book cover of To Hell And Back
 

To Hell And Back

(2023)
(The first book in the Jed & Jodi: Desperados series)
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Jed Coal and John Noland run south, deserting from Quantrill’s Raiders before the end of the Civil War. As they flee Bloody Kansas, everybody from Confederate supporters to the Union Army and finally the United States Marshals give chase. Jessy and Frank James are among their compatriots as were the Younger Brothers.

Jodi Goodnight, the niece of the famous Texan rancher, Charles Goodnight finds herself on the wrong side of the law almost by accident. Had the man she pistol-whipped not been a sheriff; she would still be back in Waco, Texas. When she and Jed meet, fireworks go off, and she is drawn to this strange, quiet man — though he hardly gives her the time of day.
Jed Coal was a sniper for Quantrill��s Raiders. His rifle skills drew Capt. Quantrill’s attention and he immediately enlisted him into his Black Flag regiment along with Frank James and the Younger brothers. No one asked him if he wanted to join. As a Confederate soldier, he went where ordered.

John Noland was an enslaved person owned by Mr. Francis Asbury Noland and was on loan to Capt. Quantrill due to his scouting and hunting skills. William Quantrill was said never to travel without him and was considered irreplaceable. The captain matches him with Cpl. Coal as a sniper team for the duration of the war on the Kansas and Missouri border.
Three worlds collide, and the heavens align, and sparks fly, calling demons from the depths of hell. They turn to crime with little choice of their own — perhaps just because they can. They know they have no future, so they live every minute of every day. With every passing hour, they all three know they come closer to the grave. All they ask is they die with their boots on and guns blazing.


Genre: Western

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