Free (Kindle) The Sheriff of Elk Ridge by Mason Macrae [Town Water Shortage Western]

[ATDrake]

The Sheriff of Elk Ridge by Mason Macrae, a pseudonym for the late James L. Rubel, is his vintage standalone historical western action adventure novel, this one the tale of a newly-appointed deputy sheriff struggling with the desire to uphold the law, which is rather laxly applied locally, even as his friends and enemies seem bent on breaking it, and just to make things more interesting, the town has a water crisis which needs to be solved, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Pioneering imprint.

This was originally published in 1936 by Sovereign, and happens to be the 4th one we've gotten thus far which has an ominous water shortage going on as a key part of the blurbed plot (to be fair, most of them were written over a period of decades). Although this one doesn't seem to have some nefarious landowner secretly causing it… or does it?

Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)

Description
The town of Elk Ridge needs saving from itself….

There’s not enough water being provided by the local dam, Sheriff Laatsch is letting outlaws go free and the town’s banker is crooked.

Flip Nickerson is college educated and has a promising future.

But his best friend Red Kyle is being branded an outlaw and in the Old West, when you’re called an outlaw, it doesn’t take long before you’re forced to live up to your name.

When Flip is offered the chance to become deputy sheriff he can’t pass up the opportunity.

He swears an oath to uphold the law – but what does this mean for the future of his friendship with the now outlaw Red?

And it’s not long before Flip realises that as an authority in the town, you quickly have more enemies than you have friends.

To make things worse, the love of his life Grace has a brother hell-bent on breaking the law.

And when Flip gets elected The Sheriff of Elk Ridge – rather than just deputy – he has a choice to make – does he go easy on his friends, or does he live by the oath that he swore?

The town’s water crisis needs solving, and outlaws need catching.

One thing is for sure, lives will be lost.

But will Flip Nickerson be able to save Elk Ridge, keep his friends, and get the girl?

The Sheriff of Elk Ridge is a classic tale of the Old West, where trouble is never too far away…

[Dr. Drib]

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[ZodWallop]

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