March 1, 2022
To avenge her father's murder, Willa Malone is going to bring Charlie Bangs to justice. Not only will seeing the notorious outlaw pay for his crime give some measure of peace to Willa and her two sisters, but the bounty on Bangs' head will help Willa hold onto the family's homestead. While Willa can ride and shoot better than many men in the Oklahoma Territory, she will still need help in tracking Bangs down. Hiring Gideon Hartley, therefore, seems like a good idea. The problem is that Gideon not only isn't interested in helping Willa, he currently spends most of his days and all of his nights drinking away his troubles. Can Willa find a way to convince Gideon to not only take the job but also to give up the bottle? A heroine with grit and gumption to spare and a realistically flawed hero battling past demons anchor the plot of Goodnight's compelling historical romance, a tale that thoughtfully explores the themes of faith and forgiveness while never glossing over the challenges and dangers inherent to life in the nineteenth-century American West.
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