Battle Springs : Mikvelk Publishing, LLC : 9798869139382 : 22 Jan 2024 : Ruth McKenzie stormed into James South's life: fire in her eyes, pain in her heart, gun in her hand. Four hours later they were business partners in a deal that could last twenty-five years. The killers after her soon came after him. A deadly game ensued. South was willing to play, though. Long ago he'd been good at games like that. Very, very good. --Ruth McKenzie is within hours of losing everything, except for two good horses she won't be able to feed much longer. However, for a very little while, she still owns her West Texas ranch. She first sees James South after he's intentionally driven his big pickup truck right over two sections of her ranch's fence. She's furious with him, and says so with a .38 caliber revolver in hand. South mistakenly thinks his attorney bought South the ranch that morning. Once he learns Ruth will lose title to the ranch before day's end, he does all he can to acquire the ranch