The Wild Card
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The Wild Card
"You never know how fast your life can change."
When the infamous Pier family vanished into legend after the brutal fall of Elderbrook, they left behind more than a trail of bodies-they left behind a legacy. Fifteen years later, Estella "Ella" Pier, once known as "The Wild Card," lives under a new name, pouring whiskey for cowboys and secrets for survival. But the past has a way of creeping up on you... especially when it rides with guns, tattoos, and vendettas.
As the Horace Hyde Gang pushes south, towns start disappearing. Bounty hunters stir. Tribes choose sides. And those who thought they'd escaped their sins? They find out just how much the Wild West remembers. Ella's old life is calling-and so is everyone who ever loved her... or wanted her dead.
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