A Frontier Christmas

Name: A Frontier Christmas
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Author: J.A. Johnstone
ISBN: 9781490677958

Author: J.A. Johnstone, William W. Johnstone

Series: Christmas (Johnstone) #4

Narrator: Jack Garrett

Unabridged: 9 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/06/2015

Categories: Fiction, Western, Seasonal Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

Three weeks before Christmas, the little town of Chug Water in Wyoming Territory is stunned by a brutal crime. The mayor's family has been slaughtered in cold blood on their ranch outside of Raw Hide Butte. As the townsfolk gather to pay their last respects, Duff MacCallister saddles up to go after the killers. He returns with two outlaws - a cold-blooded, nasty pair of snakes, Jesse and T. Bob Cave. But the day before they're sentenced to hang, the Cave brothers escape their fate...Into this holiday hell-storm ride three friendly travellers. Smoke, Sally and Matt Jensen, come to spend Christmas with Duff. But a deadly diphtheria outbreak leaves the town beholden to the mercy of the Cave brothers. It's a desperate bind to be stuck in, but Duff and the Jensens will use every bullet they can find to shoot their way into a bloody but merry Christmas.

About J.A. Johnstone

J. A. Johnstone learned to write from the master himself, Uncle William W. Johnstone, who began tutoring J. A. at an early age. He has co-written numerous bestselling series with William W. Johnstone

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on December 08, 2023

For a Christmas story it was very enjoyable. Kind of like a cheesy, sappy, western Hallmark Christmas movie.......more

Goodreads review by Sandy on October 26, 2017

I've never really read a western novel before but since it was a Christmas book I figured I would try it. I actually enjoyed it. I was expecting the shoot-um-ups as they used to be called, but this didn't have all that. The passengers on the stranded train had quite interesting personalities. Glad I......more

Goodreads review by Charlie on December 17, 2017

My first (and probably last) book by Mr. Johnstone. This is the stuff that Hallmark specials are made of. It was sweet and thank god, it was short. I wasn't expecting Lonesome Dove Christmas style so I wasn't that disappointed but I was hoping for just a little less cheese and sap. Oh well, I read i......more

Goodreads review by Book Concierge on February 22, 2016

From the Book Jacket: Three days before Christmas, Matt Jensen is traveling the Denver and Pacific railway, when an avalanche slams down onto the train, trapping it. But it wasn’t an act of nature that caused the accident; it was a gang of outlaws attempting to rescue their leader,who is being taken......more

Goodreads review by Sharone on December 03, 2020

The description of this book sounds great: villains cause an avalanche to free their leader from a train - cool! It takes a long time to get to this part of the book (nearly halfway), at which part it all becomes really tense. (spoiler alert!!!) However, this incredibly tense situation ends up being......more