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I was headed upstate to spend an entire week with my new love. Not having much money, I rented the cheapest vehicle I could find. Adhering to Murphy's Law—whatever can go wrong, will go wrong—the car stops running only a few miles from my destination. After standing in the rain and cold for what seemed a hundred years, an old woman in an old and ominous car stops to offer me a ride. Initially treating me like royalty,later that night I would discover that I was exactly what my benefactor had been looking for. Things go nowhere but downhill from there.

For her eighth birthday, Marie receives an ornament in the form of a necklace. This gift has lain untouched for over a hundred years and left to her by her long deceased great, great, great grandmother. That grandmother is none other than Marie Laveau, the voodoo queen of New Orleans. As the years pass, Marie come to realize the ornament is not only an amulet, but a talisman as well. It has great power. In possession of the ornament, one can not only heal the sick, make the poor wealthy, but raise the dead as well. Excerpt from book: "Try again," Lizabeth whispered, her voice trembling. ...

NOT LONG AGO HE WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON FOR A CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT. Since that release, Mark Robichaud has seen that justice was served not only to those responsible, but to several others. By now he has dealt with so many bad men that he has a burning desire to draw outlaw blood. Becoming a manhunter will afford him that opportunity.In the first book of the “Dead Man Out of Yuma, Series Two: Manhunter,” Mark Robichaud is leaving Mexico with two of the three outlaws he came down here to capture. According to his prisoners, the third member of their party, a gunslinger by the name of...

Although gun smoke-filled, this is the humorous story of J. T. Bonner, an aging gunman and good ole boy who runs a one-man detective agency out of Tucson. He's more of a bounty hunter with highly developed investigation skills along with a fast gun. As far as everyone who has ever heard of him is concerned, he's the fastest gunman in the West. So far, no one has lived to dispute that theory. The past-his-prime quick-draw artist is going to need all his skills now that he's received a cryptic telegram and a lot of money from the mayor of Angel's Crossing. According to the mayor, his town is ...

Gunslinger Joe “Mad Dog” Murray and his partner shoot Stone’s horse out from under him. Murray’s partner turns back to see if they also killed Stone. That was a mistake on the gunman’s part; his last mistake. Murray might be an outlaw, but he’s not that dumb. He continues to run. Stone is now afoot but by sheer luck, he catches a stage traveling in the same direction as the fugitive. Once Murray is in custody Stone takes him to the nearest sheriff but the lawman doesn’t have a jail. Chaining Murray for the night, Stone takes care of a local problem. The next day, after a long ...

Robichaud has survived every hired killer, and outlaw John Stout has hired to go after him. When Stout gets the opportunity to have two killers who happen to be brothers and who look almost exactly alike go after the deputy sheriff at the same time, he doesn’t pass up the opportunity. The fact that the gunslingers are dead ringers just sweetens the deal. That should confuse their target. Stout can't wait to see how this plays out. This series of stories from Jeff Breland is an addition to the great western adventure genre in the tradition of Peter Brandvold, Ralph Cotton. Follow Robichaud...

Vendetta: A different kind of murder for hire story. Both the husband and the wife intend to kill the other. Unknowingly, the wife hires the same hitman as the husband. Once becoming aware of that fact, she is left with no option but to take matters into her own hands. Nothing but pure bedlam follows. Blood Diamonds: Ross Morgan has just brought a cache of undocumented diamonds across the Mexican border. Taking the less traveled route across the Arizona desert, he’s enjoying a scenic trip along a desolate road when his front tire blows. Faced with having to change the tire, he steps out ...

Brock has never been suspected of the murders he's committed—until now. This time he's left a victim alive. After accepting the hospitality of a benevolent biker, he leaves the man's girlfriend's naked and mutilated body hanging in the garage. Before he makes the last and fatal swipe with his knife he's interrupted by the arrival of the man's friend, another biker. After beating the new arrival into unconsciousness, he figures he's out of time. Taking the man's motorcycle he flees back to south Florida unaware someone from Key West is breathing down his back.

Prison Wagon: Gunslinger Joe “Mad Dog” Murray and his partner shoot Stone’s horse out from under him. Murray’s partner backtracks to see if they also killed Stone. That was a mistake on the owlhoot’s part; his last mistake. Murray might be an outlaw, but he’s not that dumb. He continues to run. Stone is now afoot but by sheer luck he catches a stage traveling in the same direction as the fugitive. Once Murray is in custody Stone takes him to the nearest town which doesn’t have a jail. Chaining Murray for the night, Stone takes care of a local problem. The next day, after a ...

Now that the judge, the sheriff, and the prosecutor are dead, Mark Robichaud thought this would be over. Apparently not. Now someone is sending gunslingers to take back what they claim he has stolen from them—and then kill him. Robichaud is going to have his hands full just staying alive. His newly acquired job as a deputy sheriff might help. Follow Robichaud as he exacts his brand of justice in what was once the wild west frontier.

