Outlaws #3

Otto Chenoweth, the gentleman horse-thief who charms his way out of trouble with perfect manners and quick wits, finds himself repeatedly cornered by determined lawmen—but never for long. Whether disarming a sheriff with hospitality and pepper tricks or outwitting a posse through sheer politeness and misdirection, this baffling outlaw stays one step ahead, at least until fate finally catches up with him.

Rance Merrill, a gambler caught between his love for Beth and his need for a stake to buy a ranch, finds himself holding four aces—but with empty pockets to back them up—when a friend's trouble forces him into a three-against-one brawl with the Colden boys. After proving his mettle in the fight, Rance gets an unexpected chance to ante up and play the hand that could change everything.

When a massive grass fire threatens to destroy everything during drought season, Long John Salt finds himself fighting the flames alongside the very rivals who've been pressuring him to sell his ranch—including the rustler's brother he just jailed and the land grabber Carl Shull who refuses his offer to share the precious water at Big Spring. As the inferno rages and unlikely allies join the battle, Salt discovers that desperation can reveal true character, and that sometimes the greatest threat comes from the man you least expect.

When a railroad shortage threatens to ship only one of two cattle herds out of town, Texas Ranger Tex Boone must untangle a web of rustling attacks and sabotage to discover which cattleman is behind the violence. Boone devises a clever nighttime scheme to expose the culprit—one whose greed and desperation are about to catch up with him.

When Shorty Shannon rides into the Rocky Mountain foothills, he gets far more than he bargained for—a hungry killer cougar with claws and fury to spare. Wounded and cornered, Shorty must use his wits and whatever he can scavenge from the wilderness to survive a desperate battle against one of nature's deadliest predators. It's a wild chase that tests whether a quick-thinking frontiersman can outmatch raw animal instinct.

Logan Sharp rides into Cougar City looking for shelter, only to find himself forced at gunpoint into the gang of Boot Brandon, the brutal crook who owns the town—and now has his sights set on the one person who's shown Sharp kindness, Nora Mayden. When the townspeople finally rise up against Brandon's reign of terror, Sharp must decide where his loyalties truly lie.