title: Preacher's Pearl
author: Raye, Cyndi
description: The last of the single men of Pistol Ridge - A woman doctor trying to find home - A town that welcomes both.Laura Malburn is fresh out of medical college when she is offered a job taking over her uncle's office. She heads to Pistol Ridge, a place out west where doctors of the female gender are tolerated.Pierson Radcliff, or better known as Preacher, is the last single man in the small group of heroes in Pistol Ridge. He thinks he has a reputation to uphold as a charmer, but when a new doctor arrives, everything changes.When things go awry, as it tends to do in Pistol Ridge, will these two hearts beat as one, or will evil prevail? Will the folks of Pistol Ridge be able to stand up once again to keep their town clean?Pistol Ridge is a small remote mining town near Nevada City, Montana Territory, where a dirty sheriff had held the town hostage by ordering his thugs to steal a percentage of their earnings to keep law and order. But, the women, holding a secret society, went looking for a hero. They found him and cleaned up the town with the help of seven men who fought in the war to help their former commander. Now, seven men are looking for somewhere to hang their hats. Will Pistol Ridge be the place to find reprieve for their weary souls?This is Pierson Radcliff's story - also known as Preacher