title: Out of the West
author: Archer, Jane
description: Seeking her parents' killer in the Wild West, St. Louis belle-turned-bounty hunter Summer meets the mysterious gambler Talon, while Nokoni, a beautiful African-American bounty hunter, pursues her own trail of vengeance that leads to Buffalo soldier Slade.
  
  In a bizarre coincidence, Nakoni and Summer, two female bounty hunters, meet while seeking the same man a fortune hunter called the "Cactus Kid." The Kid convinces the women to forget their mission and join him in his search for a gold statue. Eventually the rough and tumble threesome add to their party in the form of Talon, a handsome gambler, and Slade, a dashing former soldier. Does this mean romance for the fiercely independent Nakoni and Summer?