Death's Bounty — William S. Brady

Jared Hawk rode into Santa Maria on the trail of a Mexican outlaw with a $1,000 bounty on his head.He didn’t know he was riding into a revenge war between the Mexicans and the Apache Nation—until the people of Santa Maria offered him one thousand dollars American to get them out to safety. Down a trail that was lined with blood-hungry Indians and a young Mexican who wanted to kill him.Hawk took the money and gave his word. And he wasn’t the kind of man who went back on a promise. Even when it meant losing a woman to the harsh code that demanded blood for blood … and a life for a life.