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Play for Blood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Corrigan Brothers Western<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott F. Smith, son of acclaimed western author Cotton Smith, returns with another hard-hitting chapter in the Corrigan Brothers Saga.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Texas Ranger Holt Corrigan has faced rustlers, killers, and more gun fights than most men survive. But he has never hunted anyone like Calista Theriot. A legendary river pirate turned frontier power broker, Calista has left the waterways behind and ridden into Texas cattle country with a bold new prize in mind. The booming Texas railroad trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beautiful, ruthless, and cunning as any cardsharp, Calista does more than just rob men. She ruins them. With newspapers spreading lies and her gang ready to spill blood, she is turning towns against Holt and the people he holds dear. To stop her, Holt must outplay a woman who treats every scheme like a high-stakes poker game and always plays for blood.

Can Holt Corrigan beat the most dangerous gambler in Texas before Calista Theriot takes everything he is sworn to protect?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meet Scott<\/strong>, the talented author who carries on the legacy inspired by his father, Cotton Smith. Following in his father’s footsteps, Scott embraces the essence of the Old West in his writings, infusing them with the same captivating spirit found in his father’s works like the Corrigan series and other thrilling Western adventures such as Pray for Texas and Behold a Red Horse. With his deep-rooted connection to the genre, Scott brings a fresh perspective and enduring love for Western storytelling to his own remarkable literary creations.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Scott F. Smith is a proud member of the Western Writers of America<\/a>, an international professional writers’ organization. Founded in 1953 to promote the literature of the American West and to recognize the best in Western writing with the prestigious Spur Award and the Western Writers Hall of Fame. Like the Western landscape itself, WWA and the books, songs, and stories produced by its members have evolved immensely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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