Jeff Breland has 8 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators. The most-rated is Dead Man out of Yuma: The Judge.
The Lost Stagecoach
Summary
Before the gunman approached, Hank turned to walk back up the incline as though to lead the hostage taker to his partner. Again, he passed Stone without missing a step. This not only led the varmint onward, but placed Hank out of the crossfire. As things went, there wasn't a crossfire. Stone waited until the man was within about 30 feet. Drawing a bead between his eyes, he blew out the back of his head, leaving him with no further inclination to proceed. Before the outlaw could fall to lie where he was shot, the women screamed and Hank dove for cover. For all practical purposes it was over. But Stone wasn't one to risk his life on a postulation. Standing in a crouching position, he took several shells from his pocket and replaced his spent ammunition. A chill went up his spine as he realized he had just fired the last round in the magazine. Stone and his fellow deputies now have five prisoners, including a woman. These outlaws, along with the three he was forced to kill a few days before and another four the lawmen killed this morning, should wrap up this thing. All they have to do now is escort the prisoners to the nearest jail, however far that may be. But something about the best laid plans of men and mice soon comes into play. No sooner have they reached the nearest telegraph office and informed the stage owner his troubles have been resolved, when things take a nasty turn. In his reply, the owner tells Stone another stage has been robbed and another is missing. Stone will have to leave the prisoners with the other deputies and turn back. This time, he does not intend to take any prisoners.
©2010 Jeff Breland (P)2016 Jeff Breland
Trail of a Wanted Man
Summary
Not long after robbing a gold train, the cabal of law-abiding individuals find a member of their group has loose lips. Not only does the talker suddenly vanish and then turn up dead, but some of the ones who are breathing down their necks meet their demise as well. The law will soon be on the trail of a wanted man. When Jake barreled through the doorway, George fired one shot. The shot was wild. George immediately turned towards the door leading to the outside stairway, but not before a shot from Jake's gun caught him in the upper arm. He screamed like a wounded animal and headed down the stairway. Jake was right behind him. Before George could reach the bottom of the stairs, Jake stopped, aimed and placed a shot in the back of his head. The slug took out a large part of his forehead, with blood, skull shards and brain matter spraying into the air. He toppled the remaining way and lay still at the bottom.
©2010 Jeff Breland (P)2016 Jeff Breland
The Hangman of Snakehead Canyon
Summary
Jake Stone's old friend, Sheriff Harry Mills has lost a crooked election. In old west style, a bunch of outlaws and gunslingers have stuffed the ballot boxes. Not only did they take away his badge, but the outlaw who stole his office is about to take away something even more valuable: his life. They are about to put Harry's neck in a hangman's noose without the benefit of a judge, jury or even a visitor. It will be nothing short of a lynching. Fortunately, through a cowboy locked up for the night in the jail, Harry manages to get a message to Stone. If anyone can rescue him from this assorted bunch of gunslingers and saddle tramps, it will be the tougher than nails investigator, bounty hunter and Special Deputy US Marshal Stone. Stone wastes no time coming to his friend's rescue, having to kill the outlaw "deputy" on duty while breaking his friend out of his own jail. Killing the deputy sheriff to rescue his friend, amidst the acrid smell of gun smoke, Stone leaves as a wanted man himself. Before this thing is over, Stone will have to deal even more of these skunks and saddle tramps a little gunfighter justice. At the same time, they will try to shoot him, stab him and even attempt to blow up both Harry and himself with dynamite.
©2010 Jeff Breland (P)2016 Jeff Breland
Bad Day for the Hangman
Summary
Abruptly standing, toppling his chair in the process, Dobbs grabbed for his gun and yelled, "Stone, you sumbitch, I'm going to kill you." The sudden move with no warning surprised Dobbs' new partners, but since the dance had begun, they had no choice but to join. Rising to his feet, Bill inadvertently placed himself directly between Dobbs and Stone. Dobbs fired, but missed. Bill, standing at that exact moment, blocked his view. Stone, seeing the move in his fringe vision, reacted accordingly, getting off two shots intended for Dobbs. The rounds failed to reach their target due to the fact Bill was now in the line of fire. However, the shots weren't wasted. One slug caught Bill in the upper back. The other took off his hat. Along with his hat came a large portion of brain matter. It was simply astonishing the havoc a .45 caliber slug could play on the human body. More so, the head. Bill toppled towards Dobbs, taking him out of the action for a fraction of a second. In the same blur of movement, Stone saw Dobbs' other cohort firing at the sheriff. He, in turn, fired three shots at the shooter. The first shot missed entirely. The second round caught him in the chest and the third caught him in the middle of the forehead. That seemed to discourage him from taking any further participation. Stone turned his attention back to Dobbs, who had lost his balance when Bill toppled into him. Dobbs got off a couple of shots while regaining his balance. They came close, but missed. Pulling the trigger again, Stone was rewarded with the dreaded sound of metal striking metal as the hammer fell on an expended casing. In pursuit of two desperate outlaws, Stone rides into the sleepy little town of Abbot. After dodging an outlaw's bullet, he captures them, but is forced to kill one after the fact. Placing the remaining prisoner in the ramshackle jail, he meets a beautiful Mexican girl. Ironically, she has a personal vendetta against the killer. The hanging she anticipates witnessing is foiled when two lowlifes facilitate a jailbreak. As Stone prepares to track this killer once again, the Mexican girl insists on accompanying him. It is her desire, she informs him, to kill this animal herself. Stone refuses, but she is not to be denied. She will either ride alongside or follow behind. Given no choice, he relents. As they chase this desperado along the Canadian River in northern New Mexico there will be times Stone is glad the woman is along. Other times he's not so sure.
