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Southern California 1860s

An argument woke him. Loud, strident voices, one female and one male, not to mention the sledgehammer that was playing a rhythmic tattoo in his brain. Stone forced his eyes to squint and allow a sliver of bright sunshine to hound him. Little by little, he opened them further and raised his head off the pillow to look around. Immediately, he noted he was naked—not unusual—he slept that way at home. But this wasn’t hom...