Bullets And Bad Times

Angel Eyes #6: “Bullets And Bad Times” by W. B. Longley (Robert J. Randisi):Liz Archer rides into Clearwater, Dakota Territory hoping to find rest, but word of her destination has proceeded her. The sheriff and a hot head young gunslinger are both awaiting her arrival. With her horse lame she leaves it at the livery to be tended too, and then discovers the young gunman wants a showdown with her. When the bank is robbed and the sheriff mortally wounded, she puts on the badge to go after the robbers and the young gunman joins her. The bank robbers connects with another gang and are killed themselves, but a father wants his daughter out of their hands, and leads Liz and her partner up the mountain to the gang’s hideout. Returning to Clearwater, it’s time for Angel Eyes to face the young gunman in a showdown. This was another good western plot, and a final showdown for the female gunfighter. The story is only marred by the adult sex and language.

Avenging Angel

Angel Eyes #8: “Avenging Angel” by W. B. Longley (Robert J. Randisi). Liz Archer has stopped in Dewey, Colorado when she learns that Tate Gilmore, her true love, was shot in the back in South Texas. Thinking he was dead she rides to Texas to avenge his death. But arriving in Texas, she learns that Tate recovered and is chasing the bank robbers to Mexico to kill the man who shot him in the back. Liz takes the trail after him and runs into a rebel gang led by Carlos Valdez. Carlos decides to ride with Liz to protect her. In the meantime Tate has fallen ill at a cabin and is being treated by a Mexican woman named Felicity; she is also a member of the rebel gang, and she and Valdez hope to recruit Tate and Angel Eyes in their plot to assassinate El Presedente Juarez. Another good plot, though Angel Eyes does very little gunplay in this one. This being an adult western, both Liz and Tate find lots of sex with other partners during the story. I would have preferred more gunfights, as Tate and Liz are gunslingers, but more emphasis was put on the sex this time around.