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Prodigal Gun

Kathleen Rice Adams (Goodreads Author)

4.45 · Rating details · 42 ratings · 28 reviews

Rancher Jessie Caine buried her heart with the childhood sweetheart Yankees killed on a distant battlefield. Sixteen years later, as a Texas range war looms and hired guns arrive to pursue a wealthy carpetbagger’s agenda, Jessie discovers the only man she ever loved isn’t dead.

At least not yet.

Embittered by a brother’s betrayal, notorious gunman Calhoun is a dangerous man, ...more

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May 04, 2015 Carol [Goodreads Addict] rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-romance, cowboys

Prodigal Gun by Kathleen Rice Adams is my first book by this author. It is a beautiful and realistic view of how life might have been post Civil War in 1877.

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Sixteen years ago Jessie Caine said goodbye to Mason, the man she loved, as he went off to war. Six weeks later she got a letter notifying her of his death. To help her run the ranch, his younger brother, Will, married Jessie. Together they did the best they could until he was also killed. Now known as the widow Caine, Jessie is struggling ...more

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Mar 23, 2015 Julie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: e-book, author-request, novella-short-story, historical-western-romance

Prodigal Gun by Kathleen Rice Adams is a 2014 publication. I was provided a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A true blue Historical Western Romance! Well, I have to say, they don't write 'em like this anymore, but boy I wish they would.

This is the story of Mason Caine, a man who rode off into the sunset to fight a war, but never made it back home. With a letter explaining his death, Jessie married Mason's brother, Will, and together they ran the Caine family ranch- The Eights Prodigal Gun by Kathleen Rice Adams is a 2014 publication. I was provided a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A true blue Historical Western Romance! Well, I have to say, they don't write 'em like this anymore, but boy I wish they would.

This is the story of Mason Caine, a man who rode off into the sunset to fight a war, but never made it back home. With a letter explaining his death, Jessie married Mason's brother, Will, and together they ran the Caine family ranch- The Eights.

Well over a decade has passed since Mason left for war. Jessie is a widow raising her daughter Lily and running The Eights herself. The last person she ever expected to encounter again was Mason Caine, a man she thought was dead. But, here he is again, literally collapsing on her land, and perhaps near death. But he isn't the same man she once knew. This man is hard, cold, mean, and dangerous. All the same, the ranch is still his, but so far he hasn't made steps to claim it. In fact, he's never fully explained why he returned to Texas in the first place.

What Jessie doesn't know is that Mason as an alter ego if you will, as the legendary gunman they call Calhoun.

Mason and Jessie both had some big problems individually. As Calhoun, Mason is being sought after with a price on his head and Jessie is involved in property dispute over a fence line and the trials of raising a headstrong teenage daughter, and fighting off memories of the past and the love that has lain dormant in her heart all these years.

In the meantime, Mason will learn the truth about what happened all those years ago when he left for war and what happened with his brother Will, Jessie and the ranch. The fire that Jessie ignites in Mason never extinguished over the years despite the betrayal, the bitterness, and his hardened soul. Can they survive their enemies and forgive the past to forge a future together?

This book has everything in it you could possibly ask for... mystery, suspense, drama, action and an epic romance. Texas in the late 1800's is portrayed with authenticity and the atmosphere was like stepping into the real wild west. I loved the real and honest characterizations with the adults being flawed perhaps, but they behaved like real people and I could visualize them vividly. I absolutely loved the romance between Jessie and Mason, a love story than spans time and distance, hardships and misunderstandings and still lives on stronger than ever before.

I was impressed with Jessie's character, because being a woman alone in her time and place was hard, but she was strong, and stood up for herself on many occasions when men tried to run over her or suggested that because she was a woman she shouldn't be involved in discussions or decisions. This is also such a refreshing way to create a woman in a historical time period that the modern reader can relate to , but without the rhetoric or heavy handed reminders that the female protagonist is not a simpering damsel in distress.

