Two Hearts: The Tale of Cole Younger’s Sweetheart: A Barton Family Saga

by Bill Bishop

The Old West comes alive in this epic tale of lawless desperadoes and a man seeking redemption through the love of a good woman. Things become increasingly dangerous for Bill Barton as his cattle rustling buddies in Missouri, including Frank and Jesse James, turn to the ways of gunslinging outlaws. Living a double life as a southerner named Leroy Thompson, Bill works to guard his real identity when south of the Mason-Dixon Line. He knows the promise of his new life would come to a violent end if his Confederate partners ever found out he had been a Union spy during the war.
While on a cattle rustling foray into Missouri, Bill’s life becomes even more complicated when he accidentally runs into the love of his life, Cole Younger’s sweetheart, Lucy Breeden. Lucy feels as deeply for Bill as he does for her, which puts the couple on a collision course with the bloodthirsty Cole Younger, who believes that if he can’t have Lucy, no one will.

176 pages, Paperback

Published April 23, 2019

Reviews

[Bill · Rating 3 out of 5]

The plot was interesting. It kept my attention to the end. This was fortunate since, though the author acknowledged his brothers as his proofreaders, one wishes he had had more brothers or used a professional or, at least a high school or college English teacher. Grammar Check and Spell Check apps work well, too. It was a good story. The errors detracted from it.