Arch foes and forces of nature align to challenge the indomitable Palad ns. When seventeen-year-old Drake "The Rake" Palad n shows up at the Barony with seven-year-old Angel, a marker for her mother's bet, the Palad n family is outraged. The young girl believes that she now belongs to Drake, and he will marry her when she comes of age. Refusing to give details of who her relatives may be, the Palad ns are forced to ask a Texas Ranger for help in hopes of finding the girl's true home. When her family is finally located years later, she turns out to be the daughter of Alex Palad n's lifelong nemesis, Rod Obregon. The stakes only grow higher when Angel herself refuses to return home. Meanwhile, Obregon's own detective has been searching for the missing child as well, It is only a matter of time before he figures out who "The Rake" really is and brings Obregon to their gates for vengeance, having already lost his sister to the Palad ns years before. Just when the tempestuous Angel grows into the only woman who can lasso the rambling man Drake has become, Mother Nature claims an even greater vengeance... one that could destroy them all. With the third volume in her critically-acclaimed Texicans saga, New York Times bestseller Parris Afton Bonds weaves a spellbinding tale of love, hate, revenge, and reconciliation set against the milieu of the turn of the twentieth century. From the streets of Dallas to the oil fields of Louisiana and the blood-soaked jungles of Cuba, the Palad ns find themselves caught in the great struggle between the traditions of the past and the technologies that will shape the future. Can bonds of blood withstand such tides of change? What about the feuds of ages long past? With true-to-life characters, high drama, and painstaking authenticity, The Bravados is a masterpiece of epic romance.

The Bravados (The Texicans)

Literature & Fiction

Afton Bonds, Parris

United States

Lagan Press

Arch foes and forces of nature align to challenge the indomitable Paladíns. When seventeen-year-old Drake "The Rake" Paladín shows up at the Barony with seven-year-old Angel, a marker for her mother's bet, the Paladín family is outraged. The young girl believes that she now belongs to Drake, and he will marry her when she comes of age. Refusing to give details of who her relatives may be, the Paladíns are forced to ask a Texas Ranger for help in hopes of finding the girl's true home. When her family is finally located years later, she turns out to be the daughter of Alex Paladín's lifelong nemesis, Rod Obregon. The stakes only grow higher when Angel herself refuses to return home. Meanwhile, Obregon's own detective has been searching for the missing child as well, It is only a matter of time before he figures out who "The Rake" really is and brings Obregon to their gates for vengeance, having already lost his sister to the Paladíns years before. Just when the tempestuous Angel grows into the only woman who can lasso the rambling man Drake has become, Mother Nature claims an even greater vengeance... one that could destroy them all. With the third volume in her critically-acclaimed Texicans saga, New York Times bestseller Parris Afton Bonds weaves a spellbinding tale of love, hate, revenge, and reconciliation set against the milieu of the turn of the twentieth century. From the streets of Dallas to the oil fields of Louisiana and the blood-soaked jungles of Cuba, the Paladíns find themselves caught in the great struggle between the traditions of the past and the technologies that will shape the future. Can bonds of blood withstand such tides of change? What about the feuds of ages long past? With true-to-life characters, high drama, and painstaking authenticity, The Bravados is a masterpiece of epic romance.

The Banshees

With the bombing of Pearl Harbor, all the Paladíns are caught up in the war efforts. And each Paladín worries that even if life returns to normal once the war ends, home life as it was won't return to the Barony.Heath, heading up The Barony now, is spreading himself thin as he provides the military with beef while his man supply is decimated by the draft.Byron, based in Las Alamos, is working with other physicists on a secret nuclear weapon project. He finds himself forced to deal with the dangers of critical accidents and spy infiltration.Darcy, a pacifist, is nevertheless doing his patriotic part. His Double Take Studio is given over to the U.S. Signal Corps, now known as the Army Pictorial Center. But Hollywood isn't happy with Darcy's stance, and studio profits are tanking.Then, the showdown with Cuba and Russia threatening to bring the world to extinction, Aubrey is doing everything she can to dismantle its ticking bomb, trying to follow breadcrumbs of information-leakage trails that have led to dead ends since WWII.Another type of bomb is ticking - a power-driven politician is determined to claim not only the White House but The Barony. Despite Sam's dedication to a life of public service, his political mentor threatens to extinguish his career like a windstorm against a lit match. Paladín offspring, forging their way in the world, must make decisions that will affect each of them - and The Barony itself - even it means a holocaust of everything they hold dear.

The Banshees (The Texicans)

DOORWAY TO THE MOON

Genre Fiction

Motina Books

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