I said this once a little while back and some folks picked up the line and used it in way that made me wonder if they were teasing me … but I do wish Western Historical Romance novels would make a comeback. I didn't mean to suggest the genre ever went away- what I mean by that is- it seems to me there aren't enough of them out there, ( add up the number or Regency period romance novels and compare those numbers to the amount of Western Historical Romances and you will see what I mean) and often I find that newer western historicals are more apt to depict a drug store cowboy type than a real cowboy or rancher. Mason was a strong rugged man, built up by his labor.. all the more sexy because of it... in my opinion.

I have been craving a story that has character, depth, and meaning- a book that isn't afraid to address the harsher realities of times past , but is a touching love story at the same time.

It was actually kind of hard to step out of the old west and back into the present day. I wanted to stay with Mason and Jessie, watch Lily and Jason mature, and see what adventures they will be a part of in their future. It doesn't get any better than that. Well done! ...more

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Dec 01, 2014 E.E. Burke rated it it was amazing

Excellent western historical! Beautifully written!

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Nov 15, 2014 Kelly rated it it was amazing

Awesome book...
Want to read a book with incredible dialogue and descriptions so detailed you feel as if you're living the story? This is way more then a romance. It's Texas history. It's a range war...sheep, cattle, barbed wire...gunmen...a whisper of Gettysburg....I loved this book!!! ...more

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Mar 15, 2015 C. Bowen rated it really liked it

I loved this book. This is an authentic western, with well developed characters, and a romance that sweeps you into the story.

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May 27, 2016 Regan Walker rated it liked it

Shelves: 19th-century-america, western

3 and ½ Stars - Range War in Texas and the Girl He Left Behind

Set in post Civil War Texas in 1877, this is the story of Mason Caine, whose family believed he was killed in the war. Jessie, the girl he left behind, married his brother, Will, and at 31, she is now a widow. By the time Mason, now a hired gun, drags himself back to the family ranch in Texas, he is oozing blood from wounds inflicted by a man bent on his death.

I knew the minute Mason returned home to the family’s failing ranch that Je 3 and ½ Stars - Range War in Texas and the Girl He Left Behind

Set in post Civil War Texas in 1877, this is the story of Mason Caine, whose family believed he was killed in the war. Jessie, the girl he left behind, married his brother, Will, and at 31, she is now a widow. By the time Mason, now a hired gun, drags himself back to the family ranch in Texas, he is oozing blood from wounds inflicted by a man bent on his death.

I knew the minute Mason returned home to the family’s failing ranch that Jessie had once been his girl and her daughter, Lily, had to be Mason’s child. Mason thinks his brother still lives, and in a snit, Jessie fails to tell Mason of her husband’s death. That went on for some time.

Clearly the author knows how to write and has done a great job of showing us life on the Texas frontier. She has carefully crafted each sentence with many descriptors. At first I liked the detailed descriptions, but as it continued, the many, many words slowed the story for me and I began skipping long passages of introspection between pieces of dialog. Here are a few examples of sentences, which standing alone might not be so cumbersome, but when they occur sentence after sentence, weighed down the pace:

“Dust danced in the wan, gray light seeping through splintered slats in the drop-shutters covering the windows.”

“He tossed his hat onto the rack by the door and lit the oil lamps before splashing a generous drink from the decanter on the sideboard into a short, plain glass that possessed no weight of its own.”

And since I knew from the beginning where the story was going, it seemed to proceed at even a slower pace. Also, the heroine was snippy and her daughter worse.

But half way through the book, the pace picked up a bit and the story, which evolved into a range war between cattlemen and shepherds, became more interesting. Mason, hired by the man who owns all the sheep, has to deal with various bad guys while trying to protect Jessie. The hero is a complex guy who has made some interesting life choices.

In the end it was a good story but could have been even better with about fifty pages cut out. The story was definitely a great one but the slow telling of it detracted, making it difficult to rate.
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Nov 20, 2014 Shirl rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorite-authors, western-historical-romance

This isn't a "cowboy" type, this is powerful romantic western with a lot of suspense, mystery and roller coaster rides. I loved it and it was very well written. I was laughing, crying, holding my breath and my heart and loved the twist and turns it had in it.

