Book excerpt: Slocum wrangles with a rose that’s red—with blood! Isabel is out to avenge her husband’s murder. Riding a stolen horse, she will no longer place her trust in God, but in the .44 Colt she now carries. Under the guise of Tequila Rosa—a woman of notorious ill-repute—she will ride the vengeance trail until the last rites have been said over the murderous butcher who executed her beloved. Slocum is running a load of guns to Mexico, where firearms are more precious than gold. After riding through a raging sand storm, he meets the beautiful Tequila Rosa—who clearly has eyes for this knight of the desert. So, when Rosa is taken hostage by some very tough outlaws, Slocum heads out to rescue her—even though he may get lost in the blinding clouds of dust. But what those kidnappers don’t realize is that an even fiercer storm is approaching—named Slocum…