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CRIMSON SHADOWS
By Stefanie Good-Norton

GENRE: Western, Romance
LOGLINE: Outlaw Sarah Montgomery longs to escape the grip of her ruthless mentor, while Rachel Sewall, a woman with a haunted past, unexpectedly crosses paths with Sarah. When a bank robbery goes horribly wrong, the two women are forced to flee from Sarah’s vengeful mentor and their growing love is put to the ultimate test.

SYNOPSIS:

Sarah Montgomery is sharpshooting outlaw and infamous womanizer, raised on crime under the iron grip of her mentor, Henry Fairbanks. Deep down, Sarah longs to be free of her criminal ways and settle down with one woman and own a saloon. But Henry would never allow it. After a train robbery goes awry thanks to Henry’s son, Harris, the gang is forced into hiding. While out hunting one day, Lefty, another gang member, stumbles upon Rachel Sewall, a woman with a secret of her own. When Rachel is brought back to camp, she is placed under Sarah’s watchful eye and what starts off as reluctant responsibility deepens into something more. As Sarah fends off the man hunting for Rachel, trust slowly builds between them and Rachel reveals she killed her husband. Their shared trauma creates an undeniable bond, but Henry sees Sarah and Rachel’s love as a threat to Sarah’s loyalty. So he devises a plan to remove her. Rachel is thrown in jail before a planned bank heist and Sarah is left with an impossible choice: rob the bank or save Rachel. Determined not to lose her, Sarah stages a breakout and carries out the robbery. But it all spirals into chaos when Harris gets trigger happy and Sarah sees an opportunity to steal the money and escape. Lefty is killed in the aftermath and Sarah and Rachel are forced to flee. In a brutal showdown between mentor and mentee, Sarah is badly wounded and Rachel comes into her own, risking everything to save her, including hiding the money where no one will think to look. When Henry and Harris finally catch up to them, both women are pushed to the brink. With wit, grit, and sheer will, they turn the tables and exact their own brand of justice. In the end, Rachel reveals to Sarah the location of the money and, together, they board a train, ready to start the life they both fought for.

Abdusamad Shafiev

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