The details in it made it so real you could smell the lavender and hear the mockingbirds. You could also cringe at the fear that a few of the characters threw at you and also feel the love the emotion that others had to share.

This would make ...more

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Apr 02, 2015 Karen K. Miller rated it really liked it

Shelves: kindle, read-in-2015, reviewed, western, author-adams-k-r, romance

"Prodigal Gun" had moments of real tenderness as well as some action. The heroine, Jessie, was a strong woman just trying to keep her ranch and her family together. Her ups and downs throughout this story were told well and in good detail. The hero, Calhoun, was in some ways larger than life, in a good way. He was a very complex character, with lots of issues through which he had to work. The action was very good as well as the pacing of the story. I was given a free copy of this book in return ...more

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Nov 26, 2015 Ruby Merritt rated it it was amazing

Shelves: western-romance

Wow. I loved this story by Kathleen Rice Adams. Written to catch the flavor of post Civil War Texas and gritty ranch life, this tale set me firmly into that era. At the heart of the story though is the love between Jess and Mason--a love denied for sixteen years. Adams skillfully reveals the reason for that denial as a current day range conflict between cattle and sheep ranchers brews--a conflict in which Jess and Mason are on opposite sides. Well written, expertly paced, with complex characters ...more

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Dec 06, 2015 Mirabella rated it really liked it

Shelves: western-gunslinger-native-american

Wonderful love story, I loved both hero and heroine. I would have given 5 stars if there was an epilogue. And the end seemed a little rushed, we never got to know what exactly had happened at the showdown after the hero was shot. I was disappointed about how the author wrapped everything up. I felt there were a lot of open questions left. Could have been another favorite of mine but with this kind of last part it leaves a bitter after taste.

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Apr 30, 2015 InD'tale Magazine rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2015-may, genre-historical, rating-4-star

A classic western, "Prodigal Gun" contains every aspect one expects and more.

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Sep 03, 2018 Michelle rated it it was amazing

Shelves: prp, 2018-read, reviewed

You know those movies where someone opens a forbidden book or door or game and gets sucked into it? Yup, it happened to me! :) One minute I was in 21st century American heartland, settling down on the deck to start a new book, and the next minute I was transported to Texas, 1877, right before a range war really stirred up the dirt. I was not prepared for the intensity of emotions and connection I would encounter while I experienced this story.

Jessie amazed me with her strength, her grit, her lo ...more

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Dec 23, 2019 Elaina rated it liked it

I love westerns and that's how this book caught my eye and it's in a book series with other three books.
I tried enjoying this book but it hasn't kept my attention and at times it was confusing what's going on. The two things I don't like to read in a book is a bunch of swearing and in depth sex scenes. I'm on Chapter 20 and I'm done with the book. ...more

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Mar 29, 2015 Cynthia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance-westerns

From the first page to the last the author gives you one tail spin of a read. Misunderstanding leads a good man bad or does it? One man fights to put his past behind him as a woman does the same. So many ghosts to overcome, so many lies to hide between this couple. Jessie finds the only man she ever loved isn’t dead but he is not the men she loved, he has too many secrets he is hiding behind as does she. I totally loved this read the author gives a compelling story of love lost which might be to From the first page to the last the author gives you one tail spin of a read. Misunderstanding leads a good man bad or does it? One man fights to put his past behind him as a woman does the same. So many ghosts to overcome, so many lies to hide between this couple. Jessie finds the only man she ever loved isn’t dead but he is not the men she loved, he has too many secrets he is hiding behind as does she. I totally loved this read the author gives a compelling story of love lost which might be too late to get back. A family broken through lost, betrayal can love live again, come along and take a ride as this family tries to put their life back together before it is to late. Each most go through a lot before they can even think about being one.

Jessie buried her childhood love in a grave without his body, married his brother and had a child. Many years later her husband is dead, her sweetheart returns wanting answers she cannot give. There are trying times ahead as she goes through trying to work out her feelings, life with gunslingers, cattlemen with hot tempters who want to bring down a sheep farmer and a lawman who wants her heart.

