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Cowboy and prison escapee Tap Andrews has learned that to stay alive he needs three things: a fast horse, a quick hand, and enough smarts to know when to get out of town! Which he has done. But now he tries to pass himself off as a respectable rancher. Meanwhile, Pepper Paige is sick and tired of the fighting and emptiness of her life as a dance-hall girl. And she's tired of fearing violent patron, Jordan Beckett. She gets a chance to escape when a woman injured in a stagecoach wreck dies in her room. She assumes the woman's identity and travels to meet the rancher the woman was going to marry and only knew through letters. What will happen when the pair meet?
Tap Andrews is fed up with his past. And he's sick and tired of fighting off every gun-toting bounty hunter who wants to make quick cash by dragging him back to Arizona. He knows he's innocent. And his fiancee Pepper Paige believes it. All he has to do is prove it. And Pepper's determined to follow him anywhere--until she hears he's headed to Denver. She can't return to Denver and face her past. Not for anyone. Even Tap. Not ever. So, Tap leaves, alone. Then Pepper is forced to go to Denver after all. What will happen when their paths collide? Can their new-found love and faith survive the startling revelations?
BOOK THREE of the CODE OF THE WEST series In only two weeks cowboy Tap Andrews will tip his hat and say "so long" to bachelorhood. That should be enough time to take care of business. Except . . . it's Tap. He has a knack for finding hassles and trouble behind every tumbleweed. A gang of rustlers invades his ranch. A missed bank payment comes due. A sniper takes potshots at him. And problems erupt at the local dance hall. He fears he'll miss the wedding altogether; his fiance might just be the biggest danger. For more Stephen Bly books and other titles by award-winning western writers please visit http://dustytrailbooks.com/
Married life isn't turning out quite the way Pepper planned. Just when she thought life settled down to a normal pace, she faced a rocky ride hitched to the unpredictable Tap Andrews. The ranch is gone. They've moved to Cheyenne. And Pepper hasn't been feeling very well. But at least Tap has a job as deputy that takes what he's got: integrity, nerves of steel, and a fast draw. Then suddenly he's appointed acting marshal in a town that has little regard for the law. He soon discovers how hard it is to hold off a vigilante crowd hungry for a lynching, control a wayward deputy who thinks he should be in charge, keep his pretty wife from worrying herself sicker, and uncover who's behind the trouble in Cheyenne. When the city council relieves Tap of his duties and Pepper of her worries, it's time to move on. But Tap can't let things go.
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BOOK SIX of the CODE OF THE WEST series. Now that Tap Andrews is a husband and father-to-be, he hankers for a quieter routine. Instead, his life resembles a ride down a sheer cliff on a bucking bronco - without a saddle. He's no longer an escaped fugitive. Or a Wyoming lawman backing down a riotous mob. Or a brand inspector dodging rustler ambushes. But he is a rancher and family man. Cattle graze in their living room. Indians camp in their yard. A notorious pack of outlaws plague them. A pair of inept bank robbers bumble around. And a pacifist family are violently forced off their homestead. Courage, faith and gun skills still needed. For more Stephen Bly books and other titles by award-winning western writers please visit http://dustytrailbooks.com