The Law in Charity - Paperback

by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Author)

The frontier town of Charity is growing larger-and more lawless. Enter Jason Russell, a new kind of Sheriff. Texas Territories, 1848. At the edge of the mountains, in what will someday become Colorado, the frontier community of Charity needs someone to bring law and order. When the Town Council hires a sheriff, they make a surprising choice. Jason Everard Nicholas Russell is a horse lover, a world traveler, a former Bow Street Runner, and the illegitimate son of an English lord. He has learned the hard way about the horror and futility of violence. Though skilled with a gun, his preferred weapons are a baton and his wits. When a gang of murderous outlaws terrorizes the town, Russell's peace-loving way

Author Biography

Award-winning author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro has published more than ninety books in many genres, including Westerns. She is best known for the acclaimed St. Germain cycle of vampire novels, the first of which, Hotel Transylvania, was named by the Horror Writers Association as one of the six most significant vampire novels of the twentieth century. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area in a home ruled by two cats. Visit her website at www.chelseaquinnyarbro.net.