The Girl and the Gunslinger

I put this book out just before Unknown Soldier, and I have to admit, I promptly forgot about it since I had a new and shiny book to play with. The pandemic has been good for my writing - we introverts don’t get out much anyway, since we’re focused on our own small writing world. Which is an odd way of saying, we hunker down even more and make the world go away as we disappear into our newest creations.

This book was such fun to write. Ruella, the main character, appeared to me as a full-blown young woman, fighting for her sheep, her land, and her heritage. She’ll do whatever she has to do to keep them safe and secure. As it happens, her plans hinge on hiring a gunfighter, adrift in a small western town with nowhere to go and no future to plan. The man, however, wants one thing before he meets his inevitable, violent end. A child. Someone to carry on his name. When he proposes his fee to Ruella McQuaid, she agrees. That’s when the proverbial fireworks start. Ruella is no prissy young miss, nor is she afraid of much except what’s destroying her sheep, Love doesn’t enter into the bargain she’s struck with this devil of a man. Or so she thinks.

This is an unusual western romance with elements of the classic gunfighter story turned on its head. I hope you’ll read and enjoy it. Available on Amazon as an ebook or paperback.