From the series:
Ira Beard
Finding War (Ira Beard, #2)
About
Ira Beard came west to escape war.
War has found him. He’d hunted for Joaquin
Murietta, the bandit. Now he’s supposed to
track down Confederate rebels stealing
California gold. He’s become desperate
because his wife Octavia found them first.
Read the tale for yourself, and wonder.