The Reluctant Bandit: Lawless & the Law Book 1

All is not as it seems...Charlie Stapletons morning begins with robbing the mercantile in a booming mining town and ends with kidnapping the sheriffs daughter-far more valuable plunder than he or his notorious gang of ruthless bandits expected. With his haul in his saddlebag his unintended prize on his saddle and his holster empty he races toward the unpredictable reception of the criminals he rides with. Annabelle the sheriffs daughter grew up uncommonly sheltered for reasons beyond her understanding. Determined to be independent and refusing to accept the limitations forced on women Annabelle longs for adventure. Chafing at the restrictions placed on her by her single father and unwilling to be courted by her fathers deputy she begins secretly planning a trip. But what she gets is far more than she bargained for.Charlies actions and Annabelles choices propel them both into a long-standing chain of events so intertwined they blur the lines between law and disorder between right and wrong. In the Wild West of 1878 a complex thread connects law and lawlessness with the Old States and the Arizona Territory. Ami Hicken Kings unforgettable characters and their conflicting goals collide clash and find common ground and yet...all is not as it seems.