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Blood Bond #10
The Hanging Road
Young Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves became blood brothers on the day the rancher's son saved the halfbreed's life, forging a bond no one could ever break. As years passed, a legend grew of the breed and the white man who rode together--and who could jerk killing iron with the best of them...
Matt and Sam never could refuse a damsel in distress, so a whole coachload of lovelies, lead by the fetching Charity McAllister, seems like a gift from heaven. But if it looks too good to be true, it usually is--and in short order the blood will start to flow. Matt and Sam rush in anyway and faster than you can say "soiled doves," they're up to their necks in trouble.
Soon it's an all-out war that nearly levels a frontier town, where Bodine and Two Wolves face new enemies and run into an old foe they never thought they'd see again. And the sweet, lovely Charity McAllister is the busiest--and deadliest--bee in the hornet's nest.
Matt and Sam never could refuse a damsel in distress, so a whole coachload of lovelies, lead by the fetching Charity McAllister, seems like a gift from heaven. But if it looks too good to be true, it usually is--and in short order the blood will start to flow. Matt and Sam rush in anyway and faster than you can say "soiled doves," they're up to their necks in trouble.
Soon it's an all-out war that nearly levels a frontier town, where Bodine and Two Wolves face new enemies and run into an old foe they never thought they'd see again. And the sweet, lovely Charity McAllister is the busiest--and deadliest--bee in the hornet's nest.
- GenresWesterns
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 1, 2007
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About the author
William W. Johnstone
1,055 books1,409 followersWilliam W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling Western writer in America and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of hundreds of books, with over 50 million copies sold. Born in southern Missouri, he was raised with strong moral and family values by his minister father, and tutored by his schoolteacher mother. He left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as "the Greatest Western writer of the 21st Century." Visit him online at WilliamJohnstone.net.
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Displaying 1 - 12 of 12 reviews
March 24, 2020
A good story with really four main characters ... Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves, but also Bo Creel and Scratch Morton. All four are of the same caliber loner type westerners but Bo and Scratch are older. On the one hand, Matt and Sam are helping out a wagon load of women in setting up a business in Buffalo Flat and on the other, Bo and Scratch rescue a woman on her way to a ranch that she has inherited. They all come together in a fight against Junius Cole who runs the town and is also trying to take the ranch. Easy read; entertaining.
December 2, 2020
This was the last one I listened to and it was a good one. It had two stories that overlapped, which was different. It had blasts from the past, which I enjoyed and also kept me guess. It has brotherly love and jokes that made the series so great. A great one to end for sure.
February 2, 2023
standard Johnstone western, easy light reading, fair amount of action. This one was a little different as a previous nemesis appears - you don't know if they've changed for the better or are still a problem.
January 8, 2018
Outstanding!
This is an excellent book and it is well written and edited as one would expect from this great author.
This is an excellent book and it is well written and edited as one would expect from this great author.
August 2, 2018
Great read
Johnstone does it again, another great read. Read enjoy and look for the next exciting adventures of the blood brothers.
Johnstone does it again, another great read. Read enjoy and look for the next exciting adventures of the blood brothers.
September 3, 2018
Help is on the way.
Another great story with Matt and Sam. It was great to have Bo and Scratch in the same story, good job.
Another great story with Matt and Sam. It was great to have Bo and Scratch in the same story, good job.
June 22, 2020
Another good crazy western story. Let’s see what’s next on the trail for the blood Brothers. This long of a series, a lot of things are repetitious.
December 22, 2021
Frontier justice at its finest. This book was so good I finished it in less than 2 days.
February 24, 2013
One thing this book had going for it is that the characters were appealing, if not, to my mind, too memorable. Matt, Sam, Bo, and Scratch are all nice guys. Matt and Sam were occasionally interesting, and I might decide it's worth it to try out one of the earlier books in the series. Who knows, maybe this book just suffered from the "this series should have died out several books ago" syndrome. The earlier books might be more enjoyable.
Some things I hated: guns "speaking" and "roaring" and "barking", excessive use of the word "hombres", and Matt and Sam having the "[choose a characteristic or ability, like speed, agility, or grace] of youth." As far as that last one goes, all that did was make the author seem old, since I don't think a younger author would have thought to use those particular words. I think I remember hearing that a lot of readers of Westerns are older men, though, so maybe this kind of wording would work better for them than it does for me (female and under 30).
Things that struck me: Sam is half Indian, but that rarely seems to matter beyond the occasional Indian-hating character, and the author made no attempt to have Matt and Sam seduce anyone (or let anyone seduce them - one of Charity's girls tried).
One last thought - this book made me think "romance for men", because this author, like some romance authors, seemed to make Matt and Sam into the kind of men he wishes he was (or that he thinks he was in his youth) - handsome, good fighters, good guys, lithe, good with women. I wonder, if I read more fast-paced Westerns like this, would I continue to see parallels between this genre and the romance genre?
(Original review, with read-alikes and watch-alikes, posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
Some things I hated: guns "speaking" and "roaring" and "barking", excessive use of the word "hombres", and Matt and Sam having the "[choose a characteristic or ability, like speed, agility, or grace] of youth." As far as that last one goes, all that did was make the author seem old, since I don't think a younger author would have thought to use those particular words. I think I remember hearing that a lot of readers of Westerns are older men, though, so maybe this kind of wording would work better for them than it does for me (female and under 30).
Things that struck me: Sam is half Indian, but that rarely seems to matter beyond the occasional Indian-hating character, and the author made no attempt to have Matt and Sam seduce anyone (or let anyone seduce them - one of Charity's girls tried).
One last thought - this book made me think "romance for men", because this author, like some romance authors, seemed to make Matt and Sam into the kind of men he wishes he was (or that he thinks he was in his youth) - handsome, good fighters, good guys, lithe, good with women. I wonder, if I read more fast-paced Westerns like this, would I continue to see parallels between this genre and the romance genre?
(Original review, with read-alikes and watch-alikes, posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
January 25, 2016
Another good western series by Johnstone. This one follows the adventures of two brothers as they travel the old west. Recommended
January 16, 2013
...excellent! Western stories...
March 25, 2017
This was a good read from start to finish. I have not read a Western novel in a long time, but I knew I was in good hands with William and J.A. Johnstone.
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