A semi-retired gun-hand leads a newlywed couple into hostile territory with a map to a lost treasure, fighting Apaches, Mexican soldiers, and cold-blooded killers on one hand while fighting off the temptations of the heart with the other in Peter Brandvold's The Romantics.
Brandvold has written scores of what he calls "fast action" westerns, adult-oriented paperbacks with plenty of killing and sex, but he paints on a much broader canvas in this one. The Romantics hearkens back to the old-fashioned western movies, one part The Searchers and one part The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
The Romantics refers to both the romance of finding a lost treasure, and the blossoming romance between the gunman, with his own troubled past, and the bride in a marriage of convenience.
This one features an absolutely rip-roaring third act with a memorable set-piece in a series of caves.
I always pick up Brandvold when I find him and enjoy his writing, but this is my favorite thus far of his large bibliography. Recommended for western fans.
I checked this out from the Henry County-New Castle Public Library in New Castle, Indiana and read it quickly.
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