Snowbound with a Killer
(2026)(A book in the Whispers of the Western Wind series)
A novel by Johnnie Burns
A man wakes on a frozen riverbank with a bullet in his side, a blood-soaked satchel of railroad bonds, and no memory of who he is. He staggers into Bitter Creek, a dying mining town sealed off by the worst winter the Colorado Territory has seen. No one leaves until spring. Someone wants him dead before then.
Ellen Cole, the woman who drags him off her porch and stitches him back together, has her own reasons for being in Bitter Creek. Her husband was murdered while investigating railroad land grabs, and the half-dead stranger arrives carrying the proof she has spent two years hunting. But can she trust him?
As fragments of memory return, the stranger begins to suspect the truth is worse than the wound. He was not a victim. He was the weapon. And the town he is growing to care about is the one he was sent to destroy. Now, snowbound and hunted, he must choose: run from what he was, or tear it down and face what comes after.
Tropes: Left for dead, Amnesia, Redemption Story, Unlikely Allies
"Snowbound with a Killer" is a historical adventure novel of approximately 80,000 words. No cliffhangers, only pure unadulterated action.
Genre: Historical Romance
Ellen Cole, the woman who drags him off her porch and stitches him back together, has her own reasons for being in Bitter Creek. Her husband was murdered while investigating railroad land grabs, and the half-dead stranger arrives carrying the proof she has spent two years hunting. But can she trust him?
As fragments of memory return, the stranger begins to suspect the truth is worse than the wound. He was not a victim. He was the weapon. And the town he is growing to care about is the one he was sent to destroy. Now, snowbound and hunted, he must choose: run from what he was, or tear it down and face what comes after.
Tropes: Left for dead, Amnesia, Redemption Story, Unlikely Allies
"Snowbound with a Killer" is a historical adventure novel of approximately 80,000 words. No cliffhangers, only pure unadulterated action.
Genre: Historical Romance
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