Lady and a Gun: A Historical Western Adventure - Paperback

by Thadd Turner (Author)

A WOMAN GAMBLER. A DANGEROUS FRONTIER. A LEGEND BORN ONE TURN OF THE CARDS AT A TIME.

In the post-Civil War West, the gambling tables belong to men. Lottie Deno is about to change the game. Born Carlotta Thompkins and raised on a Kentucky horse farm, Lottie learned young how to read a hand, hide her emotions, and risk everything on the turn of a card. When tragedy leaves her searching for a new life, those skills become her means of survival.

Her journey takes her from Mississippi River steamboats to the smoky gambling halls of Texas, where she meets Frank Thurmond, a gambler, frontier lawman, and dangerous man to love. Together they enter a world of high-stakes games, gunfights, outlaws, and frontier justice, crossing paths with legendary figures including Doc Holliday, Big Nose Kate, Wyatt Earp, and a young Billy the Kid.

Inspired by the remarkable life of Lottie Deno, Lady and a Gun is a fast-moving historical Western filled with gambling, danger, romance, and adventure.

When every hand could bring a fortune or a bullet, how much would you risk to build a new life?