Wanted is the twelfth in the series of Jess Williams western books. In Wanted, Jess is hunting down more bad men for the bounty on their heads. He runs into a young boy hell bent on killing the man who killed his father. After Jess helps the young boy, he continues his work as a bounty hunter, but suddenly he finds out that three United States Marshals have a warrant out on Jess and are looking for him. Jess is now a wanted man because a Judge by the name of Winston Bottoms wants to question Jess about the deaths of Henry and Thomas Stidham in New York City. Jess finally agrees to meet Judge Winston Bottoms, but only on Jess' terms. The meeting is about to go badly when suddenly, Judge Bottoms finds out that his sister, Callie, has been kidnapped by the Holden brothers, and they want to exchange her for their brother Bob Holden, who is in the Dodge City jail waiting to swing from a rope. Judge Bottoms agrees to cancel the warrant on Jess as long as Jess goes and rescues the Judge's sister, Callie, who is being held in a canyon by eleven men. Jess has to find a way to get her out alive or the Judge will swear a new warrant out on Jess' arrest, dead or alive.