Jim Jones
May 2011 Create Spaces
334 pages, Softcover

Named 2011 Western Music Association "Outstanding Western Book"
This is Book 2 of the Jared Delaney Trilogy and follows Rustler's Moon and preceeds Waning Moon.

From our Purveyor of Books:
Like this trilogy's first book, Rustler's Moon,
you won't be disappointed - another page turner from start to finish. You will be intrigued, captivated, boo -hiss-and cheer. There are good guys, evil guys, and a few on the border. I can't wait for Book 3 -Waning Moon. Jim Jones pen, like the lyrics he sings, writes the truth -not always easy to read/hear but what our hearts long for.

From the Book Cover:
Three years have passed since Jared Delaney faced down the vicious Morgan O'Bannon under the light of the rustler's moon, thwarting the corrupt Santa Fe Ring. He has married Eleanor, the love of his life, and manages the Kilpatrick ranch north of Cimarrón. Embarking on a cattle drive to Colorado to secure the future of the ranch, he faces monumental challenges...stampedes, rustlers, blizzards and threatening Indians.

While Jared is gone, Sheriff Nathan Averill discovers another sinister plot by the Santa Fe Ring as they send three homicidal killers to Cimarrón. They threaten Eleanor Delaney and Lizbeth Kilpatrick, trying to wrest control of the ranch from them. Expecting to find helpless victims, the gunmen are in for the surprise of their lives as the women fight back with weapons and wiles. Jared races back from Colorado to lend a hand as the conflict comes to a head in a hail of bullets.

About the Author:
Jim Jones lives in Albuquerque, NM. His first novel, Rustler's Moon, was a New Mexico Book Awards finalist in two categories, Best Historical Fiction and Best First Book. He is also an award-winning singer/songwriter of Western music. He was the Academy of Western Artists' 2008 Male Western Vocalist of the Year and his song, "The Cowboys of New Mexico," received the New Mexico Music Award for 2009 Western Song of the Year. He is a proud member of the Western Writers of America and the Western Music Association.

In addition, Jones is an avid fly fisherman, a fair to middling snow skier and he has been known to whisper at horses (they rarely whisper back). He is working  on several literacy projects for young people and believes the love of reading is one of the greatest gifts we can give our children.

SCVTV Presents The OutWest Concert Series
An Evening with The Cowboy Way
Jim Jones, Doug Figgs, Mariam Funke
Filmed January 28, 2016


SCVTV Presents The OutWest Concert Series
An Evening with Kristyn Harris and Jim Jones
2014 Female Performer and Male Performer of The Year
Filmed April 15, 2015 at the Repertory East Playhouse

Enjoy these radio interviews with author, songwriter, and performer, Jim Jones:

Equestrian Legacy Radio
"Campfire Cafe"
Thursday, February 19, 2015

"Campfire Cafe"
Guests: Songwriters and Poets Jim Jones, Kristyn Harris, Almeda Bradshaw, John Bergstrom
April 16, 2015

The Writer's Block Radio Show
LA Talk Radio
October 1, 2015

"Around The Barn"
December 16, 20012

WMA Songwriter of the Year Nominee  joins us in the studio by phone from New Mexico. We enjoy chatting about what inspires his writings and music, and play a number of his songs. From New Mexico, singer/songwriter/award winning author Jim Jones called in to chat about his CD Borrowed Time and his Western novel series.

"Around The Barn"
July 21, 2012