About The Author
JL HAyes
JL Hayes lives in the foothills of North Carolina. After a career leading marketing teams, she followed her love of Westerns across the American West. Her stories dig into family loyalties, broken trust, and the long ride toward redemption, where justice and forgiveness don’t always travel the same trail.
About The Book
Black Vengeance
A gunfighter rides home to save the man who once saved him and finds a war waiting on his own land. When Jake Black returns to Blackstone Ranch to clear his uncle’s name, he collides with a ruthless land baron, a kidnapping, and a family secret that could break what’s left of his heart. Justice has rules. Vengeance doesn’t.
Black vengeance
Book Chapter
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Jake Black: In a Mesilla saloon, a cocky kid calls out Jake Black. Jake moves faster than thought, ends it without a shot, and the room remembers why his name makes men careful. That reputation sticks like a curse.
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The Lie: Arthur Blackstone beats Jake in the barn, then begs him to keep quiet. Uncle Jack and Danny find Jake broken, and the family’s silence hardens into the lie that will shape everything.
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The Price of a Name: After the town dance and promises, Arthur corners Jacob and spits out one word, bastard, trying to make it stick. That night, Jacob Blackstone becomes Jake Black.
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Blood in the Rocks: Spur Holloway, a professional killer, pushes Jake into a street duel. Jake wins but rides out bleeding, haunted, and alone among the red rocks.
Available Now On Amazon
Black Vengeance is out now. A gunfighter rides home to clear his uncle’s name and collides with a land grab, a kidnapping, and a family secret that won’t stay buried.
Family, justice, and the price of a name; Black Vengeance delivers all three.
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Black Vengeance
Video trailer for Black Vengeance by JL Hayes:
a Western about a gunfighter torn
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