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Across the empty lawless miles of the Great Plains, the Concord stage headed for the raw, booming cattle town of Dodge City. It brought along trouble with death never far behind its trail.Burl Channing has come to Dodge on personal business, but the hard-eyed Federal marshal carries more than secrets beneath his coat. Channing is a man feared by outlaws and distrusted by decent folk alike. He aims to bring murderer Frank Killian to justice—then whispers begin circling through the Long Branch Saloon and old enemies start watching his every move, Channing realizes Dodge City may be the most dangerous place he has ever ridden into.Only Emily Barker sees glimpses of the man beneath the cold exterior. Independent, sharp-willed, and far braver than Channing expects, Emily finds herself drawn toward a man she knows she should avoid. But in a town ruled by gamblers, killers, cattle crews, and crooked ambitions, trust can be deadlier than a six-gun.As tensions explode between Channing, Frank Killian, and the deadly men gathering around the saloons and muddy streets of Dodge, the showdown becomes inevitable. With gunfighter Wes Lowe watching from the shadows and Mayor 'Dog' Kelley trying to hold the town together, Channing must face the violence he's spent his life carrying with him.

Jim Bannister hoped he wouldn't be recognized when he rode into the tiny town of Antelope, Colorado, but he had to take that risk. His life depended on Syndicate Agent Boyd Seldon who he hoped to find there …A few months earlier he had busted out of jail in New Mexico, and there was a $12,000 price tag on his head. Things were going smoothly enough – until he accidentally got pulled into a fight over Kelsey Harbord, daughter of the murdered ex-foreman of the powerful Buckhorn Ranch.Then Jim knew that he was getting involved in a potential range war – but he couldn't help feeling that this was his only chance to convince Selden that he had murdered in self-defense.

There's a price on his head. $12,000. Dead pays the same as alive.Jim Bannister has been running near to half his life. Long enough to know a man don't outrun what's behind him. Only puts distance on it.Sometimes.The land's wide, but not wide enough.He rides into Cabra Springs with nothing—no coin, no friends, no place to turn. Just the weight of what he's done and the quiet knowing that men are coming.Hard men.Men who follow tracks through rock and dust. Men who don't ask questions. Men who finish things.They'll find him. It's only a matter of time.Folks in town look at him a second too long. They've heard. A bounty like that don't stay secret. Turns whispers into greed. Turns neighbors into hunters.Out here, a man might sell you for less.Bannister figures he's got two choices: keep moving and die tired… or trust someone and die a fool.Either way, the ground's waiting.And it don't much care how a man gets there.

At high noon, the dusty border town of Laredo crackled with tension and anticipation. After years of terror along the Rio Grande, the infamous outlaw Bart Campion—the cunning, wolf-smiled killer whose name was spoken in fear from Texas to Mexico—had finally been captured and was set to hang for murder.The stagecoaches rolling into Laredo overflowed with gamblers, drifters, bounty hunters, and thrill-seekers eager to witness the end of a legend. Among them rode eighteen-year-old Molly Bishop, carrying a secret that has haunted her all her life. Before Bart Campion dies, she must force him to reveal the truth that could change everything she believes about her past.Her only ally is Owen Pryor, a hard-eyed young rancher with scars of his own and an old blood debt to settle with Bart and his vicious gang. But justice in Laredo will not come easy. Even now, Bart's ruthless riders are thundering toward town, sworn to blast their leader free no matter how many bodies fall in the streets.By sundown, Laredo will erupt in gunfire, betrayal, and blood—and not everyone will live long enough to see the hanging.

A $12,000 bounty follows Jim Bannister wherever he rides—but in Hideout Valley, the greatest danger isn't the law.Still living under the false name of Jim Bryan, Bannister has found a temporary refuge as acting town marshal in the snowbound mining town of Morgantown. With the mountain passes blocked by winter, it's the closest thing to peace he's known since being falsely convicted of murder.But peace never lasts.When a drunken cattle baron is brutally assaulted, old feuds erupt across Morgan Valley. Powerful ranchers circle like wolves, a vast empire teeters on the brink of collapse, and whispers of greed, revenge, and murder threaten to ignite an all-out range war. As the only lawman standing between order and chaos, Bannister is drawn into a deadly struggle where every decision could cost lives.Then his greatest secret resurfaces.A long-forgotten wanted poster reveals the true identity of the man everyone knows as Jim Bryan. With bounty hunters, ambitious rivals, and desperate killers closing in, Bannister must fight not only to keep the peace—but to stay one step ahead of the noose waiting for him.Fast-paced, richly authentic, and packed with gunfights, intrigue, and unforgettable characters, Hideout Valley is another gripping adventure in D. B. Newton's acclaimed Jim Bannister series—classic Western storytelling at its very best.