©2016 Jeff Breland (P)2016 Jeff Breland
Gunman's Reckoning: Loner with a Badge #4
Summary
The exciting fourth book in the "Loner with a Badge" western series from acclaimed western author Jeff Breland. Returning home after arranging retirement for, yet, another outlaw. The stage on which bounty hunter Stone is traveling suffers a busted wheel coming off the peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. A blizzard is imminent. There is a railway only a few miles away. Attempting to expedite their rescue, Stone strikes out in search of the railroad. Not only does he find the railroad, but he finds a train. Unfortunately, this train has been robbed and all but one of the crew is dead. Taking a quick lesson on engineering from a wounded brakeman, with the tracks up ahead destroyed, Stone fights to move the train - backward. The trick seems to work until snowdrifts and deadfall cause the train to derail. Stranded miles from anywhere Stone discovers that the outlaws did not find what they wanted when they robbed the train...Stone knows that this means they will be back. Will Stone manage to subdue the gang - or will they be the criminals who finally retire him? With several best sellers already under his gunbelt, Jeff Breland strikes a chord with Western readers abd listeners around the world, and with Stone he has one of the great Western heroes of all time to write about.
©2016 Jeff Breland (P)2016 Outlaws Publishing LLC
Canyon of the Gun
Summary
Stone forewent further loading and snapped the cylinder closed, hoping the hammer fell on a live round. By now, the man was closing in on him, his pistol pointed. Having heard cannon fire on a few occasions, it seemed he heard it again as the outlaw was propelled back into the street, his midsection all but severed. Recovering from astonishment and venturing a look around the corner, a cloud of smoke was dissipating from the porch. In the midst of the cloud was an old man with a towel draped about his waist and holding a 10-gauge double barrel Greener, or hand cannon if one preferred. The acrid smell of spent gunpowder permeated the air. Still shaken, Stone holstered his pistol and stepped upon the porch. Hank leaned the Greener against the wall. With his wrinkled lips pursed, the old timer surveying the carnage. "You'd think they'd soon learn not to fool with us, wouldn't you, son?" Hank stoically opinioned. Stone begins this job from atop a stagecoach, posing as a shotgun messenger. Outlaws are robbing the Southern Colorado Stage and Freight Company of gold shipments. No one knows where or when they might strike. No one has a clue where they hide. This is driving the stage company to the brink of bankruptcy. Desperate, the owner wires Jake Stone. Stone doesn't stay atop the stage long. Explaining why he is here to the tall, lanky, tobacco-chewing driver, he and the likeable old cuss formulate a plan. The plan works and he discovers the villains' hideout just beyond the Canyon of the Gun. Although he has no intention of confronting them until he can return with help, he is forced to kill several of their number before he can leave. Even more will die before Stone closes this case.
©2010 Jeff Breland (P)2016 Jeff Breland
Valley of the Gunman
Summary
First it was a Bad Day for the Hangman, then there was Gunfight at Spanish Wells, and now there's Valley of the Gunman, and this his gunfighter is going to see many die, many live, and one legend born. Not long after setting an explosion and robbing a gold train and inadvertently killing the crew, a cabal of otherwise law-abiding individuals discover a member of their group has loose lips. In old west fashion, the talker suddenly vanishes only to turn up dead a few days later. Some of the railroad detectives breathing down their necks along with a deputy sheriff meet their demise as well. Deputy US Marshal Jake Stone along with the sheriff himself is highly suspicious of one of their group who was once a gunslinger and outlaw. They take him into custody. They soon become suspicious of the others as well, threatening them with the hangman's noose. The one now in jail informs his cohorts that either they break him out or they will go to the gallows with him. Not considering the other option, they plan a very precise jailbreak. During the break, the one incarcerated shoots yet another deputy sheriff in the process. Once the gun smoke has cleared, the law will be on the trail of a wanted man. Ride along with one of the most exciting Western adventures of 2017.
©2010 Dusty Saddle Publishing (P)2017 Dusty Saddle Publishing
Dead Man out of Yuma: The Judge
Summary
Mark Robichaud was sent to Yuma Prison five years ago for a crime he didn't commit. Now he's being released. Some men want to rebuild their lives when they're released from prison. Robichaud doesn't have a life to rebuild. They destroyed that and everything in it when they falsely imprisoned him. All he has now is revenge. Sweet revenge served cold. He intends to get it in spades.
©2017 Jeff L. Breland (P)2017 Jeff L. Breland