James Leonard Books in Order
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James Leonard books in publication order
47 books
Carver
by James Leonard
2022
Carver Hudson has spent fifteen years hunting the outlaw who murdered his family. Meeting Catalina, who is protecting her son from the same man, offers hope of a future together, but their enemy is preparing to meet them with force.
Daniel Boyd
by James Leonard
2022
Daniel Boyd returns to Texas after learning his mother has been murdered. Pursuing the gang terrorizing his hometown, he joins forces with a woman who has suffered at its leader's hands, determined to stop further killings before more families are destroyed.
One-Eyed Jack Reaper
by James Leonard
2022
After an outlaw takes his eye and leaves him for dead, Joe Noble discovers corruption throughout the local authorities. Assuming the identity Jack Reaper, he infiltrates the gang, risking his life and his fiancée's safety to expose its protection network.
Reprisal
by James Leonard
2022
Reformed outlaw Samuel Lake wants to run his saloon in peace, but a rancher's plea draws him back toward violence. Elizabeth Stanford seeks justice against a brutal rustler, whose escalating attacks make Samuel's refusal to intervene increasingly impossible.
The Homestead
by James Leonard
2022
After an outlaw raids his homestead and kills a worker, Simon becomes guardian to a boy and protector to a threatened community. Joining Bridgett Clark in a pursuit of justice, he must defend the new family he never expected to find.
Untamed
by James Leonard
2022
A train attack kills Nathan Pace's relatives and ends his hopes of retiring from law enforcement. With Sarah Meade, another victim seeking justice, he pursues the Thrasher brothers and their gang before their violence spreads to more towns.
A Man Called Midnight
by James Leonard
2023
Newly freed Midnight finds his hard-won liberty threatened when outlaws abduct his friend's sister. With Hanna and a Civil War veteran, he confronts a gang trading in captive women, determined to rescue the people he loves without surrendering his freedom.
A Storm Is Coming
by James Leonard
2023
Left for dead after surviving the war, Storm Montgomery awakens to find his employer murdered and Lena accused of the crime. With corrupt lawmen protecting the real criminal, they flee together and search for a way to clear her name.
Bad Blood
by James Leonard
2023
Former outlaw Finch Collins has spent years escaping the gang he abandoned after saving a boy. A reporter's attempt to tell his story exposes his whereabouts, sending them into danger from both his former leader and a corrupt marshal.
Doc Blackwell
by James Leonard
2023
Grieving doctor Maynard Blackwell has given up his guns when a marshal's death leaves a child witness unprotected. Escorting eight-year-old Fern and her mother to trial forces him to face a ruthless outlaw determined to prevent her testimony.
Gable
by James Leonard
2023
Widower Gable Heath retreats to the mountains with his daughter, hoping to avoid further violence. A rancher's scheme to seize land and control the water supply draws him into a community's struggle, alongside a woman determined to resist the intimidation.
Lonesome Grifter
by James Leonard
2023
Deep in debt, Laney Jordan hires grifter Beckett Johnson to help follow half a treasure map sent by her brother. Their search for gold attracts competing thieves, a murderous gang, and a mysterious pursuer, turning financial rescue into a fight for survival.
Return to Brigand’s Gate
by James Leonard
2023
Birch Patterson returns from war to find his hometown controlled by gambling, brothels, and opium. With his sweetheart trapped in a brothel, he takes up his guns again to rescue her and confront the criminals who have transformed Brigand's Gate.
The Good Guy
by James Leonard
2023
Grieving veteran Porter Grayson accepts a seemingly simple job protecting two women from an outlaw threat. When a young girl is abducted, he must abandon his retreat into drink and help her mother fight to bring the child home.
The Marshal
by James Leonard
2023
Marshal Mason Somers must accept an inexperienced deputy or leave town after his methods cause destruction. Pursuing dangerous outlaws together, they uncover a hidden mastermind whose threats draw the mayor's daughter into a struggle to save her father and community.
The Neglected
by James Leonard
2023
Fleeing an abusive husband, Petal finds work in a brothel whose women are being targeted by killers. They hire bounty hunter Sully Worth and insist on joining his pursuit, creating a traveling alliance complicated by romance and mounting danger.
Brothers’ Last Stand
by James Leonard
2024
The murder of their youngest brother intensifies the feud between Union veteran Locke Montgomery and former Confederate Pepper. With a gang terrorizing Long Hollow and their loved ones in danger, the brothers must reconcile or risk losing their town.
Chained to the West
by James Leonard
2024
Released prisoner Dugan Winters hopes to reunite with his wife, but an outlaw escape overtakes his transport wagon. Forced to appear cooperative while planning a rescue, he tries to save hostages as his wife and friend ride toward the danger.
Finders Keepers
by James Leonard
2024
Flynn Noble and his injured brother discover money beside a dead man and seek help from the sheriff. That decision traps them between a gang wanting its cash back and a corrupt lawman, while an orchard worker joins their struggle.
Last Marshal Standing
by James Leonard
2024
Ready to retire after a deputy’s death, Marshal Sawyer Callahan accepts an old love’s plea to find bounty hunter Reaper Malone. Their uneasy alliance draws them into a confrontation with crime boss Silas Finch and his hired killers.
Luck Of The Draw
by James Leonard
2024
River Hopkins inherits land that holds valuable oil, attracting the attention of land baron Buford Baker. As he fights to keep his property, he becomes involved with Tess, a woman trying to escape Baker’s control.
