The Hanging Road — William W. Johnstone

Trouble follows on temptation's heels for two blood brothers. Red-hot Western action and adventure by the bestselling authors of Slaughter Trail.
 
Young Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves became blood brothers on the day the rancher's son saved the warrior's life, forging a bond no one could ever break. And as years passed, a legend grew of the Cheyenne and the white man who rode together -- and who could jerk killing iron with the best of them . . .
 
The Hanging Road
 
Matt and Sam never could refuse a damsel in distress, so a whole coachload of lovelies, lead by the fetching Charity McAllister, seems like a gift from heaven. But if it looks too good to be true, it usually is -- and in short order the blood will start to flow. Matt and Sam rush in anyway and faster than you can say “soiled doves,” they're up to their necks in trouble.   
 
Soon it's an all-out war that nearly levels a frontier town, where Bodine and Two Wolves face new enemies and run into an old foe they never thought they'd see again. And the sweet, lovely Charity McAllister is the busiest -- and deadliest -- bee in the hornet's nest.
 
Praise for the novels of William W. Johnstone
 
“[A] rousing, two-fisted saga of the growing American frontier.” -- Publishers Weekly on Eyes of Eagles
 
“There's plenty of gunplay and fast-paced action as this old-time hero proves again that a steady eye and quick reflexes are the keys to survival on the Western frontier.” -- Curled Up with a Good Book on Dead Before Sundown