The Day the Sheriff Died
(2026)(A book in the Western Justice Adventures series)
A novel by Jesse Storm
They killed the sheriff. Now his son has to wear the badge.
In Dusty Gorge, the coming railroad promises fortunes for the men ruthless enough to seize them. No one stands in the way of cattle baron Raymond Rourke – except Sheriff Thomas Mercer.
So Rourke has him murdered.
The killing leaves the town frightened and desperate for someone to stand against the violence tightening around the valley. That burden falls to Thomas’s son, Elias Mercer, a 24-year-old deputy who never believed he was ready to become sheriff.
Unlike the hardened men around him, Elias doesn’t drink, gamble, or chase trouble. He believes the law should mean something.
But belief may not be enough against Raymond Rourke.
And when Rourke’s gang strike the family of schoolteacher Elizabeth Brenner, the woman Elias has come to care for, the fight becomes even more personal.
Now Elias must choose what kind of lawman he wants to be.
The kind this violent frontier demands…
Or the kind his father raised him to become.
Note: Each novel in the Western Justice Adventures series is a standalone story, with sprinkles of romance, that can be read out of order.
Genre: Western
In Dusty Gorge, the coming railroad promises fortunes for the men ruthless enough to seize them. No one stands in the way of cattle baron Raymond Rourke – except Sheriff Thomas Mercer.
So Rourke has him murdered.
The killing leaves the town frightened and desperate for someone to stand against the violence tightening around the valley. That burden falls to Thomas’s son, Elias Mercer, a 24-year-old deputy who never believed he was ready to become sheriff.
Unlike the hardened men around him, Elias doesn’t drink, gamble, or chase trouble. He believes the law should mean something.
But belief may not be enough against Raymond Rourke.
And when Rourke’s gang strike the family of schoolteacher Elizabeth Brenner, the woman Elias has come to care for, the fight becomes even more personal.
Now Elias must choose what kind of lawman he wants to be.
The kind this violent frontier demands…
Or the kind his father raised him to become.
Note: Each novel in the Western Justice Adventures series is a standalone story, with sprinkles of romance, that can be read out of order.
Genre: Western
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