Determined to prove she can raise the best ranch horses in the West, Lee Morgan agrees to pit her prize coal-black stallion against a neighboring rancher's flashy bay steed in a race of endurance. As news of the match spreads, gamblers and gunslingers pour into the formerly sleepy 1870s town of Burnt Rock, Texas, creating a surge of lawlessness that threatens to turn the town upside down. Although Marshall Ben Flood relies on his quick draw to keep the peace, Lee wonders if she's made a terrible mistake . . .
Paul Bagdon, a lifelong horseman and former rodeo competitor, reflects his keen understanding of the horse/rider relationship in his writings. Twenty-seven of his action-adventure novels have been published in the general market, and he is the author of 250 short stories and articles. Bagdon is currently an instructor for Writer's Digest School and lives in Rochester, New York.
