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Poisoned Dollars

Stuart G. Yates

Publisher: Next Chapter

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In the quiet Kansas town he now calls home, Byron James works as a school teacher, far removed from the bloodshed of his younger years. But peace is a fragile thing, and James’s past is riding hard on his trail.
 
Once a war hero turned cowboy, James made a single, tragic choice, which cost him a decade behind bars and marked him for death. When a former student turns outlaw and forces James into hiding stolen money, the threat turns personal—and deadly. With his wife’s life at stake and a relentless U.S. Marshal on his trail, James must walk a razor’s edge between justice and vengeance.
 
A gritty western set on the American frontier, POISONED DOLLARS is the first book in the Byron James Westerns series by Stuart G. Yates.
Available since: 05/10/2025.
Print length: 150 pages.

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