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    The Devil's Cut: A Western Romance: The Black Moon, #1
    The Devil's Cut: A Western Romance: The Black Moon, #1
    The Devil's Cut: A Western Romance: The Black Moon, #1
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    The Devil's Cut: A Western Romance: The Black Moon, #1

    By Jennifer Grayson

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    Monica Rhodes is a bounty hunter. Although an uncommon profession for a woman, she excels at her work and enjoys the solitude it brings. In St. Louis, she accepts a bounty on an Englishman who is accused of murder, witchcraft, devil-worship, and worse. Along the way, she meets Ruprecht Eichen, a German doctor seeking revenge for his murdered family members. The two strike up a cautious partnership in pursuit of their mutual foe, but Monica can't help but wonder whether simple revenge is all that motivates him. Whatever the answer, it is clear that they must rely on one another; a black moon is rising over the last days of the Old West, bringing with it terror, mystery, and intrigue.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJG Publishing
    Release dateSep 25, 2014
    ISBN9781502254894
    The Devil's Cut: A Western Romance: The Black Moon, #1
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    Jennifer Grayson

    Jennifer Grayson is an environmental journalist and Huffington Post columnist whose work has appeared in publications including USA Today, the Washington Post, and American Baby. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two young daughters.

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      The Devil's Cut - Jennifer Grayson

      The Black Moon

      Part 1: The Devil's Cut

      By Jennifer Grayson

      Copyright © 2014 Jennifer Grayson

      This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places and incidents are products of the writer’s imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locales or organizations is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of various products referenced in this work of fiction, which have been used without permission. The publication/use of these trademarks is not authorized, associated with, or sponsored by the trademark owners.

      Table of Contents

      Part 1

      The Devil’s Cut

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      About The Author

      Other Stories By Jennifer Grayson

      Part 1

      The Devil’s Cut

      Spring, 1880

      St. Louis, MO

      Chapter 1

      ––––––––

      The sun set slowly over the waterfront, turning the ordinarily brown waters of the Mississippi River into a glimmering cascade of light. Despite the busy dockworkers, returning fishing vessels, and the steamboats coming to rest at the docks, the air seemed still and calm to Monica Rhodes, who stood waiting by an empty dock. She was somewhat tall for a woman, standing over five and a half feet in a worn pair of jeans and some sturdy leather boots. Her hair was black and cut short above her chin, framing an angular face that was now set with a determined look.

      Slung from her belt were a sheathed hunting knife and a holster with an accompanying revolver. In her right hand she loosely held a short-barreled shotgun of the sort that stagecoaches throughout the West were regularly protected (and held up) with. In her other hand, she carried a folded piece of paper declaring that a man named Samuel Wilkes was wanted for thievery. She'd picked up the bounty while traveling through Memphis about a week ago and had tracked down Wilkes' friends and acquaintances until one of them had admitted to her that Wilkes was bound for St. Louis on a steamboat which was now half an hour late at its berth.

      Although bounty hunting was a grueling and often dangerous job, Monica couldn't deny the rush that came from finally tracking down a mark. The waiting that came just before could be agonizing, though, and she worried that she'd gotten the wrong dock until she spotted a steamer making its way toward her. She straightened up and rolled

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