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Title: West of the Frio

Author: Jack R. Stanley

Narrator: Ben Tyler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-06-17

Publisher: Wrightbridge Press

Genres: Fiction, Westerns

Publisher's Summary:

After the Civil War: Young Texas Rangers Trace Lafon and partner Xavier Falcon are fighting a different war along the frontier of West Texas. The Apaches from Mexico raid up across the Rio Grande into Texas attacking homesteaders and settlers. The savages steal, rape, and murder farmers, ranchers, merchants and their families. All that stands between the onslaught of savage attacks and a peaceful life are the Rangers, renamed the Texas Mounted Rifles. The two privates help hold the frontier line west of the Frio River after Union troops pull out of Texas. Its a different kind of war against an enemy that knows no rules or limits.

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Title: Cimarron Frost, Bounty Hunter

Author: Mark Baugher

Narrator: Dr. Bill Brooks

Format: Unabridged

Length: 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-06-17

Publisher: Dusty Saddle Publishing Partnership

Genres: Fiction, Westerns

Publisher's Summary:

From best-selling western author Mark Baugher, writer of the five-time award-winning feature movie C-Bar, comes Cimarron Frost, Bounty Hunter. One of the most exciting western stories of the year...from one of the most exciting western authors of today.

Cimarron Frost was a no-good, worthless, sometimes-on-both-sides-of-the-law frontier man. He was often times a bounty man, and if something on the other side of the law looked profitable and easy, hell, he was game for that also. He took what he wanted, one way or another. Here is the head scratcher - it is impossible to hate him. I dare you to try and dislike Cimarron Frost.

Members Reviews:

Good read

Good short story, would have given 5 stars if it was a full length novel. Guess I'll have to check out the book on the character introduced at the end of the story.

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Title: Frontier Law

Subtitle: Frontier, Book 1

Author: Liam Mullen

Narrator: John E. Broussard

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-02-17

Publisher: Liam Mullen

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Westerns

Publisher's Summary:

Frontier Law follows the exploits of Texas Ranger Frank Sirocco when he rides into San Ysidro to investigate the murder of two colleagues. Up against a deadly band of killers, gunfighters and renegades, Sirocco will need all of his wits and guns to survive this one. Fortunately, help arrived from unexpected sources.

Members Reviews:

Exciting suspenseful listen

I really enjoyed this it really shows how hard life was back in the old days when there wasnt a lot of law and people taking the law into their own hands right or wrong. When the man with the most gunmen won and more or less took over the town with no one willing to take him on. The audio starts out with them killing the sheep and their owner from there it just goes downhill for the law that is until two rangers come up missing which brings more lawmen to town. Frank is a very smart man but he does make a few mistakes which gets him in hot water. Can he get out of the mess he is in and get some much needed help or will he be taking his last breath.

Mr. Broussard did a delightful job from his narration to the sound effects. His character voices were really good, you know who is talking and what emotion they are feeling. I dont usually like music and such but he did a wonderful job with them. It was pleasant and not over powering. There were no background noises, no volume changes, if any breaks were taken I could not tell. His male voices were strong, tough , his female ones were feminine. His performance was great making me buy into the story and giving me a highly believable listen. I look forward to listening to more of his work.

The cover is a little misleading making one think this might be a romance. There are some women characters which are a great addition to the book but there is no romance. This is a book based on a lawmen cleaning up a town and the trouble he gets into. It is very entertaining, pretty fast paced, exciting and suspenseful with gun fights, killers, outlaws. The characters are likable for the most part, no doubt you will be cheering for the law. This was short, sweet and to the point, a listen that I enjoyed very much. This is a book that the whole family can enjoy listening to for some family time.

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Title: Long Texan

Subtitle: A Western Duo

Author: William MacLeod Raine

Narrator: Chris Abell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Genres: Fiction, Westerns

Publisher's Summary:

Two thrilling Western stories set in Arizona, in which strong and silent cowboys use their wits to overcome bullies while avoiding gunplay as much as possible.

