The Texas Hill Country

Introducing a bold new saga from the bestselling Johnstones. This is the epic story of new arrivals in the Old West-a proud family of dreamers in the untamed wilds of Texas Hill Country . . .
They came to America to start a new life. Three brothers and their sister, the Braxton heirs lost everything they had in Europe so they boarded a ship to the Texas coast, hoping to stake a claim in the land of opportunity. They knew frontier life would be hard. But their troubles begin before they even reach Texas. A man is killed on board-a member of the fierce MacLochlainn clan who blame one of the Braxtons for his death. So begins a blood-drenched feud that will haunt and pursue them as they try to build a future in Texas Hill Country . . .
Now a fugitive on the run, the wrongly accused Perry Braxton changes his name and joins the Texas Rangers-waiting for the day his past catches up to him. His oldest brother, Athelston, struggles to build a ranch in Commanche territory while the middle brother Jeremy turns to gambling and running with outlaws. Their sister, Bodie, falls in love with a rugged frontiersman, who teaches her the importance of riding, hunting-and shooting-in a life-or-death game of survival. Each of the siblings have forged a path of their own. But when one of them is in trouble-and a rival is out for revenge-the Braxtons stick together. Because family is family. And blood is thicker than bullets . . .

William W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling Western writer in America and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of hundreds of books, with over 50 million copies sold. Born in southern Missouri, he was raised with strong moral and family values by his minister father and tutored by his schoolteacher mother. He left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before becoming a full-time writer.