Latigo

They called it black gold. And it was worth killing for.

When Deputy Sheriff Latigo Smith trades the dusty hills of Texas for the wild promise of Colorado, he isn't just going home - he's riding straight into a powder keg. Colorado is booming. Railroads are slicing through the wilderness. Gold and silver are drawing fortune seekers by the thousands. And somewhere in the chaos, buried in the secrets of Latigo's own family, lies something far more valuable than any glittering ore.

But Latigo isn't the only one who's caught the scent.

When highwaymen ambush him on the trail, he puts them down hard and fast - making the kind of enemy who doesn't forgive and doesn't forget. Now, with a target on his back and a mystery pulling him deeper into Colorado's untamed frontier, Latigo must fight to survive long enough to uncover the truth about his family's past and the whispered legend of black gold that only a handful of men have ever heard.

Then there's Joanna - a woman whose path was destined to cross his, and whose presence changes everything Latigo thought he wanted from this new life.

What follows is a sweeping tale of frontier grit, buried secrets, and a love forged in the fire of the American West - where the good guys don't just fight for what's right, they fight for what's theirs.