NEW! THE GUNS OF JAKE YOUNGBLOOD - A Youngblood Novel
In 1869, soon after his 20th birthday, Jake Youngblood became the richest orphan in the Commonwealth of Virginia, inheriting the state’s largest horse ranch. He had lost his father, killed in a St. Louis bank robbery, and soon after, lost his mother to typhoid fever, sending Jake into a deep depression that took over a year to pull out of. What remained was a smoldering anger that drove him to vow vengeance for his father’s death.
Jake had two pistols custom made by Virginia’s finest gunsmith and a double holstered gun belt crafted by a well-known leathersmith. He honed his skills with his guns daily, practicing with both hands, until he was deadly accurate and extremely fast on the draw. Then Jake took his black Arabian stallion, Midnight, and headed west seeking his father’s killer.
Along the way he made friends with a Louisiana prospector, a veteran wagon master leading a large wagon train to California, a rich rancher’s son, and two women who would play a significant role in Jake’s time away from Virginia. One, the beautiful, headstrong, Annabelle Brown, was intent on making Jake her husband. The other, the saloon-smart and equally beautiful barmaid Molly O’Malley, was seemingly only interested in Jake’s friendship.
How this unusual love triangle plays out, as Jake seeks his revenge, is the heart of Jake’s story.
