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The "Byrnes Family Ranch" series by Dusty Richards is a historical fiction series following Chet Byrnes, a patriarch of the Byrnes, who is trying to keep his family together, and trying to get them through one more winter and one more cattle drive. The Byrnes family came to Texas long ago and carved out their own piece of land in the territory. Three generations of Byrnes have worked on the land and paid to keep it with blood, tears, and money. The series is set in the old west (1800s), in Texas. The novels are of the western genre.

Over the course of the series, the Byrnes family will be tested. They will succeed at times, and fail at other times. The Byrnes will be forced to make certain sacrifices that they never thought that they would …show more content…

After Chet Byrnes life falls apart, after a bloody feud destroys his homestead and his woman leaves him, he goes to find a new place to hang his hat. It will not be easy for him to start fresh. He takes his clan to New Mexico (with the plan to settle in Arizona), where things are harsh and haunted. Cagle, Chet's brother who has been missing for fifteen years, returns after living with the Comanche reappears. He is not the only one to pop back up in the Byrnes's life. Chet finds the path of a killer that he wants to see answer for all his …show more content…

Six hundred miles from where the Byrnes clan used to call home, they have started building their new life. They have been through a lot, with all that they can create for themselves. The Arizona landscape has opened its arms to Chet and the Byrnes family. Just because they are in a new state, does not mean that all is well and that everything is without danger. They still are deep in danger. There are outlaws trying to kill everyone they come across, and a rancher trying to start a war with Chet by running his herd on Chet's land.

Fans of the book liked that the book is not just simply a romance novel masquerading as a western novel. Fans love the way Richards blends romance, drama, history, and humor all into a nice package that keeps readers turning the pages long into the wee hours of the night. Plenty of entertainment and action; giving readers a taste of what it was like to live in those times out on the frontier. The novels are fast paced and require readers to buy the new installments right when they come

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