About1

Loaded for Truth

Dark Sheriff Series #3

by Roger Mendoza

      Loaded for Truth (Book #3 of Dark Sheriff Series)
      In the wake of Sheriff Joseph Pruitt's death, the town of Auburn is vulnerable and Judge Silas Gentry is ready to seize it. Ruthless and corrupt, Gentry aims to install himself as sheriff and claim the Pruitt family's gold mine, a prize he was once barred from by Joseph's final deal. Now, with Joseph gone, the Judge"e;s ambitions threaten to plunge the town into lawless chaos.
      In the wake of Sheriff Joseph Pruitt"s death, the town of Auburn is left exposed and Judge Silas Gentry is ready to seize control. Ruthless and corrupt, Gentry intends to install himself as sheriff and claim the Pruitt family’s gold mine, a prize Joseph once denied him through a final, desperate bargain. Now, with Joseph gone, the Judge’s ambitions threaten to drag the town into lawless chaos.
      Enter Randall Pruitt, Joseph’s estranged brother, a man shaped by an outlaw past and years of regret. When Elizabeth, Joseph’s widow, urges Randall to take up the badge and defend Auburn, he resists. Wearing the star means confronting the life he abandoned… and protecting a community that still sees him as a criminal.
      As the town teeters on the brink, Elizabeth begins a series of interviews with Randall, hoping to uncover the truth behind the Pruitt legacy. Through these intimate conversations, the reader is drawn into the family’s tangled history: two brothers shaped by loss, ambition, and diverging ideals—one a dreamer, the other a rebel. From the 1830s onward, their choices forged a legacy of honor and betrayal that now hangs in the balance.
      With Judge Gentry closing in and the town desperate for a leader, Randall must decide: will he reclaim his honor and fight for Auburn’s soul, or let his past define its future?
      Loaded for Truth is a gripping tale of redemption, legacy, and the fragile line between justice and vengeance. In a land where lawmen and outlaws often wear the same face, only one man can decide what kind of Pruitt he wants to be.