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Dark Horse

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When beautiful Lizzie Payton showed up in Shooter's Cross with the magnificent black stallion Satan, Sam Blaylock's friend Duane Beatty fell for her - hard. What Duane didn't know was that Lizzie had trouble dogging her trail, trouble that would put Duane and all his friends on Rancho Diablo in danger and wind up in a blistering shootout in the streets of Shooter's Cross!DARK HORSE is the rapid-fire fifth installment in the saga of Sam Blaylock and his friends and family as they try to make a home for themselves and carve an empire out of the wilds of frontier Texas.RANCHO DIABLO is created and written by best-selling, award-winning novelists Mel Odom, Bill Crider, and James Reasoner.

145 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 20, 2011

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January 17, 2020
Dark Horse (Rancho Diablo Book 5)

Lizzie rode into Shooters Crossing with trouble following close behind her and found a friend, a friend who has a family, made of friends who choose to be family and are much closer because of it. When one met with troubles all of them came together to end it. Loved that this was about a black stallion, because that will get my attention every time ! Great Read!!
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November 24, 2011
It's no secret who are the authors of this series of short western novels. This time around, Colby Jackson is James Reasoner and he doesn't disappoint. Though I've only read a fraction of his many books, I have yet to read a bad one.

Two things excite Rancho Diablo hand Duane Beatty: good horse flesh and beautiful women.

So when Lizzie Payton rides into Shooter's Cross with the big stallion Satan, his interest is piqued immediately. That trouble follows her is also another by-product that seems to come with Duane and beautiful women.

Duane is more than just a hand to Sam Blaylock and his family. Friend and almost family, one backed family's play.

A thrilling horse race, a bank robbery, and a dangerous man used to getting his way highlight the climax of this one.

Recommended.
3,198 reviews26 followers
December 15, 2018
A CJ. Rancho Diablo (5) Western/A Throughbred Stallion/A Female Jockey

CJ. has. Penned the fifth western novel about Rancho Diablo. The tension between the Rancho and the townspeople is troubling for many but not fit the owners of Rancho Diablo. They take in a woman and her horse to prevent a group of gunman killing her and stealing the horse. They have a race and during the race the bank is robbed which had been the intention of the outlaws all along. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS
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May 19, 2016
A Really great book

I am really glad I found the books by Colby Jackson. They are really good books. I would advise anyone to try one. You won't be able to put it down.
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