Christmas in the lone star state
Ten days before Christmas, Texas Ranger Bill Sayles arrives at the state prison in Huntsville, Texas, to escort prisoner Jake Eddings to the funeral of his 10-year-old son. Eddings has been sentenced to 15 years for his part in a stagecoach holdup in which the driver was shot and killed-a desperate scheme to save his farm that has instead torn his family apart. With 13 years left to serve, he feels hopeless about ever reuniting with his wife and getting his life back. On their way back to prison, they stumble across the crime scene of Mal and Lute Litchfield, brothers who fled England as wanted men, brothers without mercy or morals who have left a trail of violence in their wake. Sayles and Eddings set out to stop these outlaws before they can hurt anyone else-and with any luck, make it home before Christmas.
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Texas Rangers > Fiction. Prisoners > Fiction. Texas > Fiction. |
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Western fiction. Christmas fiction. Historical fiction. Fiction. |
- ISBN: 9781250091161
- Physical Description 263 pages ; 18 cm.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2016.
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Christmas in the Lone Star State : A Texas Novel of the West
Jason Manning's authentic take on the American West has earned him legions of fans. Now he's back with a brand-new Western set in the rough-and-tumble Texas frontier. 'Tis the season. . . A LAWMAN PAST HIS PRIME Texas Ranger Bill Sayles rode scout for Sam Houston when he was no more than fifteen. These days the lawman's on the wrong side of three score years, and the glory days of the Rangers are on the wane. But Sayles still hits what he aims at and is not a man to cross. Ten days before Christmas in the harsh winter of 1876, Sayles arrives at the state prison in Huntsville to escort prisoner Jake Eddings on a furlough to his hometown, where his ten-year-old son is being laid to rest. A PRISONER PAST ALL HOPE In a desperate scheme to save his farm, Eddings took part in a stagecoach holdup in which the driver was killed. After serving two years of a fifteen-year sentence, he is already a broken man. Despite the agony of regret, he longs to see his wife and bury his beloved boy. But when Sayles gets wind that the murderous Litchfield brothers are headed in the direction of Eddings' farm, the Ranger and his prisoner join forces to keep Eddings' wife from harm--and maybe grab a last shot at redemption.