Author: calebpirtleiii
Written Especially for the eReaderWhy should she fall in love with a man she defended in court/ Does she know he’s a CIA assassin? Does she know he has orders to kill the President? Does she know she will die if he fails? What else doesn’t she know?Roland Sand has killed two government operatives sent to execute him. He is arrested and represented in court by a beautiful young public defender, … public defender, Eleanor Trent. Their eyes connect. So do their hearts, but both keep their feeling buried deep inside them.Eleanor does not know that Sand is an assassin…
Caleb Pirtle III has traveled down many back roads and dead end streets during his writing career as newspaperman, magazine editor, and author. He collects people. More accurately, he collects their stories. Some call him a writer. He calls himself a thief. He says, “I steal their stories, write, and publish them.” He has written a memoir of sorts about many of those whose paths he crossed – from … crossed – from the down and out to national celebrities, from country music stars to death row inmates, from hit men and lawyers to farmers who struck it rich when…
**2018 Beverly Hills Book Award Winner for Historical Fiction/Southwest!**Best of Texas Book Award Winner for Historical Fiction!Times are hard along the Sabine River, and the little East Texas town of Ashland is crumbling under the weight of the Great Depression. Families are broke and hungry. For many, their last meal may well have been their last meal. Families are giving up and leaving town. … and leaving town. Everyone knows the fate that awaits the scattered farms. No one can save Ashland. It is as isolated as the back side of a blue moon. Into town comes Doc Bannister wearing a…