Hard Country

The Montana Territory is no place for weakness.Outlaw partners Levi Carter and Jed Stone have survived by living outside the law, trusting no one but each other. Wanted men with dangerous reputations, they drift from town to town, taking what they need and leaving before trouble can catch up. It is a hard life, but it is the only one they know.When a growing frontier town offers an opportunity too valuable to ignore, Levi and Jed take jobs at a bank construction site while secretly planning the heist of a lifetime. As they work alongside laborers, miners, and drifters, they carefully study the routines, weaknesses, and vulnerabilities that will eventually lead them to the vault.But the greatest danger is not the law.For years, Levi has carried a secret he cannot confess, a longing that threatens everything he has built with the one man he trusts above all others. Jed, disciplined and fiercely guarded, hides burdens of his own. As the line between partnership and something far more intimate begins to blur, both men are forced to confront desires that could destroy them in a world where survival often depends on silence.With bounty hunters closing in, tensions rising, and the promise of a fortune waiting to be stolen, Levi and Jed must decide what they are willing to risk for freedom, loyalty, and the possibility of a love neither man believed he could have.Set against the rugged backdrop of the American frontier, Hard Country is a sweeping story of danger, devotion, and the courage to claim a life beyond the limits imposed by the world around them.

Pagina's: 250, Paperback, Quentin Shires