Review: The Desperate Road by Murray Pura
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 18, 2014
The Wells Fargo Express Series-Remington Colt-Volume 1-The Desperate Road e-book****By Murray PuraCelestial Farr, Remington Holt, Amos Drewery, an elderly woman and a preacher are passengers on a stagecoach traveling from Kansas City to St. Louis.  About three hours from St. Louis the peaceful ride suddenly turns deadly when it is attacked by the infamous Pittman gang.  However, the gang had not anticipated the passengers being armed or that two of those passengers were actually trained Wells Fargo agents.Remington was attracted to Celestial before the attempted robbery but seeing her whip out a gun and shoot at the would be robbers along with him, Amos and the preacher, he is even more intrigued with her.  When she offers him tickets to the following evenings gala, he jumps at the chance to spend more time with her.Once arriving in St. Louis, Remington and Amos meet with President Grant and his security team.  They discuss the information Remington and Amos had learned on the assignment he recently sent them on.  The security team inform them there is a conspiracy to overthrow the government and a group whose goal is to eliminate the President.  At the gala someone makes an attempt on the President's life.Is Celestial really interested in Remington or does she have another reason she wants him at the gala?Can Remington keep his head when things turn dangerous at the gala?  Can he protect the President or will he allow his interest in Celestial to blind him to the truth?This short story is set in the old wild west capturing your attention with its action, stagecoach robbersa bit of humor, suspense, threats on the President's life and a little romance woven throughout.  All making the reader wanting more of the story.~~I won an e-book copy from Goodreads and the author for my review~~