The first story, "Scalisi Claws Leather", is set in Arizona during the Prohibition era. The notorious Chicago gangster Pete Scalisi has come to the Bar BQ dude ranch to hide out for a while. He has only contempt for the hicks he encounters at the Bar BQ, but waitress Rose Dunn and top cowhand Jim Falconer show him a thing or two. Scalisi has some lessons to learn about Westerners, and he will have to learn them the hard way.

In the title story, "Long Texan", Boone Sibley arrives in Tough Nut, Arizona, just in time to save a small child that wanders into the line of fire in a shootout. But instead of getting a hero's welcome, saving the kid puts Sibley on the wrong side of Whip Quinn and his gang, who are used to doing as they please with no one standing against them. Quinn suggests that Tucson would be a better place for Sibley. But Sibley embodies the code of the West, and says he likes the climate and the people in Tough Nut, and that's where he plans to stay. But if that's what he wants, he has to first deal with Quinn framing him for stage robbery and murder.

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Title: The Fine Line

Author: J. W. Collins

Narrator: Philip Benoit

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-07-17

Publisher: Raging Bull Publishing

Genres: Fiction, Westerns

Publisher's Summary:

For Charles Wilson Merritt, one more bank job could be one job too far.

Former St. Louis City policeman Charles Wilson Merritt is now robbing banks with his cohort, Monty Pruegger. The plan was simple: just a couple of easy, small town jobs, where no one gets hurt, so they could obtain the money to buy their own saloon.

But plans have a way of changing.

When two prostitutes enter their lives with the power to love them or destroy them, things begin to change, making Charlie question what is right and wrong. After a robbery goes bad and two tellers are killed, the law is after them and closing in fast.

Charles and Monty decide to pull one more job before retiring from outlawry. Their sights are set on the gold and silver hills of New Mexico, unsettled Indian territory, and bands of Apache and Ute renegades that won't make the job easy.

Members Reviews:

Enjoying

"I was provided with this book in exchange for an honest review." - I enjoyed reading this very much. I was drawn into the characters and the action was swift and well paced. The plot was good and overall well worth the time spent in reading it. I would certainly recommend it

Good read

If you like westerns this is a good book to read. This one does a good job of showing how a man could be on both sides of the law.

Thin Line

Wonderful book. Charles and Monty are such awesome characters. J.W. Collins is a wonderful author.

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Title: Furnace Flat

Subtitle: A Western Duo

Author: Frank Bonham

Narrator: Traber Burns

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-01-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Genres: Fiction, Westerns

Publisher's Summary:

"Sergeant Forson's Dirty-Shirt Army" is set in Eastern Oregon, at a forgotten outpost left behind by the regular army during the War Between the States. Fort Haney is now home to a troop of 57 men, raw recruits in the Oregon Volunteer Cavalry, who care little about fighting except among themselves, in spite of the fact that they are surrounded by hostile Snake and Cayuse Indians just waiting for opportune moments to strike at farmers, ranchers, and stagecoaches. Their commanding officer plots strategy by retiring to his quarters, building model ships, and drinking whiskey. What alone can make a difference, perhaps, is Sergeant Ward Forson, previously trained in the regular army. When word comes that the daughter of the commanding officer is on her way by stagecoach, coming to Fort Haney, both Major King and Sergeant Forson know that an Indian attack is likely. It is up to Forson to ensure that these undisciplined recruits, who have been living almost like animals, will now pull together and meet their adversaries like true soldiers.

"Furnace Flat" is set in Death Valley. For 12 years now, Grady Ryan has worked in Borax mines, always with the idea to get a stake and strike off on his own to find a rich lode. He has done this several times in the past, but this time he has reason to expect to find a true bonanza. He is partnered with the elderly Mysterious Smith. Ryan is certain that Smith knows the location of a fabulous lode. And Ryan is right. But Smith knows they will be followed into the desert by ruthless claim jumpers. His reason for wanting Ryan along is to fight off the claim jumpers, not to share in a fortune with him. Maggie Conway, who operates a successful hash house in Furnace Flat, from which Grady and Smith are set to depart, is highly intuitive, and she tells Ryan that she is as sure as she has ever been that this time he will make his strike and find success at last. Intuitive she may be, but she's no fortune-teller.

