The Border Series

Lonnie Bowers has more than enough trouble. An affair has wrecked his marriage, his career is on life-support, and his bank balance carries only negative numbers. Life couldn't get any worse--and then it did. His pilot and traveling partner is kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel. Born on a Canadian Indian reservation to parents he never knew, Lonnie has always struggled to survive. The rodeo arena became his escape from the drugs, violence, and his own burning resentment. Now with his life and career unraveling, a man mysteriously appears from his past. Does Frederick Roseman have the answers Lonnie needs? Clarissa, Lonnie's soon-to-be ex-wife tells her own story of pain and betrayal. But will her escape from her big-city corporate career give her the small-town peace of her childhood? After a cougar attack in the high mountain wilderness behind her home, she is forced to come to terms with her shattered love. Is divorce the final and best answer? Will she ever be able to release the anger and heartache?

When Lonnie Bowers returns to the Reservation where he grew up, he finds a grandfather he doesn't want, a brother he despises, and a sister addicted to crystal meth. He'd like to walk away. The Indian side of his heritage has never brought anything but pain, so why would he want more? But it's not that simple, not when it's in his power to strike a blow against La Familia, Mexico's largest producer of methamphetamines. Lonnie's had the best training any agent could have, but he never reckoned on the charismatic, twisted power of Nazario Moreno, and nobody told him that to stay alive--he'd have to pray.

When an injury at a Texas rodeo sends Lonnie Bowers home for the season, his boss comes calling with complimentary tickets for a Costa Rica vacation. Clarissa thinks it's a grand idea. Father and son bonding time. A little sand, some sun. Who would turn that down? Lonnie is skeptical of this sudden generosity. But he didn't know it would turn into a race with death as he tries to save his wife and baby from a drug cartel's vengeance. This riveting tale weaves fact with fiction, and chronicles the abusive power and control of one of Mexico's most dangerous drug cartels.

In a firefight with a drug cartel, Lonnie Bowers barely escapes with his life. Mind you, this isn't the first time, but the weariness and constant anticipation of impending death has forced him to reassess his future. When Clarissa tells him the Blackwater Ranch is for sale, he scoffs. How could they afford it? Are he and Clarissa cut out for that kind of isolation? Do they have the grit and determination to make it as back country ranchers? Lonnie has promised he'd quit the rodeo trail—and intelligence work in Mexico. But machinery breaks, ranch payments need to be made, and he has a family to feed. Lonnie's qualified to go to Calgary, the richest rodeo of them all. A win there would solve all their financial problems. Can he still compete with all the young riders? Then, the agent who has saved his life countless times disappears into Mexico, apparently hell-bent on a one man mission of vengeance. The company's response is blunt. Get him out, or we'll eliminate him. Can Lonnie walk away?

Every drug cartel in Mexico wants Lonnie Bowers dead. But there's only one person with the skill and patience to make a kill shot in the middle of a thousand miles of forested wilderness. Carlos Quintero is the best in Mexico, maybe the world. He doesn't miss, and he never returns without completing a contract. Lonnie has been warned, but with cattle to check, fences to fix, and a multitude of other ranch chores the urg, a close family member is murdered, and Lonnie becomes the prime suspect. To avoid arrest, he disappears into the vast tract of mountain and forest bordering the Blackwater Ranch, beyond the reach of any lawman--except the bulldog cop, Corporal Mcalister. In the wild bush country, Lonnie is the master. He could comfortably survive for years, but to keep his family safe he has to find the wealthy financier who paid nearly a quarter-million dollars to have him killed. In a quiet Yucatan enclave, Lonnie confronts an evil he'd never thought possible. The mission may change his life--but will it clear his name?