Synopsis

Shady Rest, Texas, has the dubious reputation for being the deadliest town in America. Getting yourself killed is as easy as blinking and twice as quick. Sure enough, Matt Jensen hasn't swallowed his whisky before the town's marshal is gunned down before his eyes. Matt defends himself by putting two bullets in the shooter's chest, unaware that he's in line for a $5,000 bounty--as long as he stays in Shady Rest to collect it. And staying gets even more tempting when a red haired beauty decides to be the next town marshal...

Annabel O'Callahan is a dressmaker with a secret weapon--no hard case or gunslinger worth his salt will gun down a lady. Almost overnight, Shady Rest becomes a model of law and order. But the man Matt killed has a whole passel of friends and family--the killing kind, man or woman--headed to Shady Rest for revenge. Now the dressmaker and the mountain man must join forces. Two against a small army. And the deadliest shootout Shady Rest has ever seen.

About William W. Johnstone

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 fifty 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 serving in the army. He went on to become known as "the greatest western writer of the twenty-first century."


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa

Title: The Eyes of Texas (The Last Mountain Man Series #8) Author: William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone E-book Pages: 384 Year: 2013 Publisher: Pinnacle Books My rating: 5 out of 5 stars. Matt Jensen is in Colorado visiting some friends when he returns to their home after a visit in town to find them......more

Goodreads review by Randy

Matt Jensen broke up the stage robbery, killing two of the bandits, one getting away, and became the toast of the little town of Shady Rest, Texas. When he kills a man in a saloon that had just killed the town Marshal, he recognizes the man as one he'd arrested a year before for murdering a couple, T......more

Goodreads review by Garth

Book 8 in the Matt Jensen Series. The lawless town of Shady Rest has lost 3 marshals in as many months. Seems a place made to order for Matt to bring order. This outing in the series is unique in spending more time in describing settings, back-story, and characters other than the Mountain Men. We ge......more