Lipstick and Lead Series: The Complete Box Set With a Bonus Book by McDaniel Sylvia

Author:McDaniel, Sylvia [McDaniel, Sylvia]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Virtual Bookseller, LLC
Published: 2020-07-23T16:00:00+00:00

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The next morning, Ruby awakened to a quiet house. Annabelle was normally the first one out of bed. She’d collect the eggs and often have breakfast on the table by the time everyone had risen.

“Ruby,” Hannah said.

“You can sleep in,” Ruby said.

Hannah sat up in bed. “No, I need to talk to you.”

Ruby glanced over at the young girl, her auburn hair flowing around her shoulders. She looked so innocent and young. How she’d survived living in a brothel, Ruby could only guess. Now Hannah was free to choose her own life.

“Okay, what’s wrong?” Ruby asked, pulling her boots on.

“Nothing is wrong. I appreciate everything you’ve done for me, but I don’t think your sisters would approve of me being here if they knew I was a soiled dove.”

If Hannah went searching for another job in a saloon, taking risky chances with cowboys, then Ruby knew she’d be right. But Hannah had not chosen the life that was thrust upon her and Ruby’s sisters were open-minded enough they would do everything they could to help the girl.

“Well, Meg no longer lives here, and Annabelle is about the kindest person I know if you don’t say anything negative about her husband or her sisters. I can tell them if it will make you feel better, but they’re not going to care. They’re going to be glad we got you out of that saloon.”

Hannah sighed. “I just don’t want to upset them.”

Ruby placed her hands on her hips and stared at Hannah. “Meg tied her husband up naked in the middle of Main Street and left him. It’s going to take a lot to hurt their sensibilities. You just need to concentrate on you. No hurry. Just think about what you’re going to do with your life.”

Meg was a fiery redhead, and once she learned Hannah’s story, it would be a wonder she didn’t ride out and find the stepfather and turn him in herself. No, Ruby’s sisters would not care about Hannah’s past. They would be concentrating on her future.

Hannah smiled. “That’s the other thing I wanted to talk to you about. I want you to teach me how to shoot. I want to become a bounty hunter.”

Ruby stared at the young woman. “You’re not planning on going back to Hide Town, are you? You wouldn’t be thinking about revenge, would you?”

Returning to the ruthless outlaw town would be the worst thing Hannah could do. They would love the opportunity to kill her. They wanted her silenced.

“Not unless they cross my path,” Hannah said. “Then I could be tempted to kill my stepfather.”

“Hannah, I’ll do everything I can to train you to become a bounty hunter, but I can’t condone you going after someone to kill them. A good bounty hunter does not take the law into her own hands.”

“Isn’t that how you felt about Rivera?”

Ruby stopped as pain gripped her middle and squeezed her heart. The memory of her father’s killer was an ugly remembrance of agony that had almost cost Deke’s life was well as her father’s.

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