The Devil Rides Into Dusty Creek
Historical Fiction

The Devil Rides Into Dusty Creek

by leelee

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When Eli Thornton rides into Dusty Creek with nothing but a worn saddlebag and questions about the past he expects to find answers—not corruption running deeper than the valley's ancient roots. The sun-baked town seems peaceful enough with its trading post saloon and honest folk trying to make a living. But sharp-eyed postmistress Martha Wilson knows trouble when she sees it and Sheriff Blackwood's polished badge hides secrets darker than the desert night. As outside speculators circle like vultures and longtime ranchers face mysterious foreclosures Eli realizes his family's legacy is tied to a conspiracy that could destroy everything Dusty Creek holds dear. In a place where trust is scarcer than water and justice comes at gunpoint one man's search for truth will determine whether this desert town survives—or becomes another ghost story whispered on the wind.

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