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Brothers in Blood: A Byrnes Family Ranch Western (A Byrnes Family Ranch Novel #5)
By Judy Duarte, Mary Burton, Dusty Richards. 2013
"Dusty Richards writes...with the flavor of the real West." --Elmer KeltonArizona Is Hard Country...Chet Byrnes is building a new life…
in Arizona Territory as he expands his cattle ranching operation--but trouble just keeps coming. A friend's young daughter is abducted, and the search leads Chet and his men to the wild town of Tombstone and ultimately south of the border, where everything comes with a price...and life is cheap. And Chet Brynes Is A Hard ManAs much as Chet longs to stay close to home and his beloved wife, friends and family continue to need his brand of help. He's able to track stagecoach robbers and face down threats to his kin. But the pursuit of a band of ruthless rustlers ends in a devastating tragedy for the Brynes family..."Dusty takes readers into the real west at full gallop." --New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas"Dusty Richards is the embodiment of the old west." --Storyteller MagazineThe Last Ride of Caleb O'Toole
By Eric Pierpoint. 2013
"I need you to be strong." Caleb O'Toole could hear his mother's last words as clearly as if she was…
sitting right next to him. He promised her he'd keep his sisters safe. But safety is over a thousand miles away in the rugged Bitteroot Mountains--past dust-choked deserts and thorny tumbleweeds and as sun so hot, it's hard to breathe. Tornadoes and hungry wolves wait for them on the path ahead. But with the infamous Blackstone Gang hot on their trail, Caleb has no choice but to keep going. There's no telling how far the gang will go to keep their latest murder a secret. And Caleb is the number one witness to their crime. Caleb O'Toole can hear his mother's last words: "I need you to be strong." and he can't let her down.The Honor-Bound Gambler
By Lisa Plumley. 2013
Tempting the Preacher's DaughterPlain preacher's daughter Violet Benson is always the wallflower-until charismatic gambler Cade Foster takes her under his…
wing. Suddenly the men of Morrow Creek start looking at her with new eyes-and the women with envy-but Violet is interested in only one man: Cade.Agreeing to be his "lucky charm," Violet becomes embroiled in the gambler's thrilling world. With her newfound confidence, Violet is determined to uncover the secret sorrow behind the eyes that smolder beneath Cade's Stetson, and prove to this fascinating man that he can take the biggest gamble of all...with his heart.One Texas Cowboy Too Many
By Carolyn Brown. 2016
Carolyn Brown's New York Times and USA Today bestselling cowboys prove that love is bigger in Burnt Boot, Texas She's…
got too many cowboys on her handsLeah Brennan has always been the good girl of the Brennan family, groomed to become the matriarch of the clan. When a dark-eyed, tattooed, ponytailed bad boy saunters into her life, Leah knows he's off-limits-but his mesmerizing gaze makes her forget everything she used to think was important. As town-wide tension rises, Leah wonders if love really can conquer all...And the whole town's taking sidesWhen Rhett O'Donnell roars into Burnt Boot on a hot July evening, the first thing he sees is a beautiful blonde. She puts a little extra giddy-up in his heartbeat, but when Rhett's desire throws him into the middle of a love triangle and a hundred-year-old feud, he realizes that winning his cowgirl's heart will be a lot more complicated than he thought.Praise for The Trouble with Texas Cowboys:"Touching and heartwarming, and completely believable...[the] characters are hilarious, colorful, and eccentric as ever; what a treat to be back in Burnt Boot!" -Fresh Fiction"Ruggedly handsome cowboys...a plucky heroine...humorous, heartwarming storytelling...infectious banter...a solid, well-crafted plot...and the chemistry sizzles. One entertaining read." -RT Book Reviews 4 starsA Cowboy Christmas Miracle
By Carolyn Brown. 2016
It will take a miracle bigger than the state of Texas for these two feuding families to survive the holidays!Opposites…
might attract...The Brennans and the Gallaghers put aside their one-hundred-year feud every Tuesday for their weekly poker game. This week, the stakes are sky-high. Goaded to recklessness, Declan Brennan bets one thousand dollars that he can woo the next woman to walk into the saloon. A minute later, fiery-haired Betsy Gallagher pushes through the doors. If Declan can tame this wild Gallagher, he'll have earned every penny.If they don't kill each other first...Betsy can outshoot anybody in Burnt Boot and loves ranching more than anything-until she falls for Declan. He's fallen for her too. But when she discovers what sparked their courtship, Declan will need a Christmas miracle to save his hide-and his heart.Praise for The Trouble with Texas Cowboys: "Humorous, heartwarming, and full of sass and spunk." -RT Book Reviews, 4 stars "A delightful romance amid hilarious feuding families...What a treat to be back in Burnt Boot!" -Fresh Fiction"Captivating...filled with love and laughter!" -The Romance ReviewsOne Lucky Cowboy
