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Book Review of Ralph Compton Navarro (Ralph Compton)

Ralph Compton Navarro (Ralph Compton)
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Ex-gunslinger Taos Tommy Navarro now works on the Bar-V ranch, but even though he's trying to forget his past others aren't willing to let him. Karla Vannorsell, the Bar-V owner's granddaughter comes to him in a time of need and he turns her away. Now she's gone missing, hunting for her man, a Mexican vaquero who she intended to marry, a man her grandfather thought beneath her, a man he sent away. Now Karla is out looking for him in a harsh and deadly desert ruled by ferocious Apaches.

Once more Peter Brandvold presents the reader with a fast moving tale that has a tough male lead and an equally tough heroine in Karla. It's her that will face the toughest challenge, the cruelest lesson as she discovers that love can mean killing the thing you cherish...

Navarro seems to find himself one-step behind Karla and her fate seems set when she's taken by a group of vicious slavers and imprisoned in an outlaw town. This presents Navarro with impossible odds, a challenge he's got to take on.

If you want an action packed book filled with a harsh landscape, savage men - and women, and brutal violence all combined in an exciting read then you can't let this slip by you.