TEMPERANCE
TEMPERANCE TRILOGY BOOK I
Beckett, an ex-cowboy turned mountain man, is no hero. He doesn’t even carry a gun. The Northern Idaho Territory gold rush has not only brought settlers and miners to his mountain, it’s also brought outlaws and killers and he wants no part of it.
On his bi-yearly supply trip to Temperance, Beckett witnesses a local miner horrifically gunned down by a sheriff’s deputy—an ex-gunfighter named Cincinnati. He comes to find that a ruthless businessman has appointed himself sheriff and is holding the town captive, acquiring their gold claims along the Coeur d’Alene river.
At an old friend's way station outside of town, Beckett meets and is instantly captivated by Abby, a sharp-tongued young woman who is a master with her dual revolvers. After an attack by Deputy Cincinnati, Abby and her father convince Beckett to help them fight back.
Armed only with his wits, his strength and his Bowie knife, Beckett returns to Temperance to take down the sheriff and his gunfighter deputy.
Publisher: Tortuga Creative Group, LLC
Paperback ISBN: 1495305120
Kindle ASIN: B001I13CHL8
Print Length: 215 pages
Genres: Western, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
© 2014
A THOUSAND YESTERDAYS
TEMPERANCE TRILOGY BOOK II
Mere hours after his confrontation with Sheriff Cain and Deputy Cincinnati, Beckett fights off yet another vicious attack with the help of a shotgun-toting friend. When word comes that another one of Cain’s sons —one of the meanest killers alive—may be on his trail, Beckett agrees to partner up with his new acquaintance on his journey to Colorado.
Meanwhile, Zebediah Cain stands over his father’s corpse struggling to keep his rage under control. He’s been told a mountain man is responsible for the death of his father, his brothers and his best friend. Zebediah decides to send his right-hand man—a gunman and tracker called Robarge—after the killer with instructions to bring him back alive.
With his body battered and broken, Beckett drags himself over a thousand miles to Durango only to face off against one of the deadliest men he has ever encountered.
Publisher: Tortuga Creative Group, LLC
Paperback ISBN: 1514602148
Kindle ASIN: B012LMU4XM
Print Length: 321 pages
Genres: Western, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
© 2015
ACES HIGH
A GUNFIGHTER CINCINNATI SHORT STORY
A card game turns bloody when a bounty killer called Cincinnati confronts three fugitives in a small North Idaho mining camp.
Publisher: Tortuga Creative Group, LLC
Kindle ASIN: B00YQ4VU0K
Genres: Western, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
© 2015
Embrey Denman is a desperate man. After a harrowing journey across Montana Territory with his family, he makes a hasty stop in a depraved mining town in search of protection and turns to the first and only qualified man for the job—a gunfighter called Cincinnati. Three thousand dollars and a handshake later, Embrey and his family are back on the road to Missoula led by a man who he will soon discover is one of the deadliest alive.
During their first stop, Embrey’s daughter—a beautiful and intelligent young woman named Lizzy—begins to admire their new gun-toting guardian and quickly realizes he could be her ticket to a new life. When she witnesses Cincinnati gun down a group of outlaws in a bloodbath, the incident doesn’t diminish her desire for the gunfighter—it only intensifies it.
As he travels a long and dangerous road full of road agents and killers, Embrey can’t decide if he’s bought his own private savior or made a deal with the devil.
Publisher: Tortuga Creative Group, LLC
Paperback ISBN: 978-1523664443
Kindle ASIN: B01BGAAUI4
Print Length: 258 pages
Genres: Western, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
© 2016
THE GUNFIGHTER
CINCINNATI
© 2014-2017 Matt Prescott
OUTLAW’S REVENGE
A SHORT STORY OF THE WILD NORTHWEST
Sheriff Pat Murphy has had a big day. After years of searching, he's finally locked up Cole Browning—one of the deadliest outlaws in the West. While celebrating his victory with his lovely wife, Pat is unaware that Browning has escaped and sits with gun in hand, waiting for his revenge.
Publisher: Tortuga Creative Group, LLC
Kindle ASIN: B00WVUXCW0
Genres: Western, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
© 2015
THE DEVIL RIDES ALONE
TEMPERANCE TRILOGY BOOK III
Fully healed from his wounds, Beckett sets out on a quest to find the gunfighter that threatened to kill the people he cares about most. One by one he and his bounty hunter partner track down the dangerous gunfighter’s men and extract information by any means necessary. Quickly they realize their path leads back to Idaho Territory and the town of Temperance where it all began.
Meanwhile, a mysterious stranger arrives in Coeur d’Alene City and boards a steamship bound for Temperance. With a Colt on his hip and a picture of Beckett in his pocket, the stranger embarks on his own journey to confront a man he hasn’t seen in over a decade.
When Beckett discovers his worst fears may have come true, he prepares for the last battle he may ever fight in the explosive conclusion to the epic Temperance Trilogy.
Publisher: Tortuga Creative Group, LLC
Paperback ISBN: 1544258097
Kindle ASIN: B06XW22LXB
Print Length: 410 pages
Genres: Western, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
© 2017