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Ronnie Ashmore is a veteran police officer and two-time chief of police who started his law enforcement career as a jailer and worked his way up through the ranks.
He writes novels involving crime thrillers and westerns. He has an ability to give his characters an authentic voice and a sense of reality.
When he is not working or writing and has some spare time, he enjoys playing golf, fishing, and traveling.
You can contact him at
"Ashmore creates fierce characters with confidence and authority. A fresh and welcome Western narrative." -Best-Selling Author Ralph Cotton
All Three Sam Bolton Ex-Texas Ranger Western Adventure Books in One!
Book One: Duty Bound
For ex-Texas Ranger Sam Bolton life was good. He had a successful ranch, a beautiful wife, and was content. Until he gets word a dangerous outlaw is coming for him. An outlaw that has built a reputation that rivals any Sam has ever heard of. Now all Sam has worked for has been threatened, forcing Sam to make the toughest decision of his life. Tom Bowdry made his reputation as killer. Lightning Sam Bolton made his years ago as a symbol of justice. When these two meet, bullets will surely fly.
Book Two: Fighting Men
Sam Bolton was wanting life to return to normal on the Lightning Bolt Ranch after the ranch was destroyed. But a new marshal in the town has his own way of keeping the peace, a way that goes against everything Sam believes in. When a family of fighting men rides in from east Texas seeking revenge, Sam is soon drawn into a fight for survival with an ally he doesn’t trust. Sam Bolton enemies will soon know what a fighting man really is.
Book Three: The Crooked Trail
A simple trip to Austin so his wife can shop is anything but simple for Sam Bolton. Caroline is attacked and gunned down in the streets by an outlaw with a taste for killing. With her life in the balance, Sam sets off to find the man responsible. Along the way he discovers that chasing this outlaw will test his limits and his patience.
Teaming up with the man’s cousin, they follow the killer’s crooked trail of destruction and deception. This is one trail Sam Bolton won’t let go cold because this time he is riding to settle a score with the man who shot his wife.
"Ashmore creates fierce characters with confidence and authority. A fresh and welcome Western narrative." -Best-Selling Author Ralph Cotton
-A Bullet for Malo-
After a year of living a peaceful life, John Riley takes on his toughest hunt yet. When a teenaged Mexican girl is kidnapped by an outlaw leader it becomes obvious to Riley that no one wants to help find her. Riley is determined to find her and bring her home safe. He meets up with a notorious border bandit, who is a notorious killer, who has reasons of his own for wanting to find the girl.
They form an alliance with only one goal. Find the young girl before she suffers at the hands of the outlaw. Riley will need nerves, patience, and skill to get this job done because at every turn, with a partnership like this, there could be a bullet with his name on it.
EXCERPT
Mike left the chief’s office, he slowly walked down the hall to the lobby and made his way outside. Captain Morgan was waiting for him in the parking lot. Morgan walked up to him with a scowl on his face.
“Wanna go with me?”
“I’m on leave. I can’t do nothing.”
“Well, I’m not sitting here waiting for the mighty Texas Rangers to investigate one of us. I’m going to the scene, if you’re up for it, we could walk through it again.”
Mike was conflicted, at least this would feel like doing something instead of sitting home alone with his thoughts. On the other hand, Chief would have his ass if he was caught at the scene. Getting in Morgan’s unmarked pickup Mike said, “I’m not supposed to be involved with this investigation. Chief just told me that.”
“I’m not part of the shooting investigation either. But I don’t want one of our officer’s fate trusted to an outside agency. Even the Texas Rangers. We are just going to look around. Don’t worry about it.”
Mike knew Morgan always seemed to not trust other cops who didn’t have a Colby police badge. They sat in silence as Morgan drove back to the scene.
There was plyboard in the door where the glass had been, that was the first thing Mike noticed as they drove past Smith’s Market and turned right. Morgan stopped at the mouth of the alley as crime scene tape blocked the entrance. The Ranger said there were people looking for the gun, but they must have been looking on Mars, because the alley was empty.
As they got out of the pickup, Morgan led the way stepping under the yellow tape into the alley, Mike walked slowly behind him feeling like a trespasser crossing into a forbidden area. He could see the events unfold again in his memory and felt the urge to either cry or throw up, or maybe both. Morgan’s voice broke into the horror movie that was playing in Mike’s mind.
“Stand where you were last night.”
Mike walked to the spot he would never forget standing. Morgan went to about where the gunman had stood which was easy to see since there was blood stains and trash from EMS laying there marking the place where a young life had ended violently. The alley which felt so foreboding and eerie in the dark was much less intimidating in the daylight. All the movements Morgan was making was clear and easy to see.
Morgan turned to face Mike, “Now, you shoot me, I fall back, or I fall down. Where the hell does the gun go?” There was only empty space around the site. Morgan continued to look around, Mike started to think it was the proverbial needle in the haystack when he seen Morgan look up at the back of the building that would be the rear of Smith’s Market. Morgan took several steps back and began jumping in an effort to get a better look. It was hard to tell what it was, but it was worth checking out.
Ronnie Ashmore is a veteran police officer and two-time chief of police who started his law enforcement career as a jailer and worked his way up through the ranks.
He writes novels involving crime thrillers and westerns. He has an ability to give his characters an authentic voice and a sense of reality.
When he is not working or writing and has some spare time, he enjoys playing golf, fishing, and traveling.
You can contact him at ronnieashmore@mail.com
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ronnie.ashmore.1
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Dan Mariani is a native New Yorker born near the Westchester Square area of the Bronx. The author studied English at the University of Albany in New York where he focused on a broad liberal arts education. Later he went back to school and earned an advanced MBA from Adelphi University.
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