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Jake Stone is a bounty hunter working out of Denver, Colorado. Over the years the forty-something-year-old manhunter has excelled to the point that he has been given a Special Deputy U. S. Marshal’s badge, allowing him to be called upon when a deputy might not otherwise be available. This badge also opens a lot of doors that might otherwise be closed. Stone never hesitates to use that position to his advantage. This package contains the entire Stone: Bounty Hunter Series One. Ride along with the old west lawman through the gun smoke and rifle fire as he pursues gunslingers and other old ...

Yuma Prison was as close to a death sentence as a man could come without being hung. Mark Robichaud survived and now he’s back. A lot of people are going to pay for the injustice of sending an innocent man to that hellhole and it won’t be pretty before all the culprits pay the price. There is nothing sweeter than revenge served cold and that's exactly the way Robichaud intends to dish it out. “Dead Man Out of Yuma” is a series of 16 not-so-short episodes with each having its own fast-paced story of vengeance and old west justice. “Dead Man Out of Yuma” tells of a man who had ...

Dark Gunman:The story of a young black man, born to slaves, who become one of the most dangerous gunfighters in the West as he fights injustice. Barely grown, Linc Tyler leaves his home on a plantation in northeast Texas headed west. While Linc is camped alongside the road his first night he meets a white man who is a professional gunman. While they are traveling together for three days, Linc learns a skill that will change his life. That skill is how to use the gun hanging on his hip.Desperation # 1:In this three-part series, now all in one book by best-selling western author Jeff Breland,...

Three action-packed Old West adventures by western author Jeff Breland. To Outrun a Bullet:A bullet can't kill a man born to hang, or so they say.Not long after setting an explosion and robbing a gold train which inadvertently killed the crew, a cabal of otherwise law-abiding individuals discover a member of their group may have talked. In outlaw fashion, this individual suddenly vanishes only to turn up dead a few days later. Two railroad detectives along with a deputy sheriff are mysteriously killed as well. Deputy US Marshal Stone along with the sheriff is highly suspicious of one of ...

Marie Duboise is the eighth-generation granddaughter of Marie Laveau, the long-ago voodoo queen of New Orleans. Her many-times removed grandmother, who died in 1881, had bequeathed a very valuable and powerful heirloom to the eighth grandchild of the eighth generation of her passing. Although only a child when first receiving the beautiful ornament, as the years pass, she will come to realize just how powerful the gift is. She will also come to realize that her long-deceased ancestor has some tasks for her. One of these tasks involves a Ghost Train

Kat Summers needs a break from the stress of the big city. Now would be an ideal time to visit her property on the backwaters of southern Louisiana. Two years ago, with the passing of her grandfather, she inherited an old farmhouse and several acres of land. The mysterious knocks on the door and the moving of objects begin not long after she moves in. On the advice of a neighbor, she calls a young deputy sheriff who may have some insight on what's happening. Together, they try to unravel the mystery of what has taken up residence in her inherited home.

A Cowboy’s Act of Vengeance As they ride towards Miller's Crossing where he hopes to find work, down on his luck cowboy Marty Crawford and his aging mount Old Bullet are near starving. Marty has eaten nothing but bread and jerky for the last several days and Old Bullet has eaten nothing but grass. Unbeknown to Marty, a bank robbery is taking place as he nears Miller's Crossing. In a twisted turn of fate, he encounters the bank robbers as they are fleeing the scene of their crime. One shoots him as they gallop by in the opposite direction. The posse finds Marty wounded and only partially ...

While in pursuit of two outlaws overdue for a date with the hangman, Stone has just ridden into the sleepy little town of Abbot when one of the gunmen sends a bullet whining by his head. Not sure before, at least now he knows he’s on the killers' trail. After an extended chase, he captures both. Even then, one is determined not to go back. Stone is forced to kill him. After placing the remaining gunslinger in a ramshackle jail, he meets a beautiful Mexican girl, who ironically, has a personal vendetta against the killer. The hanging she anticipates is foiled when two local low-lives, ...

Apache Terror: Massacre at Watchman Creek begins as a group of Comancheros deliver contraband to a renegade Indian named Black Wolf and his band of cutthroats. Black Wolf is very pleased with the mules the Comancheros have brought him to sweeten the deal. The fact the traders killed the owners of the animals doesn't bother him nor the leader of the Comancheros. Now Black Wolf wants something even more valuable than the mules. The renegade leader wants white women. The leader of the Comancheros has no intention of becoming involved in such a dangerous and foolhardy folly until one of his ...

Lars Bonner rode into the little town of Rocky Canyon with the bodies of two outlaws tied across their horses. He is also returning the money the two had robbed from the town's bank. The town doesn't have a sheriff. It seems the last one to hold that positon left town without so much as a goodbye. At first it seems he will have nowhere to deliver the corpses in order to collect his bounty. However, the mayor who is also the banker agrees to sign the required affidavits.