By Carolyn Brown. 2018
Book 2 of the Lucky trilogy. From New York Times and USA Today-bestselling author Carolyn Brown comes a contemporary Western…
romance filled to the brim with sexy cowboys, gutsy heroines, and genuine down-home Texas twang. Jane Day is on the run from a former fiancé who's out to kill her. In Wichita Falls, Texas, she meets Nellie Luckadeau, a spitfire of an old lady who desperately needs someone to work on her ranch. But Nellie's drop-dead gorgeous grandson "Lucky Slade" is sure he can spot a con artist a mile away. He's determined not to let some upstart like Jane fleece his granny.When his signature intimidation methods don't convince Jane to leave, he pours on the charm to make her spill what she's up to. She's happy to play along, but she's not going to let this hot, hostile cowboy run her off his land when all she needs is a lucky break...Fans of Linda Lael Miller and Diana Palmer will thrill to this exciting story of a cowboy hero who learns to trust his heart. Lucky Series: Lucky in Love (Book 1) One Lucky Cowboy (Book 2) Getting Lucky (Book 3).Cavalry Man: Powder Keg
By Ed Gorman. 2006
It only takes one spark . . . A new "Robin Hood" is riding the range -- a hero bank…
robber who's handing over the spoils to poor farmers and needy townsfolk. But the bandit's using powerful explosives in his endeavors -- and military investigator Noah Ford has to put a stop to the altruistic outlaw's destructive ways. But Ford's not investigating alone. Two other federal agents have been assigned to work with him -- shady government men with their feet planted firmly on the wrong side of the law. Suddenly a volatile situation in the town of Willow Bend is in danger of catching fire -- with Ford trapped in the middle of the blaze, torn between what's lawful and what's right. One wrong move and everything could blow up in his face -- because the man Noah Ford is hunting is someone he may not want to catch . . . and the most ruthless and deadly men in the Colorado Territories are the ones on his side.Winter in the Blood
By James Welch. 1974
Welch's first novel. The author of Fool's Crow and Indian Lawyer presents an extraordinary, evocative novel about a young Native…
American coming to terms with his heritage--and his dreams. "A nearly flawless novel about human life". --Reynolds Price, New York Times Book Review.Telegraph Days
By Larry Mcmurtry. 2006
Not since the publication of his own beloved classicLonesome Dovehas there been a novel like this one -- another big,…
brilliant, unputdownable saga of the West from Larry McMurtry. Telegraph Daysis at once a major work of literature and a completely absorbing read, not just great fiction, but fiction on a great scale, encompassing many years, many characters, real and fictional, and the whole vast landscape of place, time, life, and heart, which has served for more than one hundred thirty years as the background for "the Western" in fiction and on the screen. Nobody writes, or has ever written, better about the West than Larry McMurtry, and nobody has caught better in words its myths, its often brutal reality, its overwhelming size, and the way it captured both the imagination and the hopes of those who settled there, only, as was so often the case, to dash those hopes. Told in the voice of Nellie Courtright, a spunky, courageous, attractive young woman whose story this is in part,Telegraph Daysis the big novel of the Western gunfighters that people have been hoping for years Larry McMurtry would write. When Nellie and her brother Jackson are unexpectedly orphaned by their father's suicide on his new and unprosperous ranch, they make their way to the nearby town of Rita Blanca, where Jackson manages to secure a job as a sheriff's deputy, while Nellie, ever resourceful, becomes the town's telegrapher. Together, they inadvertently put Rita Blanca on the map when young Jackson succeeds in shooting down all six of the ferocious Yazee brothers in a gunfight that brings him lifelong fame but which he can never repeat because his success came purely out of luck. Propelled by her own energy and commonsense approach to life, Nellie meets and almost conquers the heart of Buffalo Bill, the man she will love most in her long life, and goes on to meet, and witness the exploits of, Billy the Kid, the Earp brothers, and Doc Holliday. She even gets a ringside seat at the Battle at the O. K. Corral, the most famous gunfight in Western history, and eventually lives long enough to see the West and its gunfighters turned into movies. Full of life, love, shootings, real Western heroes and villains,Telegraph Daysis Larry McMurtry at his epic best, in his most ambitious Western novel sinceLonesome Dove.Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport
By Marjorie Weinman Sharmat. 1990
The Ballad of Black Bart: A Novel
By Loren D. Estleman. 2018
The Ballad of Black Bart: a riveting western novel from Spur Award-Winning Author Loren D. Estleman."Loren Estleman is my hero."—Harlan…
