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Cajun Nights by Ryan Lee
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'I’m going to tell you exactly what we did that night, even though you already know. You see, even if you hadn’t read all about me in the newspapers, you’d still know. Because you can feel it coming. Like the storm. Like the rain. Like the end.' Theme club barmaid Chrissy Bridges feels as though her life is beginning to parody a cringing country and western ballad. She's thirty-five years old, divorced, and struggling to raise a son in a hopeless town miles from anywhere. The cowgirl uniform she wears to work makes her feel silly; the dangerous creep in charge of the bar leaves her feeling small and scared. One night Chrissy serves a shy young stranger and sets in motion a devastating chain of events that will change their lives forever. The stranger's name is Richard Linton. He's just seventeen, fearless, reckless, and he happens to be a member of the most notorious gang of bank robbers in modern criminal history. It's Cajun Night. Richard Linton is in love. The James gang is in town and the deadly band of taciturn police officers charged with bringing them to justice are not far behind. Parallel lines are about to cross, and the collision point is a country and western bar called the Old Black Kettle. Suddenly the only certainty in Chrissy's life is the certainty that ahead of her lies a torrid and immortal summer. 309 pages, trade paperback Cajun Nights is available now at only
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