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Title: Billy Ray and the Good News

Author: Frank Roderus

Narrator: Cameron Beierle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-16

Publisher: Books in Motion

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Billy Ray works hard all week to play even harder on payday - Saturday night. Whiskey, women, gambling, and a good fistfight are all Billy Ray thinks a man needs. That is until a keen-eyed little man faces him down with something greater than his fists or his guns. In that moment Billy's life changes forever, and he wants to share his discovery. Only how can he explain what he himself doesn't entirely understand? Saddle up for the hard-knock ride Billy takes that changes his life - and the entire town.

Members Reviews:

Great story! Needs a mild OCR polish.

I didn't have to pay anything for this book, but I have to say that if I had paid, it still would have been worth it. The book was well-written and interesting. Billy Ray was a really likable guy, and I found myself rooting for him.

There is not much more I can say except it was an excellent, entertaining story, and I am glad I got to read it. I am actually going to buy the sequel, mainly because I like the main character so much.

I only have one criticism, and it is not about the writing or the writing style. For some reason I don't know, this story was digitized off of an OCR. The telltale signs are words like "dam" that should be "darn." There were a couple of sentences that were hard to decipher. This is a disappointment because the author himself has done such a great job of avoiding the "amateur" mistakes that most "free" Kindle books have. I have seen so many books rushed to publication without a good editor -- or even an edit.

I have no problem with the author using an OCR if he had lost the digital copy of the manuscript, but read through it and get rid of these distracting errors. You are way too good of a writer to let those mistakes damage the quality of your selection.

I originally was going to give this only four stars because of the OCR thing, but on second thought, I am giving it five anyway. Maybe by doing that, more stories like this will come along.

The Transformation

One neat thing about this book is the way the author develops the character of Billy Ray to the point where we understand how he feels, what he is thinking and the accent in his voice--a likable, modest, simple and hard-working young man living in an isolated small mining town. Other interesting features are the details of the inner workings and dangers of mining ore, back in the old days, thousands of feet underground. It's a good story about Billy Ray who is a typical miner, living in the humble worker's quarters, paycheck to paycheck, weekend to weekend, spending Saturday night in town carousing with his miner buddies, until a transformation takes place which upsets his relationships. There is more, but I won't give away the excellent plot that moves along nicely to a satisfactory conclusion.

Redemption

Billy Ray just wants to have a good time. Heâs a miner who works to play. A night of drinking too much and visiting the ladies at Miss Charlotteâs house is his idea of a perfect evening. That is until he meets the preacher. What follows is a story of redemption.

I donât ordinarily read Westernâs but was intrigued by the description. It sounded a bit like the old TV show, Gun Smoke, but with a major twist. I wasnât disappointed. This story isnât filled with shootouts and cattle rustling, itâs about the human condition. Well done and fun to read.

THIS FEELS GOOD!

Billy Ray is someone you just want to meet in person.