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Jimmy Cochran thought that he had left his rough past behind him. But Ralph McCormick, the brother of the man he killed, didn’t forget… or forgive… so easily. Jimmy knows he should just hightail it out of town to avoid getting into trouble. That is until Ralph puts the woman he loves into danger…
Novella, approx. 25,000 words
Accolade:
5/5 Stars {Reviewed by Lynn}:
Have you ever been in the wrong place at the wrong time. Well this is exactly what happened to Jimmy Cochran. When a man robbed a bank and shot the banker, He took off leaven Jimmy holding the smoking gun so to speak. Fearing for his life he ran till he finally settled down and got a job on a ranch. With the death of the owner the ranch now became Jimmy’s except the crooked banker is about to take it all away from him. Though an accidental killing Jimmy is on the run again and ending up being in the right place maybe at the wrong time. Helping take a wagon train west he knows he should be getting out of town instead but when Adelaide the woman he loves is put in danger changes everything. Will Jimmy finally be able to settle down and quit being on the run. Will there be a future with Miss Adelaide?
This is a cleanly written story by a new author that I feel will go places. If you are looking for a fast afternoon or lunch hour read that is cleanly written without all the coarse language and the sexual encounters that seem to fill so many books today then you may want to give her books a try. If you liked “Payroll”, you will want to watch for book 2 in the Jimmy Cochran Series “Takeover.”
Amazon Reader Reviews:
Payroll (Jimmy Cochran Series) currently has a reader review rating of 4 stars. Read the reviews here.
An excerpt from Payroll (Jimmy Cochran Series):
The morning after his meeting with Ralph McCormick, Jimmy was still struggling with the choice that he had to make. He realized that he needed to do something to help clear his head and keep him focused. So he saddled up his mare and rode out a little ways from the town. He finally reached an area where everything was completely flat except for a shelf of rock protruding from the ground. “This looks as good a place as any,” Jimmy said to himself as he dismounted. He went to his saddle bags and withdrew several tin cans that once held preserves and threw them towards the rock shelf.
Jimmy had not even gone through a whole round of ammunition on his six-shooter before he heard the sound of an approaching horse. He turned and saw Adelaide O’Hara riding what could have been one of the finest paint horses that he had ever seen.
When Adelaide saw Jimmy, she reined in her horse and said “Well now, stranger, you’re pretty handy with those six shooters of yours.”
Jimmy grinned. “I have to be if I want to protect pretty ladies such as yourself, ma’am.”
“Is that a fact now?” And without even turning a hair, Adelaide dismounted from her horse, pulled Jimmy’s rifle from its place on his saddle, and emptied five clean shots in the cans which were some ways off.
Jimmy kept a poker face while watching the whole performance. And after she was done, he was silent for a good 5 seconds. At last he finally said “Your third shot went too far to the right. You almost missed the can.”
Adelaide seemed to consider this for a moment while staring at the can in question and replied “No. I do believe that your rifle is at fault, Mr. Cochran. It throws a trifle to the right.”
“Nonsense, Miss O’Hara. I had that rifle custom build back when I worked for your uncle. If it threw the bullet to the right, I would have caught that right away and had it fixed. I can assure you that it is a straight-shooter.”
Adelaide had that questioning look on her face again. “Is that so?”
“It is.”
“Well I guess I’m going to have to get to know it better before I make that call.”
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Great review, Lynn.
Russell Brooks
Author of Pandora’s Succession