Johnstone Country. Where Miracles Need Bullets.In this bold, new Western from the bestselling Johnstones, a lone Texas Ranger finds himself snowbound with a lovely widow, her young daughter—and a gang of trigger-happy cowboys and their deranged ranch boss . . .Ranger Ridge Tisdale rides the Comanche country of West Texas sunup to sundown, hunting down bands of killer outlaws. Now his captain wants Ridge to capture the wanted murderer Clyde Wilkes McPeak, alive, and bring him to Austin. A man who lives by a specific code of right and wrong, Ridge will do whatever it takes for justice to be served.But his icy resolve begins to melt when he arrives in the small Texas town of Blackjack—along with a massive winter storm the locals call a Blue Norther. A fast-moving onslaught of heavy sleet and snow, it brings Ridge's mission to a halt, but also gives him a chance to warm up with the charming young widow named Maggie who runs the general store. She has a friendly smile, a precocious five-year-old daughter named Josie Ruth—and a terrible problem with mean-spirited cowboys working for a scurrilous rancher named Barlow. Being a gentleman, Ridge raises his gun to defend the widow and stop the thieving snakes. But the battle is only beginning . . .
