stunned. She can�t move. She is frightened! �Who is this man? What�s he doing? What does he want?� Her mind races! �God, help me!� �I aim to turn this territory around. I intend to run a second term for Governor, and the only way that I will be reelected is to control the rustling, robbing, senseless murders and some son of a bitch who is raping women. I need this stopped . . .� Cotton Williams, U.S. Territorial Marshal, is sent on a mission to stop the corruption in Southern Arizona Territory and to find a rapist. He has only one clue to find the rapist. One word �Missy.�

Book Summary �Oh, my sweet missy,� he said then pulled the knife from its scabbard. Crouching alongside Emma he reaches across and pressed the cold sharp blade against her neck then covers her mouth with his other hand. Emma is stunned. She can�t move. She is frightened! �Who is this man? What�s he doing? What does he want?� Her mind races! �God, help me!� �I aim to turn this territory around. I intend to run a second term for Governor, and the only way that I will be reelected is to control the rustling, robbing, senseless murders and some son of a bitch who is raping women. I need this stopped . . .� Cotton Williams, U.S. Territorial Marshal, is sent on a mission to stop the corruption in Southern Arizona Territory and to find a rapist. He has only one clue to find the rapist. One word �Missy.�

The story of the way west in the early nineteenth century was often a tale of danger, death and unspeakable suffering. The early trappers and mountain men forged the trails westward for the pioneers that followed and became part of the legend of the American West. Of this hardy breed of early venturers one name stands out above the rest: Kit Carson. Many stories of his bravery, often wildly exaggerated filled eastern bookshelves of the day. How much of what was written was true and how much was fantasy? Cavalry officer Captain Tom Adams vowed to seek the truth behind the legend and along the way faced near shipwrecks, attempted assassinations, Indian massacres, murder, and torture in an odyssey that he never believed could have been possible.

The story of the way west in the early nineteenth century was often a tale of danger, death and unspeakable suffering. The early trappers and mountain men forged the trails westward for the pioneers that followed and became part of the legend of the American West. Of this hardy breed of early venturers one name stands out above the rest: Kit Carson. Many stories of his bravery, often wildly exaggerated filled eastern bookshelves of the day. How much of what was written was true and how much was fantasy? Cavalry officer Captain Tom Adams vowed to seek the truth behind the legend and along the way faced near shipwrecks, attempted assassinations, Indian massacres, murder, and torture in an odyssey that he never believed could have been possible.

The story of the way west in the early nineteenth century was often a tale of danger, death and unspeakable suffering. The early trappers and mountain men forged the trails westward for the pioneers that followed and became part of the legend of the American West. Of this hardy breed of early venturers one name stands out above the rest: Kit Carson. Many stories of his bravery, often wildly exaggerated filled eastern bookshelves of the day. How much of what was written was true and how much was fantasy? Cavalry officer Captain Tom Adams vowed to seek the truth behind the legend and along the way faced near shipwrecks, attempted assassinations, Indian massacres, murder, and torture in an odyssey that he never believed could have been possible.

Set in Civil War Texas, They Wanted Justice is an action/adventure story spiced with love and hate. Seriously wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, Luc Post, a devout Christian soldier in Gen. Lee�s Army, comes to Texas to rehabilitate a serious injury. After being healed by a Comanche, he gets caught up in a series of violent encounters when he joins Qu�nashano, a Comanche leader, and Joellen Meriwether, a beautiful rancher, in a quest for a Yankee spy who has murdered members of their families. In the process they encounter a fascinating array of frontier Texans wanting some kind of justice.

Set in Civil War Texas, They Wanted Justice is an action/adventure story spiced with love and hate. Seriously wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, Luc Post, a devout Christian soldier in Gen. Lee�s Army, comes to Texas to rehabilitate a serious injury. After being healed by a Comanche, he gets caught up in a series of violent encounters when he joins Qu�nashano, a Comanche leader, and Joellen Meriwether, a beautiful rancher, in a quest for a Yankee spy who has murdered members of their families. In the process they encounter a fascinating array of frontier Texans wanting some kind of justice.

Set in Civil War Texas, They Wanted Justice is an action/adventure story spiced with love and hate. Seriously wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, Luc Post, a devout Christian soldier in Gen. Lee�s Army, comes to Texas to rehabilitate a serious injury. After being healed by a Comanche, he gets caught up in a series of violent encounters when he joins Qu�nashano, a Comanche leader, and Joellen Meriwether, a beautiful rancher, in a quest for a Yankee spy who has murdered members of their families. In the process they encounter a fascinating array of frontier Texans wanting some kind of justice.

BELLE GROVE PLANTATION

Belle Grove was constructed as a Greek Revival & Italianate mansion built near White Castle, Louisiana in Iberville Parish. When completed in 1857 she was one of the largest homes ever built in the south, with seventy fi ve rooms spread over four stories there was nothing else like her south of the Mason Dixon.

Known as Th e Queen of the South, John Andrews sold her to James Ware in 1867 just after the Civil War had ended for the incredible sum of $50.000. On March 17th 1952, exactly 100 years after construction began Belle Grove Plantation burned to the ground. Within these pages you will fi nd a one of a kind story concerning Belle Grove, a story which has never been told.

THE NEW STANDARD IN WESTERN FOLKLORE!

