Justice was swift and savage... in a land that time forgot.
Stewart Yeoman grew up, wild, untamed, in the vast Ramapo Mountains, where time stood still for a hundred years. The ancient code of his father -- the code of blood for blood -- was his only law. Then his father and brother were slain in the forest and he became head of the clan. Stewart knew he had to seek out and strike down the killers, while carrying his own dark secret, his longing for his dead brother's wife.
In this unique novel of love and revenge, Ted Stratton explores a strange land and a strange people, a wild, primitive breed in a rugged country, playing out their fates by the law of survival. Back in print for the first time in over sixty years.
"Plenty of fuedin' and fightin' and tempestuous lovin'." Oakland Tribune
"Shameless Honeymoon" is a brisk, emotionally sharp story of desire, bad decisions, and the moment a young woman stops letting other people steer her life.
Kate wants out—out of her parents’ beatings, out of Newark, out of the gray grind of her teenage life. But freedom comes at a price. Lured by a sleazy truck driver with promises of glamour, she winds up in a rundown motel north of New York—and in the middle of a blackmail and baby-selling racket run by the sinister Mrs. Wembley.
In the small New Jersey town of Arden, private eye Mack Barry—war-scarred, cynical, and itching for a new fight—takes on a case that feels like a personal crusade. A grieving father hires him to find the “fat cat” pushing drugs that drove his daughter to suicide.