Book Review: The Cowboy and the Vampire: Rough Trails and Shallow Graves

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Book 3 of The Cowboy and the Vampire Collection, “Rough Trails and Shallow Graves ” follows Tucker in a wild goose chase to find Lizzie who was abducted on their wedding night.

Together with Tucker’s friend Lenny, who is a weapons expert and the two vampires Elita and Rurik, this unlikely band of rescuers face the most ancient of evils – human greed.

In “The Cowboy and the Vampire: Rough Trails and Shallow Graves ”, readers see the serious side, and sometimes philosophical side of Hays and McFall. Yes, there are still laugh out loud moments, but this time those moments are more for comic relief as the authors delve deeper into the inherent conflict between vampires and humans.

Are vampires and humans the new “East is east and West is west, and never the twain shall meet”? Or will Tucker and Lizzie represent the “two strong men stand[ing] face to face” to bridge that gap?

Even with this philosophical bent in the story, the romance between Tucker and Lizzie stays center stage. Their love for each other is a given; the question is will it survive Rudyard Kipling?