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Prodigal Gun

Click here Kathleen Rice Adams can write - as witnessed by (no, not as an owlhoot) her years of journalistic (columns and investigative reporting), short story, ghosting and now her debut novel Prodigal Gun.  Having read several of her short stories published in anthologies, I can attest to the best of the west (especially Texas) she puts into her work. 
            Prodigal Gun relates not only a western story of the proverbial range war, but the best of the west romance and twists that you don’t see coming until they have passed you by. 

“He kicked the door shut and backed against the wall.  With a halfhearted flick of his fingers, he knocked up the black hat’s wide brim…
            …and Jessie stared into the face of a ghost.
            Her heart skidded to a stop.”


In that instant, 16 years fell away as Jessie Caine recognized a man she had thought was long dead.  Through the pages of this well-written western, Kathleen Rice Adams tells a love story surrounded by a range war and hidden secrets that are sure to explode in gunfire or heartbreak, or both.  Jessie, widow of Will, one brother and in love with Mason, the other allegedly long dead brother, has fought to keep the family ranch.  She shows a strength that we don’t see in many women in western stories.  She had started a new breed of cow, then has to take care of a wounded Mason. Her feminine side is revealed as the storyline proceeds in Kathleen’s description of the love that was re-building between Mason and Jessie. The range war of sheep men versus cowmen has all of the elements to shatter the lives on two ranches.  The plot turns and twists really surprise and keep the reader enchanted to the unanticipated end.
            Mason is a very conflicted man who can only be brought back to his rightful place through the love and understanding of Jessie.
            Be sure to read this superb story.  Kathleen Rice Adams will become your new go-to author.  She knows her history and can weave a tale beyond all expectations.
            Kathleen is a Texan, born and bred, living with her self-styled Hole in the Web Gang of rescued Chihuahuas, who keep her in line.  Her Texas roots (the good and the bad) are shown in her writing and her steadfast support of so many of her author friends.  You can read more of her stories in anthologies of short stories published by Prairie Rose Publications.