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Long before Tombstone and the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, frontier vagabond Doc Holliday rode into the tumultuous Texas town of Fort Griffin, looking for a mysterious lady gambler, not trouble. Only after he finds both does he escape into legend. Known throughout the rough-and-tumble towns of west Texas for her beauty, female gambler Lottie Deno possesses uncanny luck at the gaming tables. Trouble, though, comes in several shapes, none more volatile nor more available than "Big Nose" Kate Elder, a soiled dove with a heart of bold!
As Doc attempts to win Lottie's money and her heart, both he and she become pawns in a duel of saloon rivals to control Fort Griffin's gambling underworld. In this contest between gambling king and queen, Kate elder becomes the unpredictable joker, as infatuated with Doc as he is with Lottie. A model of feminine propriety except for her gambling, Lottie Deno cannot escape a terrible secret from her past. Kate cannot escape her marital ambitions. Only with the help of one of them can Doc Holliday, a man torn between love and lust, escape a lynch mob and an early grave in wicked Fort Griffin.
Lottie's Luck is a revised and updated version of The Lady and Doc Holliday, originally published in 1989.
Preston Lewis
Preston Lewis is the award-winning author of more than sixty historical, western, juvenile, and nonfiction books. In 2021 he was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters for his literary achievements. In 2025 the Will Rogers Medallion Awards (WRMA) named him the recipient of the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the literature of the American West.Western Writers of America (WWA) has honored Lewis with three Spur Awards. He has received thirteen WRMA medallions (seven gold, four silver and two bronze) for written western humor, short stories, short nonfiction, and traditional Western novel. He is the author of the award-winning comic Western series The Memoirs of H.H. Lomax and co-author of the Spur Award-winning Pintsized Pioneers series of young adult nonfiction works.Lewis is a past president of WWA and the West Texas Historical Association, which named him a fellow in 2016. He holds a bachelor's degree from Baylor University and a master's degree from Ohio Sta
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