{"product_id":"the-brigands-the-texicans-volume-parris-afton-bonds-9798887840246","title":"The Brigands (The Texicans Volume One)","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBefore there was New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, or Utah, there was Texas. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMolded by Old Mexico and a new rough and ready breed of hearty settlers from around the world, The Lone Star Republic was the thing of dreams-land, riches, liberty, home. For the Palad?n family, it is all of those things and so much more.\u003cbr\u003eEnglish-born Lord Palad?n and Irish traveler Niall Gorman are both deeply involved in the Texican campaign for independence, although neither out of purely patriotic fervor. Niall, a master horseman and crack sharpshooter from Kentucky, sees the Mexican province of Tejas merely as a means to an end-revenge. Alex Palad?n, on the other hand, is a shrewd second son, despite his proclivity for extravagance. He sees an independent Texas as the salvation of his family estates-to say nothing of himself.\u003cbr\u003eSeeking funds, Alex barters his baron's title for the dowry of young Rafaela Carrera, beautiful daughter of a wealthy Spanish rum trader. Rafaela wants no part of the marriage, but finds herself shipped to the New World anyway, a prisoner of the roguish Palad?n. On her journey she meets Fiona Flanigan, an Irish immigrant late of New York City's crime-infested slums. Lured by the prospects of independence and prosperity, the fiery young lass is dead set to carve out her stake-or die trying.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Parris Afton Bonds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798887840246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Motina Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Parris Afton Bonds","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897935225087,"sku":"9798887840246","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2a27b850-247a-4e8e-8dc7-3c53d3dd8cf2.jpg?v=1721375107","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-brigands-the-texicans-volume-parris-afton-bonds-9798887840246","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}