Calhoun bitter by his brother betrayal gets shot and goes home to a surprise Jessie who thought he was dead. His life hasn’t been easy and is about to get tougher as he sees the only women he ever loved. It is to late to be the man he once was he can only try to protect the lady he loves. He has a job to do as a hired gun and do it he will at all cost but one Jessie will have what she needs and then he will leave broken hearted for sure.

I loved the twists and turns the author gives us with a few surprises. Her writing style is easy to follow. This was a book I had trouble putting down. She knows her history well as she tells a story that could have been right out of the history pages. The author paints a story so real you can almost smell the flowers and hear the birds. You feel the emotions of some wonderful characters they almost feel real. Lawman to outlaw you are going to love them. There are wonderful support characters these are people who fight to keep what is theirs and the men who take what they want. As I read I cheer for so many and are torn between who will win Jessie hand. This story has a touching ending that will almost bring tears to your eyes. The author gives you so much heartbreak, pain and sorrow that you wonder if things will work out. Then she gives you a wonderful HEA but you still wonder if it would have went the other way how things might have ended. Ms. Adams has me hooked for the first page to the last leaving me with a few OHs and a lot of smiles and laughs along the way. I look forward to reading more of her wonderful work. If you haven’t read any of her books you are missing out with a wonderful powerful story of long ago which is a pretty clean read.
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Mar 03, 2015 Linda Walters rated it really liked it

I really liked this story, I would read something by this author again. The description of the what the characters were doing was so good; you could almost seeing them doing it. The whole attitude of Mason, while he's in Calhoun, gunslinger mode was really good. The author showed his calm, slow, watchful, guarded movements and angling to get the advantage but also let you hear what he was thinking too. Often he was tense and geared up for trouble but it often didn't show in his outer facial expr I really liked this story, I would read something by this author again. The description of the what the characters were doing was so good; you could almost seeing them doing it. The whole attitude of Mason, while he's in Calhoun, gunslinger mode was really good. The author showed his calm, slow, watchful, guarded movements and angling to get the advantage but also let you hear what he was thinking too. Often he was tense and geared up for trouble but it often didn't show in his outer facial expressions. The author didn't just say it, she showed with her words. You could almost feel the heat, sweat, fear and when it was all over, the relief. I enjoyed Jessie, she was quite the spitfire and kept quite a few secrets herself. One in particular had me wondering pretty early on in the story but the answer didn't come out until later. Okay, some may say that was predictable but even if you can almost predict it, its interesting to find out in what worst possible way and time its going to come out!
I liked the POV's coming from both Jessie and Mason, they wove together really well (without re-going over the exact same ground, word for word.)

Just a couple of things
There were a few Spanish sounding words that I was unfamiliar with. It didn't ruin the story but kind of threw me a few times.
Calhoun was protective of Jessie, even though he tried to keep his distance to protect her and her daughter Lily. At one point in the story his thoughts about her were longing. I'm okay with that part too. But a few other places they went into kind of thinking of her as just another "calico". A few times, he kind of disrespected her in his thoughts. That I found hard to understand. To maybe say something to others that she wasn't anyone special was understandable. But even though he'd lived a hard life, womanizing and the rest, it just felt off, when he thought about her that way. Maybe he thought he was just protecting his heart from disappointment?
Speaking of disappointment..one of my favorite phrases in the book was from Jessie.
"Disappointment forever lurked just beyond the edges of her joy, ready to spring like a ravenous cougar."
After all she went through, that was a pretty accurate statement. For Mason too. Every time a new challenge came up I found myself thinking, "oh no, how's he going to get out of this one?"
I was given a Free copy of this Book in exchange for an honest review. ...more

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Oct 15, 2015 Katherine rated it it was amazing

