Train Job

By Jessica Payseur

Levi Branton has just invested in a new breed of horse that could really pull in money for him -- if he can transport them safely back to the ranch. But the train he’s on is teeming with trouble, most of which surrounds the attractive and available Asa Eberhardt.

Can Levi let his guard down enough to fall for a man on the run, or will their indulgence lead to disaster?

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Nov 22, 2015
• ISBN: 9781611528923

Jessica Payseur

Jessica Payseur lives and writes in Wisconsin, where she spends the long winters typing with cold fingers. When not writing she enjoys snail mail, trying not to get lost geocaching, and bicycling around the countryside. For more information, visit twitter.com/jessica_payseur.

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Train Job

By Jessica Payseur

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Copyright 2015 Jessica Payseur

ISBN 9781611528923

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Train Job

By Jessica Payseur

With the horses all loaded in and seen to, there was nothing to do but wait for the train’s departure. Levi Branton leaned against the car, hat tipped against the sun, working on his second smoke as he sized up his fellow passengers. He couldn’t be too careful, not with the worth of this new breed. He’d sunk everything he could into this new stock, a hefty gamble, but then Levi wasn’t one to say no to a gamble if it meant he had a chance at a thing he wanted.

A skittish group of women huddled on the platform, talking amongst themselves and avoiding eye contact, apparently wary of boarding for no reason Levi cared to think about. There was a boy of about twelve, white and smartly dressed, looking self-important as he stared the length of the steam train and clutched some parcel to his side. If Levi was a thief, he’d certainly go for whatever was in that parcel. But he was more interested in the other men at the station.

There were several Native Americans waiting patiently, most too old for him, but there was one man who looked about his age. Most of the other passengers were white, though, and stood apart, reading newspapers or checking their expensive watches or boarding early. Levi casually took stock of them all, filing them away as either potential