Pearl Hart & The Violent Men : Vaca Mountain Press : 9781952380716 : 1952380715 : 26 Oct 2022 : TRUE WEST MAG. Jan/2023, BEST OF THE WEST AWARD:: Best Western Historical Novelist (Lee Martin) and Novel, Pearl Hart & THE VIOLENT MEN.. Pearl Hart is a feisty suffragette with an abusive husband. Chance Donovan, a U.S. Deputy Marshal and former Texas Ranger, is dealing with his own troubled past as well as the vengeful and deadly Boxer gang. When Pearl becomes desperate and allows herself to trust a lying gambler, she ends up in Yuma Prison. However, fortune soon turns in her favor, and it isn't long before she's in Kansas City starring in a play about her life. Secretly yearning for Pearl, Chance hangs up his badge in order to bring her some good news. But the deadly Boxers are hot on his trail, determined to take revenge-unaware that Chance has his own personal reasons for wanting to punish them for wrongs he can never forgive.