Kathleen Rice Adams can write - as witnessed by (no, not as an owlhoot) her years of journalistic (columns and investigative reporting), short story, ghosting and now her debut novel Prodigal Gun. Having read several of her short stories published in anthologies, I can attest to the best of the west (especially Texas) she puts into her work.
Prodigal Gun relates not only a western story of the proverbial range war, but the best of the west romance and twists that you don’t see coming until they Kathleen Rice Adams can write - as witnessed by (no, not as an owlhoot) her years of journalistic (columns and investigative reporting), short story, ghosting and now her debut novel Prodigal Gun. Having read several of her short stories published in anthologies, I can attest to the best of the west (especially Texas) she puts into her work.
Prodigal Gun relates not only a western story of the proverbial range war, but the best of the west romance and twists that you don’t see coming until they have passed you by.

“He kicked the door shut and backed against the wall. With a halfhearted flick of his fingers, he knocked up the black hat’s wide brim…
…and Jessie stared into the face of a ghost.
Her heart skidded to a stop.”

In that instant, 16 years fell away as Jessie Caine recognized a man she had thought was long dead. Through the pages of this well-written western, Kathleen Rice Adams tells a love story surrounded by a range war and hidden secrets that are sure to explode in gunfire or heartbreak, or both. Jessie, widow of Will, one brother and in love with Mason, the other allegedly long dead brother, has fought to keep the family ranch. She shows a strength that we don’t see in many women in western stories. She had started a new breed of cow, then has to take care of a wounded Mason. Her feminine side is revealed as the storyline proceeds in Kathleen’s description of the love that was re-building between Mason and Jessie. The range war of sheep men versus cowmen has all of the elements to shatter the lives on two ranches. The plot turns and twists really surprise and keep the reader enchanted to the unanticipated end.
Mason is a very conflicted man who can only be brought back to his rightful place through the love and understanding of Jessie.
Be sure to read this superb story. Kathleen Rice Adams will become your new go-to author. She knows her history and can weave a tale beyond all expectations.
Kathleen is a Texan, born and bred, living with her self-styled Hole in the Web Gang of rescued Chihuahuas, who keep her in line. Her Texas roots (the good and the bad) are shown in her writing and her steadfast support of so many of her author friends. You can read more of her stories in anthologies of short stories published by Prairie Rose Publications.
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Jan 28, 2015 Linda Broday rated it it was amazing

The minute I opened this book and read the first line, I stepped back into the old West. I knew I was in the hands of a masterful storyteller. No one knows more about Texas, past or present, than Kathleen Rice Adams and she uses her knowledge to add depth and heart to her story. I love men who have been hardened by life, who yearn for things they know they can never have. Mason Caine is a such a man. I ached for him because he was so wounded. He let his family think he was dead because inside he ...more

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Dec 16, 2014 Julie Lence rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: western-romance

I have read some of Kathleen Rice Adams short stories. This is the first time I have read one of her full-length novels and I loved it, for so many reason I don't know where to start. Prodigal Gun is the gripping story of Mason Caine. As a young man, Mason left the family ranch to enlist in the Civil War. Sixteen years later, Mason is now a feared outlaw, with a new name, Calhoun. Circumstances send him back to the family ranch in Texas. The love of his life, Jessie, is now running the ranch and ...more

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Feb 28, 2015 Kathy Heare Watts rated it it was amazing

Shelves: western-romance, suspense, mystery, historical-romance, crime

COMING HOME AT LAST
This is a captivating mystery and love story with a plot full of twist and turns that will keep the reader in suspense and the pages turning. Widow Jessie Caine struggles trying to keep the family ranch running, yet it has gone into disrepair over the years. Working with neighboring rancher, Noah, raising Langus cattle, an Angus and Longhorn mix. Coming face to face with the love of her life, Mason Caine, who had been reported dead during the war between the states in April 18 ...more

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May 24, 2015 Dayreader Reviews rated it it was amazing

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I've always had a fascination with the Old West. I grew up watching Bonanza, The Rifleman, and Gunsmoke - I mean Hello - can we say sexy men in boots, cowboy hats, and riding horses??? Kathleen Rice Adams captures the imagery and love for that time period in her book Prodigal Gun. Focusing on a time after the Civil War, in Texas, a state that was flooded with carpetbaggers, immigrants, and outlaws, she is able to paint a picture so clear you ...more

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Dec 05, 2014 Lorrie Farrelly rated it it was amazing

PRODIGAL GUN is both an exciting, action-packed Western and a poignant, romantic tale of the power of love to heal the wounds of the past and bring hope to even the most scarred soul.

