COLD, COLD WATER (a novella)

Published by Aurelia Leo Press

In a lawless American West transformed by the Second Civil War, part-time bounty hunters Ramona del Toro and Jo Lilly take a job: find and capture a mysterious woman named Cottonmouth, accused of murdering a supposedly innocent man she didn’t even know. As they track her through northern Arizona, southern Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, Ramona and Jo encounter a colorful smattering of people who can only point them in Cottonmouth’s direction but can’t speak to why she killed her victim. When Jo and Ramona finally catch up to Cottonmouth, she reveals the true story behind the murder she committed. Will the two bounty hunters join up with their target or trade her for the bag of cash waiting for them?