Shiny Stars Make Good Targets (Matt Kincaid #3)

In this, the third book of the Matt Kincaid series, after Matt and his deputies return from taking down the outlaws at the G Slash A, parties unknown place a bounty on Matt’s head. Suddenly, one gun slick after another come seeking Matt in an attempt to collect that bounty. With his family, friends, neighbors, and deputies at his side, Matt is able to stave off those attempts, eliminate a large threat in the form of the Chalker gang, and arrest the survivors of that gun battle. After interviewing those arrested, he hears a compelling story of enslavement, has the young man released and given a new lease on life.At the same time, two local misfits, along with a bedraggled cousin, make the mistake of driving off some of Matt’s cattle while in a drunken state. Matt takes a chance that they can be rehabilitated and has the judge, along with his jailer, put a scare into them.After his neighbor’s fiancé, Mildred Carmoody, is attacked just outside the Kincaid ranch, Matt is determined to bring the attempted rapist to justice, and sends new deputy Cricket Cochran to alert the neighboring lawmen. But the culprit comes to find him first, and try to collect the bounty as well. After years of being able to dodge bullets, the fear every lawman faces becomes a reality, and his star becomes a target...