CobenBetween July 1875 and November 1883, a single outlaw robbed the stagecoaches of Wells Fargo in California’s Mother Lode country a record of twenty-eight times. Armed with an unloaded shotgun, walking to and from the scenes of the robberies, often for hundreds of miles, and leaving poems behind, the infamous Black Bart was fiercely hunted. Between robberies, Black Bart was known as Charles E. Bolton, a distinguished, middle-aged man who enjoyed San Francisco’s entertainments in the company of socialites drawn to his quiet, temperate good nature and upper-class tastes.Meanwhile, James B. Hume, Wells Fargo’s legendary chief of detectives, made Bart’s apprehension a matter of personal as well as professional interest. The Ballad of Black Bart is a duel of wits involving two adversaries of surpassing cleverness, set against the vivid backdrop of the Old West.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.The Shootout Solution
By Michael R. Underwood. 2015
Leverage meets Jasper Fforde in this new series from the fan-favorite author of Geekomancy.When a story goes-off track, you send…
in the Genrenauts. This team of narrative specialists travels across dimensions to find, evaluate, and fix broken stories, lest the ripples manifest as violence and upheaval in our own world. Genrenauts Episode 1: The Shootout Solution -Leah Tang just died on stage. Well, not literally. Not yet.Leah's stand-up career isn't going well. But she understands the power of fiction, and when she's offered employment with the mysterious Genrenauts Foundation, she soon discovers that literally dying on stage is a hazard of the job! Her first assignment takes her to a Western world. When a cowboy tale slips off its rails, and the outlaws start to win, it's up to Leah - and the Genrenauts team - to nudge the story back on track and prevent a catastrophe on Earth.But the story's hero isn't interested in winning, and the safety of Earth hangs in the balance...PRAISE FOR THE SHOOTOUT SOLUTION"Who hasn't wanted to imagine themselves parachuting into a story gone wrong and putting it back on track? It's storytelling as heroism, genre savviness as power. Endless fun. Catnip for genre geeks." -- Marie Brennan, World Fantasy nominated author of A Natural History of Dragons"A clever, exciting, and seriously fun twist on portal fantasy that sends a geeky stand-up comedian into the Wild West. Sign me up to be a Genrenaut, too!" --Delilah S. Dawson, author of the Blud series and HitWild Texas Promise
By Victoria Thompson. 1990
A Hired Gunslinger Romance #2From Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Victoria Thompson, a sensual…
tale of historical romance in the American Wild, Wild West..."Ms. Thompson imbues her characters with strength, eloquence and dignity." -Romantic TimesA Rebellious Spitfire...Hired to protect Eden Campbell's ranch from cattle thieves, rugged Linc Scott soon realizes that Eden Campbell herself is his biggest problem. The pretty little spitfire refuses to let Linc guard her: she thinks she can take care of herself.Linc is definitely not used to an argument - especially from a beautiful woman! He'll show her just how vulnerable she is to a smooth-talking Texan... But his plan backfires when a passionate kiss - and even hotter embrace - knocks him right off his boots!A Rogue Gunslinger...Who does that tall cowboy think he is?! If it weren't for some thieving rustlers, Eden would never have to deal with being bossed around by some rude gunslinger. But when she finds herself in Linc's lean, muscled arms and kissing his surprisingly sensual lips, she suddenly realizes she's in danger of more than losing her ranch: she's in danger of losing her heart!The Sunshine Killers
By Giles Tippette. 1975
Acclaimed western storyteller Giles Tippette brings his unique brand of justice and revenge to the Arizona territories . . .When…
a man of few words rides into town, his shirt soaked with blood from the bullet still lodged in his side, the people of Sunshine, Arizona, don't exactly open their doors to the stranger. Saulter's not looking for trouble, just a place to rest up and heal. But Sunshine's not as warm as the name suggests, and neither are the locals--they intend to kill the U.S. President. And Saulter's presence is very much in the way . . . Praise for Giles Tippette and The Bank Robbers"Like True Grit . . . a small masterpiece . . . brilliantly written." --Newark News"Spine-jarring, bullet-biting intensity."--Houston Post"Tough, gutsy, and fascinating."--NY Newsday"Impressive authenticity."--BooklistPalestine: A One State Solution
By Paul M Bergstrom. 2010
Palestine: The Right of Return is a must-read novel that addresses several critical issues facing world leaders who seek a…
