Ranch Hands - The Shadow of the Moores

By Patricia Ann Bonello-Castellano

The past -Everette and and his son, Ellwood, create a family tree that turned rotten with discord, disappointment, resentment and greed. Their story begins in the 1920's. An immigrant travels from Ireland to America to seek his fortune. With his blood, sweat and hard work, he builds great wealth with a varied portfolio of real estate, ranching and other business ventures not always within the confines of the law. After his beautiful wife dies giving birth to his son, he is forever resentful towards the child. He reigns with callous indifference. He ridicules his son's marriage and almost delights when his son's father in law goes bankrupt during the great depression. When Ellwood is forced to return and work under his father to survive, he forms an alliance with a dark acquaintance of his father that provides prostitution and sex trafficking. This is the catalyst for the plan that will procure for Ellwood his father's ranch and all surrounding land making him the wealthiest land owner in Texas. At the heart of his plan is his father demise, beginning a demented family tradition that is passed on through the decades, ending with a great grandson. The Present-At the the event of the year: young, wealthy Ellwood Moore's birthday extravaganza, hundreds of glamorous young adults and over privileged teenagers attend, but behind the mask of decadent gaiety lie something more sinister. A young debutantes disappearance into a world of human trafficking is the beginning of the end for a twisted family tradition that shaped Ellwood Junior into the demented psychopath that now runs the family business. His current conquest is pulled off using his friend's predictable habits. He moves around them unnoticed but the butler was watching.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1484196848
• ISBN13: 9781484196847
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"