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Title: The Teton Bunch

Subtitle: A Western Trio

Author: Les Savage Jr.

Narrator: Traber Burns

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-08-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Genres: Fiction, Westerns

Publisher's Summary:

Town of Twenty Triggers opens this new trio of short novels by Les Savage Jr., marking their first appearance in book form. He was known only as the Joker, a portly, chuckling man with a bland smile, a poker face, and an amazing ability to make a deck of cards perform any trick he desired. His traveling companion is Emmet Pierce, a Texan fast with his gun. When this duo arrives in the small ranching town of Benton, the Joker is ready to take it over and claim it for his own. He begins by winning ownership of the Palace, the largest gambling hall in town. The 20 guns of the title describe the gunslingers the Joker hires to enforce his hold on the town. The only thing the Joker overlooks in his fiendish plans is that Emmet Pierce is a man with a moral conscience.

The Pacific Railroad in Where Hell's Coyotes Howl wants to build their spur line from Santa Fe to Tucson, and they want the right of way through Apache Gap, the only passage through the Tanques Verdes. Otherwise they will have to lay about 200 extra miles of track around the northwest corner of the Verdes. The strong man in Tucson is Face Card Farrow, who has enough secret evidence against the wealthy and powerful to get his own way. When Face Card is murdered, it is discovered that most of his papers have gone missing. Amid all of this turmoil, matters are brought to the point of crisis when Laramie Drake, owner of the Double Deuces Ranch, saves teenage Midge Lawrence from a whipping by her court-appointed guardian, Eben Hazard. Although Laramie has no legal right to keep Midge with him, Midge wants to stay, a situation complicated by the fact that Midge becomes the focus of all the factions because she is believed to own the deed to Apache Gap.

In The Teton Bunch it is all a matter of following the money - 630 gold double eagles stolen in 1882. The daring robbery was perpetrated by the Teton Bunch, but afterward the gang was forced to break up and scatter. Gordie Hammer carried the money, but he didn't have it anymore when he was captured, tried, convicted, and sentenced. Now Hammer is a small rancher, but everyone, including Sheriff Victor Bondurant, believes Hammer has hidden the money and knows its whereabouts. Matters get worse when a number of gang members show up hoping to force Hammer to give them their share.

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Title: Jacob Jensen

Subtitle: Soul Collector, A Vigilante Justice, Western Adventure

Author: Lawrence Palmer

Narrator: Lawrence D. Palmer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-02-17

Publisher: LakeScansTech LLC

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Westerns

Publisher's Summary:

Law men team up with a government agent to expedite justice outside the law and against staggering odds. Having lost family in the process, the agent becomes a loner and then finds something to live for, in addition to revenge.

Members Reviews:

Jacob Jensen, "Soul Collector" WELL DONE

Where does Jacob Jensen rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

I have listened to many audio books over the years and this work ranks in the top tier.

What other book might you compare Jacob Jensen to and why?

The, "Soul Collector" is a western and can only be compared with other works of that genre. It is a great story and well written.

What about Lawrence D. Palmers performance did you like?

Mr.Palmer not only wrote this book, but he narrated it as well. And justifiably so, is the star of the production. His narration style is unique and uniform, breathing life into two dimensional characters making each one colorful and believable.

Who was the most memorable character of Jacob Jensen and why?

For me I liked the, "Sheriff" most of all. When Mr. Palmer narrated the dialog for the Sheriff I could actually imagine seeing him speaking in my mind's eye. And I think the Sheriff had the best lines.

Any additional comments?

Only one comment for Mr. Palmer. I am waiting for the next one!

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Title: Across the Río Bravo

Author: R. W. Stone

Narrator: Chris Abell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Genres: Fiction, Westerns

Publisher's Summary:

Retired US Army sergeant Thaddeus McCallum joins the Pinkerton Detective Agency, where he makes enough money to purchase the ranch he's always wanted.

