Western RomanceWhen a tragic accident claims her husband’s life, Jesse Santos must find a way to keep the ranch, the only home her 12 year old son has ever known. The ranch hands have abandoned her, a gang of cutthroat ranchers want her land and an ancient Yaqui Indian insists a spirit has taken up residence in the house.After a fifteen year absence, her husband’s brother, Coy, returns to his … returns to his childhood home. He doesn’t plan on staying, and he certainly doesn’t intend to settle down with a widow and her son…no matter how pretty she is.
He’s an outlaw, after all, and made a decision to put an end to his gun-slinging days long ago. Will his conscience let him walk away from family, or will his heart overrule his head?
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Praise for Comes An Outlaw
“I loved all the components of this story. The Indian lore was probably my favorite though.”
“The storyline is brilliant. This novella has many twists and turns. A page turner.”
“Diablo has created a set of compelling characters. Jesse captures the essence of the time, when women had very few options, and even fewer good ones.”
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Coy was heading home to visit his MA and Pa before heading to Utah what he found on their ranch was much more than he and his heart bargained for. Jesse Santos loved her husband, after he died, she talked to his ghost who promised “Help is on the way.” The help that arrived in her front yard took her breath away and she had to fight to get it back. Together Coy and Jesse fall in love and work through death to be together. Fantastic fast paced, romantic read, filled with all the best elements, lost man, lonely woman bit of drama to separate them so they have to fight to get back together. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a lightweight romance they can read in public. Other than a few steamy kisses this is safe for those who do not like highly descriptive sexual scenes.
Jesse Santos has lost her husband to an accident. Her 12 year old son, Grange is helping run the farm. Times are hard as some brothers are stealing her cattle. She needs those to help them through winter. The land is hard for a woman to work it and her late husbands sprit tells her help is coming.
Coy has been gone for years. He decides to stop by the ranch on his way to Utah. He is shocked to hear his parents and older brother are gone. He tells Jesse he will stay for a short while and then leaving.
Can she convince Coy to stay a while longer and help her with the cattle or will he ride on out? Can his past change her mind?
The writing will have the reader turning the pages. The time period is the perfect setting for a widow trying to make it with her son. Both characters can hold your attention with Coy not wanting to settle down and Jesse now wanting to leave. The author does a wonderful job with twists to keep the story interesting. This is a story of hope, romance, paranormal and second changes. I love Fetch and Grange they made the story sweeter.
Comes an Outlaw by Keta Diablo is a captivating paranormal romance set in 1885 Arizona. The old west is a perfect place for this tale of a widow’s struggle to survive against great odds, with love and help from beyond.
Jesse Santos lives with her twelve-year-old son on her late husband’s ranch, which has been in the family for generations. Since Cain’s death, she has worked the land as best she can, despite drought, cattle rustlers and the fear she is losing her mind. Although she misses her husband, she wishes his spirit would stop talking to her. Cain worked for a psychic investigation company and deeply believed in ghosts. He promised her he would come back to help her after his death, if she needed him. However, she can’t quite believe it’s really him and not hallucinations from a brain addled by too much stress. When Cain tells her that help is coming on a piebald horse, she doesn’t know what to think. Then, Cain’s younger brother Coy arrives out of the blue. He could be a big help, but he doesn’t intend to stick around. Not knowing his parents and brother had died, he only planned to stop in for a short visit before continuing to Utah, but the beautiful widow and her courageous son won’t make it without him.
The hardscrabble existence of life in those days, the engaging characters, and the fascinating look at Yaqui Indian culture, carries the reader into a simpler time when it was easier to believe in spirits and their ability to communicate beyond the grave.
This story was an entertaining read that kept me spellbound to the end. Coy says one thing to Jesse that truly encompasses the essence of the story: At last he turned and faced her. “A man loving you from beyond the grave, I’d take that as the highest compliment one can give a woman.” That statement just shreds my heart.
If you enjoy Romance, Paranormal stories, or Westerns, read Comes an Outlaw. You will love it.
Great romance, an interesting plot and a ghost
A great read of a tough independent heroine doing her best to survive in a harsh time. I love the time period of the story, set in the late 1800s in Arizona. Jesse finds herself alone trying to save her son and ranch. A story that rings true for so many women of the time, she is a survivor that made me cheer for her.
A few layers to this book, bullies who try to take her land, interesting Indian references and a ghost who tries to help her out. And of course the romantic interest who comes riding into the ranch unaware of any of it. I really liked the ghost in this story, he is helpful and a bit cryptic.
This is a shorter book, a smooth enjoyable quick read. A stand alone story, good plot, sweet romance, a HEA and I think it would be enjoyed by almost everyone to read.