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When gambler Smoke Cavendish is attacked and robbed of his poker winnings, his assailants leave him to die in the desert. Determined to survive, he stumbles into Hell's Acres--a town of desolation--where the townsfolk are under the boot of Mark Tarlton and his ruthless gunhawks. There, Smoke meets beautiful Trixie Lee, but soon he clashes with Tarlton and finds himself gambling for the highest stakes--his life and the life of the woman he loves.

When rancher, bully and wife-beater Clayton T. Pallister is murdered, the tragedy has its compensations. For his wife, Rosie, the harsh years are over, the Rolling P ranch is hers and her young son looks forward to a life away from his powerful father's stifling rules. But then a young woman rides across the Bravo from Mexico and everything is thrown into disarray.

Four rangers had been gunned down. Now Buck Terrell made himself the prime target for the fifth grave!

"In the town of Rawton, a man's death coincides with John Probity's arrival. By the next day another person has died and Probity is in jail, accused of murder. Freed by the enigmatic town barber, Ulysses Court, Probity sets out to discover the truth. With the number of dead rising, Probity and Court witness the gunning-down of some Mexicans at the San Pedro River. Can they make their way to safety and stay one step ahead of the gun-toting outlaws?"--Page 4 of cover.

They were cousins, riding partners: Drifter, a white American, and Lopez -- half-Mexican, travelling the southern border trails of the USA. Their money-raising schemes were often shady, sharing the risks and rewards: like the time Drifter turned in his 'wanted' partner, Lopez, and later sprung him. However, things changed when loot, in the form of church treasures, came their way. Clashing with posses and renegades their lives were at risk. Could they ever gain a more settled way of life?

Jim Gatlin rode into Cedar Creek hunting the man who had framed him for a crime he didn't commit. Pinkerton agent Charlie Pine had located the real train robber, called Hood, but outlaws Hidalgo, Wilson and River were also after him for the fortune locked away in a safe at Hood's home. Why was Hood's location a dark secret - even in Cedar Creek? Why were Marshal Jax Silva and the two hard men, Green and Mundt, determined to keep it that way? Against overwhelming odds, Gatlin would have to face a bloody showdown and it would take all his skill and courage to unlock a truly shocking secret.

Clyde Manson, a high-flyer from New York, rides from the Mexican border to Sasabe, Arizona, to rob the bank. Riding with him is Hoss Kemp and the Mexican, Guerrero. However, Manson has his own agenda ... When they rob the bank, they leave Deputy Marshal Will Hawker shot dead, and escape across the arid Arizona deserts, chased by Marshal Slade Hawker and his posse. And during the final, bloody showdown, Deputy US Marshall Wyatt Earp makes his sinister presence felt.

When Slim Petersen overhears kidnap plans, involving the son of one of the Vargo boys, he fails to convince the brothers of the plot -- until there's an attempt upon his own life. Then, despite him working to thwart the kidnappers, it seems that the outlaws' plans are working. One Vargo dies and another is taken prisoner. Slim has help when he faces the renegades in a final, explosive showdown. Men die and he frees the prisoner -- but can he survive?

When ever-adventurous Robin Grayson hatches a plot to spend the summer cooking at the former homestead of her great-grandparents, the new owner - widower Craig Cameron - greets her unenthusiastically. Yet, for the sake of his two sons, he agrees to let the beautiful redhead stay on a trial basis.

Seth Claybourne, a defeated Confederate soldier with no reason to return home, decided to ride west. Crossing a desert he encountered a man who had been left for dead. Jeb Dawson was still alive, but when his attackers returned, Seth drove them off. Dawson, unfit to travel, wanted Seth to travel to Condor Peaks to validate his claim on valuable land. Vested interests wanted him dead. And being Dawson's proxy put Seth into the firing line ...

Mike Liddell, trouble-shooter for the wealthy New Mexico family the Beauclercs, has his hands full when his former partner betrays him.

When a trail was needed to supply the meat-starved North and East, Gregg Halmar, veteran of the Civil War, was chosen as trail blazer. Pushing through deserts and Indian territory meant facing a constant gamle with death. For a thousand miles, Halmar led the cattle to the North, fighting outlaws, Indians and nature. It was men like Halmar who turned the West into what it is today.

Jim Bales blames the Garnett outlaws for the disappearance of his brother Hector, a federal officer. But when he wounds Charlie Garnett, his errant cousin, he finds he's no nearer the truth, the wound having caused amnesia. However, sided by Charlie, Jim repeatedly clashes with the gang. They're forced to cross the Rio Grande to Mexico, where they learn what really happened. Then, facing the final lethal clash, Charlie - his mind restored - must decide between his outlaw partners and Jim ...

"Texas Rangers Frank Carson and Eddie Brand have been unsuccessfully hunting outlaw Lope Gamboa for some time, but their luck seems to change when they ride into Yuma. A consignment of US gold is to be transported along the Oxbow Route by Conestoga wagon and the Rangers are convinced that Gamboa will attempt to steal the precious metal. As all factions close in on the lumbering Conestoga wagon, the trail leads inexorably to the Gila desert ... and a bloody climax"--Page 4 of cover.

Ex-outlaw Bobbie Lee, daughter Cassie, and friend Will Blunt go in pursuit of a gang that has just killed his son and another young man.

Rafe and Seth Laramie were just trying to go home, but, mistakenly targeted by an angry posse, they are forced to flee a hail of bullets and hide out in the town of Greybull. There, the enigmatic Mort Sangster helps them to evade the posse. But all is not as it seems. The brothers follow Sangster to his cabin where outlaws, plotting an elaborate crime, invite them into the fold ... but what bloody battles lie ahead if they accept?

"The ghost town of Mender's Crossing was the ideal base for a gang of outlaws to operate from without interference. Then, a group of soldiers are killed defending a gold-train and the army calls upon special operator Steve Landers to investigate. Now, Landers must face not only the gang but land baron Hal Clegg, whose hired mercenaries are driving independent ranchers off their land. He will need nerves of steel if he is to succeed when he is so heavily outnumbered. Can he cheat the odds and win/"--Publisher.

"When Marshal Thornton Wilde takes delivery of two prisoners, one of whom is the son he hasn't seen for twenty years! Then, there is a jailbreak with Thornton and the town drunk in hot pursuit. Gradually a complicated plot unfolds involving a series of bank robberies and a Mexican peasant with lofty ambitions. Somebody is desperate to keep Wilde and the Texas Rangers away from El Paso, but it's there the amazing truth is revealed and justice meted out."--Publisher description.

In Silver Creek, it seemed that Dan Lawrence had been involved with two successive shooting deaths. So there was little wonder when he panicked and took off for parts unknown. His employer, Hector Morissey, had guaranteed Dan's appearance in court with $10,000, which he now stood to lose. Morissey's detective brother, Ed, went after Dan, risking his life against the bullets of Dan's outlaw associates. But Dan's final determination to do what was right made it all worthwhile.

Donny Fletcher, a captain in the United States Army, was facing execution, and he was forced to become a fugitive while trying to prove his innocence. He joined up with Quantrell's gang of bloody bushwhackers, but when Quantrell's campaign into Lawrence, Kansas, turned into a hideous massacre, Donny knew it was time to make what could be his last decision. Ace D-39 FRANK GRUBER Quantrell's Raiders (1953; listed as an "ACE original") and Ace D-39b FRANK GRUBER Rebel Road (original title: Outlaw; 1953; listed as "complete and unabridged")