Kill or be killed historical romance with bandits, Pinkerton agents, bounty hunters, mystery and more. Melissa Lenhardt writes with passion and does not hold anything back. -RT Book Reviews Laura Elliston and William Kindle are on the run-from the Army and from every miscreant in the West eager to claim the $500 bounty for Laura's capture as their own. But the danger isn't just from those pursuing them. Laura and Kindle each have demons of their own and a past that won't stay dead. Exhausted, scared, scarred, and surrounded by enemies, neither realizes the greatest danger is yet to come. Blood Oath is the second novel in a gripping historical fiction series. Packs a big punch with grit and raw passion. There is mystery, murder, Indians, bounty hunters and intrigue. The women are brave, intelligent and don't take crap from anyone. Lenhardt is a talented, creative writer; she has a grand slam out of the park with Sawbones . -- RT Book Reviews (Top Pick!) 4.5 stars Raw, gritty and sometimes graphic, Melissa Lenhardt has crafted a page-turner. In Sawbones , the women are smart, brave and at times 'incorrigible.' The plot twists, unique characters and intriguing story of passion and betrayal make this a book well worth discovering. -- Jane Kirkpatrick, New York Times bestselling author of A Light in the Wilderness Absolutely loved it! I couldn't tear myself away from Sawbones. An epic story of love and courage that sweeps from east to west, Sawbones will rip right through you. - Marci Jefferson, author of Girl on the Golden Coin You will fall in love with Catherine, as I did, as she struggles to assert herself in a violent and treacherous world, fighting not only prejudice but evil. -- Sandra Dallas, New York Times bestselling author Sawbones is a thoroughly original, smart and satisfying hybrid, perhaps a new subgenre: the feminist Western. -- Lone Star Literary Life Laura Elliston novels Sawbones Blood Oath Badlands