Rescue At Dawn
by James Leonard
2024
Snowbound
by James Leonard
2024
Grieving his murdered wife, Palmer McCoy shelters from a blizzard in an abandoned town with Sarah Truman and her daughter. When an outlaw gang takes refuge there too, he must protect them without his weapons as the storm closes in.
Sorrow’s Bounty
by James Leonard
2024
Bounty hunter Chance Weaver once rescued young Billy Sorrows and became his guardian. Five years later, Billy is a wanted criminal, forcing Chance to pursue the boy while an old love becomes caught in the danger.
The Guardian
by James Leonard
2024
The Sun Never Sets
by James Leonard
2024
Former army captain Ezra Dobbs heads west with his daughter after losing his wife and son. On the wagon train, his bond with Lizbeth Howard draws him into protecting her and her child from a relentless outlaw determined to reclaim them.
Wilder
by James Leonard
2024
Bride, Bullet, Blizzard
by James Leonard
2025
War veteran Hudson Noble offers shelter to Abigail McCall, a mail-order bride whose intended husband has died. As winter closes around his Colorado homestead, the Black Jasper Gang threatens their fragile refuge and the surrounding community.
Dante’s Vow
by James Leonard
2025
Ghost Hunt
by James Leonard
2025
Young bounty hunter Jesse Quinn joins Lila Reyes in pursuing Solomon Vance, an outlaw known as the Ghost. Their hunt becomes a blood feud, with a marshal their only ally against an army of killers.
Silent Was The Man
by James Leonard
2025
War has taken Parker Cole’s voice, but his hopes for peace vanish when outlaw Delah Wagner mistakes him for a traitor. Sent to lure him out, Delah’s sister Scarlett finds herself torn between family loyalty and love.
Smoke Hansom
by James Leonard
2025
After an outlaw attack kills his daughter, former scout Smoke Hansom pursues Hawken, a man he once trusted as a brother. Widow Jenny Callahan joins his hunt, bringing secrets of her own into their dangerous alliance.
Sweet William
by James Leonard
2025
The Bayou Marshal
by James Leonard
2025
Former marshal Jackson Cole believed his wife’s killer had drowned years ago. Rumors of Gabriel Benoit’s survival draw him into Louisiana’s swamps, where Sabine Laurent’s search for her kidnapped brother becomes entangled with his unfinished pursuit.
The Book of Crowe
by James Leonard
2025
The Coffin Maker’s Son
by James Leonard
2025
When Laura disappears, Luke Brenner refuses to accept the town’s belief that she simply ran away. Another missing girl’s return points to a kidnapping, sending Luke after Reese Withers and into a larger criminal scheme.
The Funeral Train
by James Leonard
2025
A train arrives in Worrisome carrying coffins marked with living residents' names, including former fighter Snow Jacobs. As a vengeful outlaw begins filling them, Snow joins the killer's estranged sister to confront a town's secrets and his own guilt.
The Whisper of His Irons
by James Leonard
2025
Flint McCrae hunts the men who killed his mother, crossing names from his list as his violent reputation spreads. A boardinghouse keeper's daughter sees the grief beneath his legend, but vengeance threatens to erase the man she hopes to reach.
At Journey’s End
by James Leonard
2026
Veteran Jonah rescues his former love and her son from a fire, then accompanies them west with a wagon train. Hidden thieves and a pursuing outlaw bring murder into their journey, forcing Jonah into an uneasy alliance to protect them.
Gone Rogue
by James Leonard
2026
Hired to capture a former Pinkerton who now leads a criminal network, Hale Rutherford rides without official support. Rescued captive Ruby offers sharp observations that aid his hunt, but their opponent knows the methods being used against him.
Let Justice Burns Slow
by James Leonard
2026
Freed after five years in prison for another man's crime, Elwood returns to a town dominated by the real killer. Reuniting with former allies and the woman he loves, he begins exposing the corruption protecting a respected businessman.
Quiet War
by James Leonard
2026
After one son is murdered and another gravely injured, Keller Ward turns to vengeance when a powerful man's family prevents justice. An undertaker's daughter offers connection, but retaliation threatens everyone he still has reason to protect.
The Bitter Trail
by James Leonard
2026
Bounty hunter Blackberry Jacobs brings a dead outlaw into town, hoping to recover with a healer who understands his wounds. The outlaw's brothers arrive seeking vengeance, forcing him to defend a life and love he barely believed possible.
The Blue Blood
by James Leonard
2026
Former English aristocrat Sebastian Harrow is manipulated by a corrupt sheriff into killing an outlaw. Forced to flee with saloon owner Etta, he faces the dead man's vengeful brother while deciding whether their uneasy partnership can become trust.
The Long Way From Mercy
by James Leonard
2026
The Snow Debt
by James Leonard
2026
Disgraced scout Cairn Rusk takes his daughter and aging father to a mountain cabin, where hidden payroll and documents expose a mining company's crimes. Outlaws and hired power converge on the family, forcing him to confront another deadly winter.
Where The Fire Finds You
by James Leonard
2026
Haunted by abandoning a friend in a fire, Frank rides into a wildfire to rescue two sisters. An outlaw gang takes them captive, forcing him and fiercely independent Lily to depend on each other through flames, pursuit, and old guilt.
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