Six Gun Showdown

"I'm not dead." The voice mail rocks deputy sheriff Jax Crockett to his core. A year ago, Paige was murdered by the Moonlight Strangler. Yet his ex-wife just showed up at his ranch—out of options and out of time. There are only two reasons Paige would come back to Texas with a killer hot on her heels: Jax and their toddler son. Faking her death was the only way to keep them alive. But now it's Jax who's risking everything to protect his family. The cowboy lawman is also reawakening a powder keg of desire. A desire that's primed and ready to explode. Giving in will up the ante, igniting the embers of a love they may not live to claim.

The small town of Ballester owes its prosperity to the confluence of three big ranches-Snowshoe, Mexican Hat, and Rainbow. Its single lawman, Deputy Sheriff Percy Whittaker, known as Perc, didn't have to deal with much lawbreaking other than the occasional drunk on a Saturday night. Until a drifter named Sam Logan rode into town looking for work. The first problem came when a rider from the Snowshoe ranch provoked a gunfight with Logan, and lost. He was followed to the grave by another rider from the same ranch looking for revenge. Both killings were deemed self-defense, but it rattled the peaceful community. But when a preacher comes to town to save souls and starts by knocking out three cowboys, Perc starts to wonder if he's in over his head-or if Logan and the preacher might be working together.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about nearly five hundred twentieth-century writers of Western fiction, each featuring a biography, a bibliography, a signed critical essay, and, in some cases, comments from the author. Includes a title index.

When Meg Thornton becomes caught up in a bank raid, she is horrified to discover that one of the raiders is her brother, Clay, who has been on the run since killing the barman in their home town. Clay has fallen in with the notorious Pike gang, and Eli Pike will kill Meg if he finds out she was a witness to the raid. Can Clay extricate himself, and the girl he's fallen for, from the gang before Eli discovers there's a living witness to dispose of? As an added complication, Meg is engaged to Solace's deputy sheriff, Tom Walsh, who has no idea that Meg has a brother, let alone one who is a fugitive from the law. In a possible showdown, Meg could end up with a dead brother or a dead fianc? - or both.

What some reviewers have to say about Van Holt's writing:"Step aside Louis L'Amour, another great Western writer is here¿" --Heather"I had a feeling that Van Holt¿might actually be the successor to Zane Gray, a master Western storysmith, whose novels set the style of a generation." --Stern0"Van Holt is King of the Spaghetti Western¿" --Rarebird1SIX-GUN SHOWDOWNSOMEONE HAD KILLED SANDIE TURNER'S MOTHER AND HANDSOME, CHARMING CLAUDE BROWN HAD CONVINCED THE GIRL THAT THE KILLER WAS JIM DEXTER.Sandie was watching him with terror in her eyes. "You just came from Colorado, didn't you? You could have done it.""Jesus Christ!" Dexter said, getting to his feet. He threw a dollar on the counter and headed for the door. A dollar was too much for the coffee but he did not wait for the change. He had a lying skunk to kill."Claude is the only one who knows where my mother is!" Sandie yelled after him. "I'll never forgive you if you kill him!""I'll never forgive myself if I don't kill him!" Dexter said and went on out.WARNING: Reading a Van Holt western may make you want to get on a horse and hunt some bad guys down in the Old West. Of course, the easiest and most enjoyable way to do it is vicariously-by reading another Van Holt western.Van Holt writes westerns the way they were meant to be written.