Cover of The Last Renegade

The Last Renegade

Jo Goodman · Bitter Springs #1

361 pageshistorical romance
(947)Steamy

A secretive gunslinger rides into a widow's Wyoming town — and into her bed — to honour a dead man's last wish.

Content Warnings
violence/goredeath of loved one

Description

A stunning western historical romance from USA Today bestselling author Jo Goodman, one of today's “premier western romance writers.”*As the owner of the Pennyroyal Saloon and Hotel, Lorraine Berry is privy to almost everything that goes on in Bitter Springs, Wyoming—including the bloodshed plaguing its citizens. With all of the good men dying at the hands of a local rancher and his three sons, Raine hires a shootist to be the town’s protector. But her handsome new employee is more than a hired hand; he’s a man who keeps his guns close and his secrets closer. After a chance encounter on a train, Kellen Coltrane travels to the Pennyroyal to carry out a dying man’s last wish. But once he meets the hotel’s fiery-haired proprietor, Coltrane finds himself assuming the role of the shootist’s accomplice and agrees to protect Bitter Springs. And as he learns more about Raine’s own tragedy, Coltrane can’t deny his growing desire for the courageous widow, or the urge to protect her from the threat that draws near...

Bitter Springs series

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