The Outlaws #14

Around 1860, two ambitious men—Sam Tetlow and Billy Skeantlebury—open the Bella Union, a gambling den in San Francisco built to fleece gold prospectors and climb toward power and wealth. When Sam falls for Lottie, a woman working the tables, complications arise: a desperate cowboy's violent claim on her wages, a murder charge, and the poison of greed that begins to turn the partners against each other. As Sam and Billy's ambitions collide, the Bella Union becomes a tinderbox where fortunes, loyalty, and lives hang in the balance.

When a young man known as "Trouble Huntin' Tim" arrives in Tannerville to avenge his uncle's death at the hands of bandits terrorizing the stagecoach route, he devises a dangerous plan to flush out the highwaymen by himself driving a coach laden with gold through Dark Canyon. What Tim doesn't know is that the conspiracy runs deeper than he suspected—and that Sally, his uncle's daughter, will risk everything to expose the truth before the trap springs shut.

The Tumbleweed Kid takes a job at the Goldtown Bank to earn money for a saddle he's set his heart on, but his first day goes sideways when an armed outlaw storms in demanding the gold shipment. When the situation turns desperate and a young woman's life hangs in the balance, the Kid must think fast and use his wits to turn the tables on the criminal before he makes off with the loot.

Dowd's reputation as a cunning rustler and merciless killer has made him untouchable—until a man he left for dead manages to survive long enough to name his attacker. When Dowd rides out expecting an easy score, he finds himself cornered by a posse waiting in Dry Gulch, and his years of evading justice finally catch up with him.

A slick con artist known as the Denver Dip works the crowd at the annual Denver Rodeo, spotting a well-heeled mark and orchestrating an elaborate pickpocketing scheme with her crew—all while Sheriff Waters watches from the sidelines. As the Dip closes in on what could be her biggest haul yet, her carefully laid plans hit an unexpected snag.