Burying the Past

Nick Graves's life is death. A professional mourner, he sees that the newly deceased receive a well-dug final resting place and a well-carved tombstone. But he can't escape a past that won't stay buried. He's ridden with hell-raisers and killers, and earned a reputation as a dangerous man with a shooting iron. Now he's run into an old partner with a new scheme in the Dakota Territories: a foolproof plan that could earn Nick more money than he'd make in a decade of grave digging. Loyalty runs soul deep for the mourner, and the temptation for quick money is strong. But Nick's choice may turn out to be between living and dying -- between a life on the run with a price on his head or an eternity underground -- and he'll have to make it with his heart, his conscience ... and his gun.