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The Blood-Bought Deed: Stories from The Straight Line Westerns

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by P M Charles

Ten years ago, Cal Rusk survived a frozen mountain camp because another man did not. Before Tom Pell died, he made Cal swear a promise: find his son, hand him the deed to a valley claim, and keep him alive long enough to dig the first posthole. Boone Pell is not easy to save. Reckless, angry, and more at home in a saloon fight than behind a plough, he wants no part of his dead father’s land. But cattle baron Walt Brigg has already fenced the valley, bought the law, and buried the truth under false paper. To keep his promise, Cal must drag Boone across hard country and into a fight neither man can walk away from. The Blood-Bought Deed is a classic Western collection of six linked short stories about land, loyalty, frontier justice, and the hard cost of keeping your word.

Publication date: June 10, 2026