Mabel's Sunrise

In a sun-scorched Texas town, a woman named Mabel Cruz keeps to herself, running numbers in the back of a shop, sharing drinks with a saloon girl named Pearl, and avoiding anything that reminds her of who she used to be.

She hoped to bury her past, lock it away, and never look back, but when Frank Crowley, a charming sharpshooter she once loved, rides into town with part of their old crew, everything Mabel's built begins to change.

When old loyalties spark and long-buried desires resurface, Mabel finds herself torn between who she was and who she has become. As the present starts to feel safe, danger creeps in through the cracks: a man from Pearl's past, vengeance circling in his eyes and itching to get blood on his hands. With shadows tightening around them, Mabel is forced to face the truth and come to terms with the life she left behind.

As old flames unravel and sin surrounds them all, Mabel must decide where her true loyalties lie. Now Mabel has to answer the billion-dollar question. Does she stay hidden in her new normal or stand up, drawing her guns once again?

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"Don't be scared Mabel. Raise those guns. They miss you."

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