Product Description

WhenHarvey Palmer and Deputy Jesse Thompson meet they already have onething in common: a deranged outlaw named Howdy Baxter. Harvey killedBaxter's brother, and Baxter wants revenge. Jesse's orders from JudgeRandolph Martin are to bring Baxter in, and failure is not an option. Asif their lives weren't complicated enough Baxter kidnaps Lila Foster,the love of Harvey's life, and Kitty Moynahan, a rancher's daughter whoJesse has fallen in love with at first sight. The two men team up andwith a half Irish, half Apache and Chinese ace in the hole they take onBaxter and his men in a fight to the death in an abandoned ghost townto save the women they love.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3478457 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

About the Author
CharlieMacNeil is the pen name of Chuck Buchanan. Chuck is a rancher andshooter from eastern Oregon. Chuck grew up in eastern Oregon andeastern Washington and has lived most of his life on ranches and farms.Chuck currently lives on the family ranch with his wife Cheryl and twonearly grown boys who like to cowboy and team rope. His interestsinclude writing, shooting of all types including Cowboy Action,hunting, and rodeo. Chuck is an amateur photographer who specializes inportraits and rodeo action shots. Complications is his first publishednovel.

Customer Reviews

There is a new Marshal in town.
Jesse may be young but he is fast with those Remingtons and strong enough to wear the badge of a Marshal.

Charlie MacNeil brings you the first in what I am sure will be a series of Deputy stories and introduces us to some rich characters and one dang good story. He is now to be ranked as one of the newest storytellers in town. If you like westerns, this book is for you. If you like action, this book is for you. Finally, if you like love stories, this book is for you.

So don't just sit there and read my review or a sample page, buy this book and sit back open the pages and get lost in the west while your coffee gets cold.


Review by: Walt Lange, Author, Poet, and Freelance writer of articles and commentaries. Look for his western/frontier books also here at Amazon.

On the Owl-hoot trail
If you count tales of cowboys and justice among your reading interests, you'll want to acquire a copy of "Complications." It is interspersed with gun battles, fist fights, double crosses, and plans for revenge. Then there is the positive side in which the dedicated deputy goes against all odds to bring in the bad guys. When there is time to consider such things, you'll find the weather inclimate, the girls beautiful, the criminals viscious, and the sleeping arrangements out in the boonies uncomfortable. But the plot advances steadily with one complication after another - sometimes for the good guys, who are not necessarily all good and often for the bad guys who are not necessarily all bad. This is the owl-hoot trail adventure, pretty much at its best.

Great Story and Easy Reading
The book was very entertaining and easy to read. I especially liked the latter part of the book involving the old ghost town. I would definitely consider purchasing another of this author's books when it becomes available.