Jason Peares Historical Western

In 1875, outlaw gunfighter Jason Peares falls in love with Renée-Simone Fouché, the beautiful and seductive French woman, while on the run from deadly manhunters, professional cowboy detectives of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Eventually, he discovers she's part of an intricately woven plot to capture him and she alone holds a dangerous secret-proof that can either free him from outlaw life or get him killed. Heart-broken and betrayed, Jason evades Renée and her Pinkerton detectives and escapes into the rugged terrain of northern Arizona. But when he learns that roving slave traders have kidnapped Renée and dozens of other frontier folks, Jason must find a way to deal with the pain of betrayal and face the ultimate sacrifice. He must use the same deadly skills to save her that got him crossed with the law. But saving her from certain death means sacrificing his own freedom and facing a hangman's noose.

Jason Peares, known only as Jay, cleared his name of murder charges in a court of law, but he still leads the life of a man on the run, always looking over his shoulder for some bounty hunter with an old dodger, a troublemaker looking for a fight, or a gunslinger trying to build a reputation. Trusting no one had become a way of life. After finishing a cattle drive, Jay reluctantly accepts a job as peacekeeper in Bronco, Texas. Mr. Pritchett wants some squatters cleared off land he needs. But as Jay gets to know the squatters, especially Marabelle Hopkins, he starts to see that while Pritchett talked about peace, he was secretly waging a brutal and deadly war against the homesteaders. Jay had considered hanging up his guns and settling down to a peaceful "normal" life, but now he finds that two men stand in his way-a ruthless land and cattle baron and a deadly gunfighter named Slade who Jay once called a friend. This is an action-packed Old West story about the valiant struggle of the downtrodden and what can happen when people are willing to reach out to one another.

In 1880 New Mexico, Jason Peares, ex-outlaw gunfighter, hires on as a scout for the Buffalo Soldiers, the Black soldiers of the Ninth Cavalry, and becomes part of an effort to locate an important leader of the Apache Nation known only as Juh (pronounced "Hoe"). Jason begins to forge new friendships with several of the Buffalo Soldiers, but he is unaware of a conspiracy meant to sabotage a new peace treaty that would end the Indian wars of New Mexico forever. In an attempt to stop a massacre, Jason soon becomes involved in a three-sided war that pits him against deadly Apache warriors, ruthless Army renegade mercenaries, and the Buffalo Soldiers. This heavily researched historical western will give readers a realistic feel for the social structure and family life on the run of the Apache people. See how Army life really was for the Ninth Cavalry's Black soldiers on the New Mexico frontier during one of the hottest summers on record. Observe all sides of the military conflict-and the effects of political and economic policies of the era-through the eyes of Jason Peares, an ex-outlaw and half-Black, half-White gunfighter who roamed the southwest searching for his place in the diminishing frontier.

In 1882, three dangerous men declare war-the most accomplished manhunter in the history of the west, a vicious killer terrorizing the southwest, and Jason Peares, the ultimate gunfighter. Ten years ago as an outlaw, Jason Peares killed Marshal Gallagher's son, and the lawman swore to avenge his son's death. Now a settled farmer and family man, Jason accidentally crosses Gallagher's path again in an explosion of violence and death, bringing anguish to Jason's new family. Remembering the marshal's decade-old promise to shoot him on sight with no questions, Jason rides the trail to kill the man he believes has been hunting him for ten years. A long and deadly chase ensues, a battle of wits where the advantage repeatedly reverses and the hunter becomes the hunted. But the real reason Marshal Gallagher led his posse into Jason's town was to track down the Strange Scalpers, a band of murderous outlaws who killed Gallagher's wife in a botched bank robbery. Ultimately, Jason Peares and Marshal Gallagher must do the impossible-set aside their years-old hatred and join forces to prevent the Strange Scalpers from killing other innocent people. If they don't, neither will live long enough to settle their old score.