Kind as he was, the man Jessie Caine married years earlier was not the man who held her heart. Now a young widow with a headstrong teenaged daughter, Jessie finds herself confronting the pain and the loss of the past. The lover she'd thought dead for more than a decade has suddenly reappeared, critically wounded, i ...more

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Apr 10, 2015 Kristy McCaffrey rated it it was amazing

Following the Civil War, Jessie Caine has been raising her daughter alone at the Hard Eights, a ranch in Texas. She's both tough and heartbroken. When the reason for that despair appears on her doorstep--Mason Caine, the man she's always loved and her husband's brother--she's stunned. Believing Mason was dead, she must now come to terms with this new version of the man to which she once gave her heart. But Mason has secrets of his own, not the least of which is an alias known as Calhoun, a hired ...more

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Feb 17, 2016 Jultri rated it really liked it

Shelves: childhood-friends, estranged-for-years, widow, secret-bub, western

Extremely well written Western Romance, set in gritty post- Civil War Texas. Hired gun Calhoun is shot on the way to his next job and is forced to detour to his home ranch, the place he left 16 years earlier to join the war. The girl he left behind, Jessie, married his younger brother in his absence, and embittered by their perceived betrayal, he swore never to return, until forced to by his life-threatening wound. A reputedly cold-blooded killer, he is no longer the youth who fell passionately ...more

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Aug 29, 2015 Aleen ~Lampshade Reader rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-i-won, romance, western-romance

Kathleen Rice Adams has an eye for detail. As a reader, I felt I was in the story seeing, feeling, sensing everything the characters did. It had a true Western feel to it and I was transported to a Texas where putting up a fence around your land was considered an offense.

The characters were gritty and entertaining, definitely not fluffy. A man haunted by his past, Calhoun has revenge on his mind as he heads back to his ranch. He is confronted by Jessie, his former love, and the ghosts of his fo ...more

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Feb 27, 2015 Clare O'Beara rated it really liked it

Shelves: america-historical, america-romance

I enjoyed this historical romance set in 1877 Texas. A wounded man arrives at a ranch house, to the amazement of the family. He was thought to be dead, years previously. Actually the man swapped name with a dead soldier - for reasons which we have to discover.

The ranch rests in the hands of a widowed lady, who resents that her husband's brother went off to the Civil War, then stayed away when his family needed a man around the ranch. Her feisty young daughter is equally angry that she meets her ...more

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Dec 06, 2014 Lesia Chambliss rated it it was amazing

Shelves: owned-books, western, reviewed

I was glued to the pages as soon as I started reading Prodigal Gun. This is the first book of Kathleen’s I’ve read, and her ability to put the reader right ‘there’ in the story, where you can smell the prairie flowers, taste the biscuits, and feel the Texas heat, well it’s brilliant! It really is the best western book I’ve read in a while. This is why I love westerns!! Thank you Kathleen ♥ You can be sure I'll be reading more of her books. ...more

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Feb 26, 2016 Judy Esposito rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Prodigal Gun!

Wow! Loved this book! The well thought out characters, the descriptions of the wild Texas land. I love the romance woven throughout this book and wondering if there could ever be a HEA for this couple. This is by far my favorite book by this author. JudyE

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Jan 02, 2016 Agnes Alexander rated it it was amazing

Wonderful historical western. Don't miss this one.
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Kathleen Rice Adams is an award-winning author, award-winning journalist, and all-around troublemaker. Like the generations of ranchers, preachers, teachers, horse thieves, and moonshiners decorating the branches of her family tree, she hides out in Texas. Find her online at KathleenRiceAdams.com.