Randolph Willard

The Grass Widow Randolph Willard

Historical fiction set in frontier Texas during Reconstruction. A boy and his pup are taken under the wings of a Texas Ranger Troop. A woman searches for the father of her son and discovers love and fortune in a savage land. A mean spirited girl finds love where it is least expected. A dead-eye sharpshooter sets his sights on a peace officer. A stout-hearted husband is as lonely as his wife is beautiful. Rangers ride long, ride hard and ride fast while confronting death at every turn. Then there is the horrendous crime that renders asunder all who learns of its depravity. Blanco Hawk has crossed the border from Mexico into Southwest Texas with a raiding party of over a hundred Comanche, Kiowa and Plains Apache. Confederate Marauder Moonie Ponds has joined forces with the Comancheros to raid, sack, kill, burn, rape, and plunder lightly defended populations. Long Riders are drifting in from the war ravished south to rob banks, trains and freight offices. Innocent men, women and children die at their hands. Fast guns have found killing for hire a lucrative occupation. A slave overlord is taking kidnapped girls south of the border for sell into bondage. All that stands in their way is fifteen Texas Rangers, a nameless bastard, a ranch wife and a Whippet.