solution to the almost century-long Arab-Israeli conflict. The "Balfour Declaration," issued in 1917, set the conflict in motion. Mr. Bergstrom's story, albeit fiction, should be required reading for anyone hoping to understand the current stalemate. Mr. Bergstrom defines a path to lasting peace via a single state solution. Further, he highlights the problems created by America's well meaning but one-sided intervention on the side of Israel in the peace negotiations. Mr. Bergstrom argues that Palestine's future will not be found in an agreement that divides Palestine into two equally or unequally aggrieved states, further asserting that peace can only come from the efforts of the primary stakeholders, those who will benefit or suffer most immediately through any resolution. The United States, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Lebanon, and other interested parties must stand aside. Mr. Bergstrom concludes that the people of Palestine itself own the problem, and they must join together if a workable solution is to be created.The Big Showdown
By Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane. 2015
From New York Times bestselling authors Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins--the legend of Caleb York continues as the renowned…
gunslinger fights to bring justice to the blood-soaked streets of Trinidad, New Mexico.Caleb York has made up his mind and packed his bags. He'll be on the next stage, bound for San Diego and a new life as a Pinkerton man. But before Caleb can say a proper goodbye to his sweetheart, Willa, a peaceful morning erupts into blazing gunfire. Someone has to bring law and order to the wild little town of Trinidad, even as a band of outlaw brothers rides the vengeance trail and a new cattle baron sets his sights on more land. . .and on Willa, too. Looks like Caleb will be staying on for a while. With his Colt loaded for justice, and a sheriff's badge on his chest, Caleb York emerges as a classic Western hero who knows just how to stand up to the deadliest of enemies--and win. Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins"Spillane is a master in compelling you to always turn the next page." --The New York Times"Collins displays his mastery of Spillane's distinctive two-fisted prose." --Publishers Weekly"Spillane is a legend...a pioneer of tough guy ethics." --Washington Post"Max Allan Collins is the closest thing we have to a 21st Century Mickey Spillane." --This WeekLaw for Hire: Protecting Hickok
By Bill Brooks. 2003
Killing the Legend City life is all Teddy Blue has ever known -- until the craven murder of his brother,…
a Chicago policeman, changes his world overnight. Determined to hunt down the killer, he joins the Pinkerton Detective Agency and buries all thoughts of his old life along with his slaughtered sibling. But the former law student needs experience -- and Teddy's about to get more than he bargained for in the wide open West, acting as bodyguard to the famous William Hickok. Irascible and unpredictable, "Wild Bill" more than lives up to his name. And now that his eyesight is failing and his taste for opium is increasing, his enemies are preparing to put a permanent end to his fabled career. Suddenly Hickok's survival depends on an untested young man from Illinois -- who's about to learn quick that, in Wyoming, justice isn't won with law and reason . . . but with a loaded Colt and a lightning draw.The Youngerman Guns
By Lewis B. Patten. 1969
"One of the more popular writers of Western fiction, Lewis B. Patten's THE YOUNGERMAN GUNS spotlights a deputy sheriff with…
a mighty big problem. This concerns a lawman whose hidden secret is that he is the brother of the leader of one of the more feared gangs of outlaw raiders heckling banks and communities of the West. "It may well be easy for readers of this book to match the tension that Dan Youngerman faces in anticipation of a raid by his brother on the town where he is a lawman with that faced by Gary Cooper in the movie epic HIGH NOON. After having been accepted by the citizens of Dobeville, Kansas, for seven years, Dan is faced with the necessity of revealing his secret to the townsmen when he discovers that the raid is imminent.Savage Hellfire
By Jory Sherman. 2010
Spur Award-winning author John Savage has destroyed the gang that murdered his family. Now he wants to work the land…
his kin died for-and find some measure of peace. But his desire for retribution is now a dark compulsion he can't shake. And the only way he can take back his legacy is to send one remorseless band of outlaws straight to fiery, blazing hell.The Mammoth Book of Westerns (The mammoth Bks.)
By Jon E. Lewis. 2013
The Western, though a singularly American art form, is one of the great genres of world literature with a truly…
global readership. It is also durable despite being often unfairly maligned. Ever since James Fenimore Cooper transformed frontier yarns into a distinct literary form, the Western has followed two paths: one populist - what Time magazine famously billed 'the American Morality Play' - capable of taking many points of view, from red to redneck, but always populist, with a sentimental attachment to the misfit; the other literary - eschewing heroism, debunking with unsettling candour many of the myths of the West. It can sometimes be difficult to draw a sure line between the two forms, but both are represented in this outstanding collection which includes stories by Rick Bass, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Larry McMurtry, Mari Sandoz, Christopher Tilghman, and Mark Twain, among many others.