Fastest Gun in the West--Story of J. T. Bonner, one of the really bad good-ole boys. Although gun smoke-filled, this is the humorous story of J. T. Bonner, an aging gunman and good ole boy who runs a one-man detective agency out of Tucson. He's more of a bounty hunter with highly developed investigation skills along with a fast gun. As far as everyone who has ever heard of him is concerned, he's the fastest gunman in the West. So far, no one has lived to dispute that theory. The past-his-prime quick-draw artist is going to need all his skills now that he's received a cryptic telegram and a ...

Mark Robichaud is now the sheriff of the little town of Silver Creek. The days of seeking revenge from those who conspired to have him falsely imprisoned for five years in Yuma Prison are over, or as far as he can tell. Most all of them are now dead. Even before becoming sheriff he came to realize the town of Silver Creek lay in the path of outlaws wanted for crimes completely unrelated to him other than the bounty they carried on their heads. Adding his hatred for criminals of any sort to the bounty was like icing on the cake. He had also become somewhat financially enhanced during the ...

There nothing a man won't do to rescue his family. Homesteader and small rancher Cliff Brooks is desperate to pursue the kidnappers of his wife and daughters but first, he must escape a crooked sheriff who is trying to prevent him from doing so. Like a lot of the others, the shady lawman will pay dearly for his foolhardy actions. The end results will not be pretty. This is frontier action moving at the speed of a bullet. In a land carved by dust, blood, and broken promises, one man rides the edge of justice. When lawmen turn corrupt and outlaws rule the range, it falls to the few who still ...

In pursuit of two desperate outlaws, Stone rides into the sleepy little town of Abbot. After dodging an outlaw's bullet, he captures them, but is forced to kill one after the fact. Placing the remaining prisoner in the ramshackle jail, he meets a beautiful Mexican girl. Ironically, she has a personal vendetta against the killer. The hanging she anticipates witnessing is foiled when two lowlifes facilitate a jailbreak. As Stone prepares to track this killer once again, the Mexican girl insists on accompanying him.

In the middle of nowhere, Stone and his fellow passengers find themselves stranded on a stagecoach with a busted wheel and an oncoming blizzard. After the driver mentions there is a railroad line not far from their location, Stone sets out to find the tracks and ultimately a train. He finds a train, but it isn't moving. The train has been robbed by outlaws and all but one of the crew has been murdered. If he’s going anywhere on this train, with the help of a surviving brakeman, Stone will have to figure out a way to move this behemoth himself. After mastering the controls to some extent, ...

Not fully sure of the horse and rider's position, Stone pushed up to his knees. It took a millionth of a second to locate his target. In the same span of time, the rider spotted Stone. He was bringing the long-barrel rifle around to bear on the deputy marshal. The shots were simultaneous. The rider missed. Stone didn't. Stone got off a second shot. The rider didn't. Stone's bullet struck the bushwhacker somewhere in the shoulder area.

.BLOODY NIGHT IN NOGALES: Mark Robichaud is leaving Mexico with two of the three outlaws he came here to capture. According to his prisoners, the third member of their party, a gunslinger by the name of Juan Ortega, never crossed the border. Instead, Ortega stayed at a saloon and pleasure house just outside New Nogales called “Dirty Pearl’s and Sweet Sue’s." In hopes of avoiding the rurales, federales, and el jefe de policia of a nearby pueblo, Robichaud doesn’t take the main route leading out of here. Rather, much to the strong objections of his prisoners, he and they strike out ...

Jake Stone is a bounty hunter working out of Denver. Over the years the forty-something-year-old manhunter has excelled to the point that he has been given a Special Deputy U. S. Marshal’s badge, allowing him to be called upon when a deputy might not otherwise be available. This badge also opens a lot of doors that might otherwise be closed. Stone never hesitates to use that position to his advantage. ★ In this first episode, Stone rides into a sleepy little town in northern New Mexico. He’s not sure he’s on the right trail of the escaped killers until one of them attempts to ...

Mark Robichaud was sent to Yuma Prison five years ago for a crime he didn't commit. Now he's been released. Some men want to rebuild their lives when they're released from prison. Robichaud doesn't have a life to rebuild. They destroyed that and everything in it when they falsely imprisoned him. All he has now is revenge. Sweet revenge served cold. He intends to serve it in spades. Follow Robichaud as he exacts his brand of justice in what was once the wild west frontier.

They say a bullet can't kill a man born to hang but that's not a chance an outlaw wants to take. Not long after planting an explosion and robbing a gold train, and inadvertently killing the crew, a group of novice outlaws discovers one of their members might have talked. This individual suddenly vanishes only to turn up dead a few days later. Two railroad detectives along with a deputy sheriff are mysteriously killed as well. Deputy US Marshal Stone along with the sheriff is highly suspicious of one particular individual. That is Jake Barnes. Although Barnes is now an legitimate ranchers, ...