But just as McCallum begins to settle in to his new life, he receives an urgent letter from a former comrade in arms, whose son Jeff has gone missing. Despite his age and the aches and pains that go with it, Thad decides that he owes it to the man to help. Pedro Peralta, who ordinarily would be left behind to manage the ranch, insists on accompanying Thad on his journey.

The men soon learn that Columbus, New Mexico, was the site of an attack by Pancho Villa and his army of revolutionaries, and young Jeff has been taken prisoner. As they pursue Jeff into the wastelands of northern Mexico, Thad and Pedro must overcome an entire army to save him.

Members Reviews:

Four Stars

I liked this book but not as much as Badman's Pass this author wrote.

AmerIcan history at its best.

Extremely well written,easy read. Story follows American history of the old west but in the early 1900's. Learned much about specific individuals from the past that was unknown to me especially certain military leaders. I would recommend this novel to all who have an interest in American history and the old west.

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Title: The Brothers Reno

Author: Jesse Lee Vint

Narrator: Jesse Lee Vint

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-26-17

Publisher: Wolf's Eye

Genres: Fiction, Westerns

Publisher's Summary:

The Reno brothers were well known by the North and South during America's Civil War as daring, fearless, inventive, and cagey guerilla fighters. After the war, however, they felt useless. It wasn't long before the Reno brothers decided to reignite their fame by making world history and robbing the first peace-time train. From there they proceeded to baffle authorities with their ingenuity. There was nothing left for Indiana to do but call in the legendary Allan Pinkerton, America's greatest detective.

Pinkerton said, "I could always recognize a Reno job - if I couldn't figure how it was done - then I knew who had done it. That was the signature of the Reno brothers!"

Humor! Heart! History! These are the three words that define this fast-paced book of historical fiction. The turbulent relationship they had with one another, plus their inept romantic adventures take the listener on a wild ride while examining questions of crime and punishment in what some are calling "the first psychological western."

Members Reviews:

Never a dull moment.

I don't read as much as I should these days, but here's a novel that I burned through in no time at all.

The story begins in 1884, at the estate owned by Allan Pinkerton. As he throws a lavish soiree, âAmericaâs Greatest Detectiveâ is introduced to the daughter of his old friend, General George McClellan. Before long, Pinkerton finds himself recounting his pursuit of the Reno Gang nearly twenty years before.

After the Civil War, four brothers--Frank, John, Simeon and Bill Reno--are hanging around Southern Indiana. Theyâre bored, at loose ends, and they need money, so they decide to pull off the first peace-time train robbery in American history. (They robbed trains during the War, so why not now?) A stunt like that is a hard act to follow but the Renos manage. When brother John is captured and jailed, the others come up with the obvious solution: rob a bank and use the loot to buy his freedom. Their shenanigans soon backfire, however, as the Renos find themselves pursued not only by Allan Pinkerton, but also an army of murderous vigilantes.

Jesse Lee Vint has a writing style all his own as he tells the tale of an outlaw gang whose exploits pre-date those of Jesse James, the Dalton Gang and many more. He gives individual personalities not only to the four Renos, their friend Calamity Kate, and Pinkerton, but to the minor characters as well; no mean feat, considering how many there are. The authorâs use of violence is controlled, but the outbursts of mayhemâmuch of it courtesy of Frankâs three-bladed throwing-knifeâare truly memorable. The darker aspects of the story are relieved by just the right amount of comedy. Vint the Actor has delivered smart-aleck dialogue many times onscreen; Vint the Author carries his flair for real zingers over to the printed page as well.

Should readers learn their history from THE BROTHERS RENO? Probably not, but THAT base is neatly covered before the story even beginsâ

Jesse Lee Vint's next novel is WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR VS. KING HAROLD. I'm expecting great things from that book as well.

The Brothers Reno by Jesse Lee Vint

The American Civil War and its aftermath drew intense worldwide attention, leading to recorded history in great detail.