Ranger — Colby Van Wagoner

In this coming of age story, Zeke Slade’s mother and father are killed just at the start of the Civil War. Shattered by the tragic loss, the military seizes his land in order to prepare for the coming war between the North and the South. Zeke leaves for Texas with his father’s family friend, Texas Ranger Captain Donovan Walton. In Texas, Zeke Slade grows into a deadly, and notorious, Texas Ranger! There, he meets the love of his life Evelyn McAllister and the two are married. Struggle and strife are constant factors Zeke and the other Texas Rangers face as law keepers in Texas. Twists and turns make Ranger a must read, followed up with its sequel, Fever, in the Life of Zeke Slade series.