Baxley, a Tucson banker, is still sending killers after Robichaud. That will soon end if Mark Robichaud has his way. Whether he likes it or not, he's going to have to kill Baxley or die trying. In the meanwhile, life goes on and in his job as a deputy sheriff, Mark has his hands full of outlaws and gunslingers of a different ilk. Follow Robichaud as he exacts his brand of justice in what was once the wild west frontier

Mark Robichaud hadn't given a lot of thought to the people who were hired to work at Yuma Prison and then taken it upon themselves to make the inmates' lives a living hell. At least not until one of the sadistic ex-guards shows up in the city of Tucson while he is visiting. In addition to the fact the ex-guard is causing problems for his friend, Mark has a natural inclination to deal with the scum of the earth when given the opportunity. Now, he has been given the opportunity to deal with an animal they called "Salvo." Salvo won’t be bothering anyone else after tonight. Follow Robichaud ...

With the judge, the prosecutor, the sheriff, his deputies, and ever gunslick and gunslinger they had sent his way now dead, that included everyone he felt responsible for sending him to Yuma Prison. His revenge was complete. He hadn’t given much thought to the jury. He had merely assumed they had been deceived by the same dirty system. That was until they begin rearing their heads. For some reason, it seems one is intent on killing him. That’s another problem he’ll have to take care of.Follow Robichaud as he exacts his brand of justice in what was once the wild west frontier.

THE HANGMAN HAS COME TO TOWN and he is on the trail of four "dead men" who have temporarily eluded the noose by escaping from death row at Yuma Prison. He needs Robichaud's help. Although the hangman along with two Arizona Rangers will be going with him, the bounties on their heads will be going to Robichaud for his service. This could be a dangerous endeavor. Follow Robichaud as he exacts his brand of justice in what was once the wild west frontier.

One way to permanently eliminate an old lawman—after forcing him out of office in a crooked election—is to hang him.Special Deputy US Marshal and Bounty Hunter Jake Stone is about to clash head-on with a bunch of outlaws and gunslingers. This time, his old friend, Sheriff Harry Mills has lost a crooked election. In old west style, a bunch of owlhoots and desperadoes have stuffed the ballot boxes. Not only did they take away his badge, but the outlaw who stole his office is about to take away something even more valuable: the lawman’s life! They are about to put Harry’s neck in a ...

Stone is headed into the Rocky Mountains and to a mining camp to escort a federal prisoner back to Denver. Aboard the same train he notes a destitute mother and her five year old daughter. Hearing the child say she is hungry, Stone manages to obtain a little food from the brakeman who he happens to know from previous trips.. When all the passengers disembark at the their destination, he is surprised that the mother and child is going to the same destination as himself. There one problem. The woman's finance, who is to meet them at the station, is nowhere around. After seeing to it that the ...

Mark's old friend, Johnny, the black freighter wants Mark to accompany him on a trip to El Paso. Johnny's wagon is loaded with government-issued rifles bound for Fort Bliss. There's not an outlaw in the country who wouldn't like to get their hands on that load of cargo. When some finally do, the day is saved not by Robichaud but by someone he would least expect. Follow Robichaud as he exacts his brand of justice in what was once the wild west frontier.

Mark Robichaud is released from Yuma Prison after serving 5 years for a crime he did not commit.Having their own agenda, a callous judge, with the help of a crooked sheriff and prosecutor, sentenced him while knowing he was innocent. Ride along as Robichaud exacts his brand of justice in what was once the wild west frontier.That judge is now retired and living alone. What better opportunity for the hand of an avenging angel to swoop down and send him to his just reward? That avenging angel also intends to visit the sheriff and prosecutor.Some people want to rebuild their lives when they're ...

JakeStone begins this job from atop a stagecoach, posing as a shotgun messenger. Outlaws are robbing the Southern Colorado Stage and Freight Company of gold shipments. No one knows where or when they might strike. No one has a clue where they hide. This is driving the stage company to the brink of bankruptcy. Desperate, the owner wires Stone. Stone doesn't stay atop the stage long. Explaining why he is here to the tall, lanky, tobacco-chewing driver, he and the likeable old cuss formulate a plan.

As they ride towards Miller's Crossing where he hopes to find work, down on his luck cowboy Marty Crawford and his aging mount Old Bullet are near starving. Marty has eaten nothing but bread and jerky for the last several days and Old Bullet has eaten nothing but grass.Unbeknownst to Marty, a bank robbery is taking place as he nears Miller's Crossing. In a twisted turn of fate, he encounters the bank robbers as they are fleeing the scene of their crime. One shoots him as they gallop by in the opposite direction. The posse finds Marty wounded and only partially conscious and mistakes him for...