Lean Stroud is wanted for robbery and a murder he didn't commit. On the run to California with his partner-in-crime, Kenneth, he spots the relentless bounty hunter, Thomas Grady, on the train. The only way to protect Kenneth is to create a distraction, and that's what he does when he flees the train at the top of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. He forces Thomas to chase him, but nothing can prepare him for what it means to be caught.<br><br>Thomas Grady always gets his man, and Leon Stroud is no exception to that rule. But almost from the moment Thomas touches Leon, he wants the outlaw for something besides his bounty. Driven by desire he doesn't understand, he repeatedly claims Leon's body on the long journey from Soda Springs to San Francisco -- and Leon only begs for more. An even bigger threat, with a larger bounty, could be the very thing they need to drive them together. Or tear them apart.

Stealing West

Any chance Leon had been talking to Susie vanished when Thomas heard Phoenix’s answer. “Right. And if we stick close enough to the border, we can make as many trips into Texas and New Mexico that we want. Rustling is easy. Easier than robbing trains and coaches.”


Leon laughed. “Not as much fun, though. Don’t tell me you don’t like sticking it to the marshals whenever you get a chance. Someone needs to be teaching them a lesson. Might as well be us, right?”


“I knew you two would get along just fine.” A woman’s lyrical voice. Silver Sue herself. “Can you hand me my shawl, Leon?”


“Oh, we’re not going to settle down and rustle cattle forever. I’m still too young to retire. Just got to lay low for a while. I’ve got bigger plans.”


“Are you going to come out front and listen to me sing?” Sue asked.


“Why don’t you give us a private performance later tonight? I want to discuss some things with Leon.”


Chapter 34