BELLE GROVE PLANTATION

Belle Grove was constructed as a Greek Revival & Italianate mansion built near White Castle, Louisiana in Iberville Parish. When completed in 1857 she was one of the largest homes ever built in the south, with seventy fi ve rooms spread over four stories there was nothing else like her south of the Mason Dixon.

Known as Th e Queen of the South, John Andrews sold her to James Ware in 1867 just after the Civil War had ended for the incredible sum of $50.000. On March 17th 1952, exactly 100 years after construction began Belle Grove Plantation burned to the ground. Within these pages you will fi nd a one of a kind story concerning Belle Grove, a story which has never been told.

THE NEW STANDARD IN WESTERN FOLKLORE!

After the Civil War, countless arrivals from around the world pushed into the West; some seeking treasure, but most were hoping for the chance for a new life in the New World. But a dark cloud hung over the area: the Indians who were already living here. The new United States government helped the new settlers by placing Indians on reservations, providing US troops to maintain order. One of these was Sgt. Conner, who had just guided four new settlers into a lovely mountain glade. Upon his return, he learned sadly that a band of young braves had attacked a wagon train killing all but two, a boy in his early teens, and his older sister who had been taken alive by the leader of the band, Dark Cloud. The next day, Conner and his troops recovered the bodies and belongings of the settlers. But to Conner�s dismay, there were tracks of the attackers heading toward the very mountain glade he had just visited. Dreading the outcome he led some troops back to that glade and found the four new settlers killed by the attacking Indians. While there, the site was visited by Chief Three Eagles who accepted his braves as responsible but added white men were involved. Conner returned to the fort to learn what he could from the two survivors. Would the Indians and white men be brought to justice? What would become of the two orphaned survivors?

After the Civil War, countless arrivals from around the world pushed into the West; some seeking treasure, but most were hoping for the chance for a new life in the New World. But a dark cloud hung over the area: the Indians who were already living here. The new United States government helped the new settlers by placing Indians on reservations, providing US troops to maintain order. One of these was Sgt. Conner, who had just guided four new settlers into a lovely mountain glade. Upon his return, he learned sadly that a band of young braves had attacked a wagon train killing all but two, a boy in his early teens, and his older sister who had been taken alive by the leader of the band, Dark Cloud. The next day, Conner and his troops recovered the bodies and belongings of the settlers. But to Conner�s dismay, there were tracks of the attackers heading toward the very mountain glade he had just visited. Dreading the outcome he led some troops back to that glade and found the four new settlers killed by the attacking Indians. While there, the site was visited by Chief Three Eagles who accepted his braves as responsible but added white men were involved. Conner returned to the fort to learn what he could from the two survivors. Would the Indians and white men be brought to justice? What would become of the two orphaned survivors?

Jack Carr�s nemesis comes within shooting range of ending Jack�s dream of pioneering a cattle ranch operation with a new breed in New Mexico on a Spanish land grant his mother inherited. Utter tragedy is defl ected from his family by a network of government offi cials and lawmen, neighbors, Native Americans, and cowboys all of whose own fortunes are forever changed by bullet holes and bludgeons. Will Jack ever be able to sleep with the nightmares that scream accusations at him nightly? The crewman most responsible for defending Jack is his temperamental opposite whose life experience loaded him with a passion for vengeance�a passion nearly matched by one criminal�s drive to avenge his own family�s perceived wrong at Jack�s hand. Jack�s family is cheated out of living happily ever after and accommodates to its loss. Pride, challenge, terror, and growth are elements of the story set in the period when telegraph lines followed western movement after the civil war and President Ulysses S. Grant�s administration.

Jack Carr�s nemesis comes within shooting range of ending Jack�s dream of pioneering a cattle ranch operation with a new breed in New Mexico on a Spanish land grant his mother inherited. Utter tragedy is defl ected from his family by a network of government offi cials and lawmen, neighbors, Native Americans, and cowboys all of whose own fortunes are forever changed by bullet holes and bludgeons. Will Jack ever be able to sleep with the nightmares that scream accusations at him nightly? The crewman most responsible for defending Jack is his temperamental opposite whose life experience loaded him with a passion for vengeance�a passion nearly matched by one criminal�s drive to avenge his own family�s perceived wrong at Jack�s hand. Jack�s family is cheated out of living happily ever after and accommodates to its loss. Pride, challenge, terror, and growth are elements of the story set in the period when telegraph lines followed western movement after the civil war and President Ulysses S. Grant�s administration.

Post-Civil War America.
With the nation reunited once again, and its assets no longer bogged down by open conflict, the great expansion westward begins. Railroad tycoons connect the coasts, giving Americans a mobility unlike any in history. Pioneers, renegades, scientists, religious, businessmen, emancipated slaves, soldiers, outlaws, politicians, prospectors, inventors, all flock toward the Pacific.
Along the way, new economies are forged; industry is founded; cultures flourish and die. The United States sees an unprecedented growth in its financial, militaristic, social, and international influence. By 1880, the nation�s population had increased by more than sixty percent since the pre-war era.
Lost and tangled somewhere within that sociological conflagration was Bill McCoy, a veteran of that terrible war and a man still struggling to find his place in the country he'd fought so savagely to preserve. Still plagued by vivid memories of the battlefield, Bill comes upon an opportunity that might finally offer him a measure of pride and peace.
But unknownst to Bill, a cruel, merciless, sinister force awaits him in the desert. One that not only threatens to shatter his hopes for a future, but that might also cost a great many people their lives.
And their dignity.