Rawhide Jezebel

Cort Martin

Bolt Книга 24 · Speaking Volumes

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BOLT WAS A WANTED MAN... WANTED BY HIS FAMILY, THE LAW—AND BY A WHOLE LOT OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN!

Bolt suddenly finds himself in competition with a tough rawhide Jezebel named Jessie Belle when the madame buys up the land next to the Rocking Bar Ranch and builds a whorehouse called The Proud Peacock. From the start, Bolt suspects some wrongdoing, but can't prove anything until a pretty young woman named Clarissa shows up looking for her missing brother. She and Bolt exchange more than ideas as they get to know the intimate details of each other's lives. After a long discussion about the ins and outs of the whorehouse situation, Bolt decides to come to the aid of a fair lady in distress...

But Bolt discovers more than he bargained for when he uncovers an illegal slave ring operating from Jessie Belle's house. Jessie doesn't want Bolt to stop her profitable sideline and opens up a less than neighborly argument with the gunman. After a few rounds he proves just who is boss in the territory. After all, no one pumps hot lead better or faster than Bolt!

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Cort Martin (Jory Sherman) began his literary career as a poet in San Francisco’s famed North Beach in the late 1950s, during the heyday of the Beat Generation. His poetry and short stories were widely published in literary journals when he began writing commercial fiction. He has won numerous awards for his poetry and prose and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in Letters for his novel, Grass Kingdom. He won a Spur Award from Western Writers of America for The Medicine Horn. He has also won a number of awards from the Missouri Writers Guild, and other organizations. Cort is a life member of Missouri Writers Guild and Ozarks Writers League. He is the current recipient of the highest award presented by Western Writers of America, the Owen Wister Award, granted for lifetime achievement. Cort Martin is the Pen name for author Jory Sherman