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The Wicked and the Dead: The Hair-Raising Tale of Hack Long and His Outlaw Gang (The Wicked and the Dead #1)
By William W. Johnstone, J. A. Johnstone. 2024
JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE BOOT HILL IS FULL OF MEN WHO PULLED THEIR TRIGGERS WITHOUT AIMING. As hardworking families and ambitious…
dreamers set down roots across the American West, others swooped down to prey upon them. And after the smoke cleared, those who lived by the gun found themselves facing justice—and vengeance . . . It was supposed to be a simple robbery. A fortune in gold for the taking. What Hack Long and his outlaws hadn&’t figured on was the Texas Rangers pouncing on them like a pack of rabid wolves. Desperate to escape, Long led his men south of the Rio Grande where they ran afoul of Mexican Rurales and were imprisoned. Unwilling to die behind the bars of the hellish prison where life is worth less than a peso, Long&’s band of desperadoes break out of jail and split up to escape. Now, Two-Horses, Luke Fischer, Gabriel Santana, Billy Lightning, and Long are scrabbling along a desolate landscape, heading for Texas to reclaim their ill-gotten gains, hunted by dogged lawmen, merciless Comaches, and a violent gang of bandits who also want the stolen gold. Though they be thieves and outlaws, Long and his men aren&’t nearly as deadly as their pursuers. They may not deserve forgiveness for their sins, but only death passes judgment on both the good and the bad. . . Live Free. Read Hard.The Maverick's Marriage Deal (Montana Mavericks: The Anniversary Gift #3)
By Kaylie Newell. 2024
"If we&’re both still single at thirty…"Rancher Shep Dalton was just eighteen when he told his high school friend Rylee…
Parker he&’d marry her—if they hadn&’t found spouses by thirty. Those twelve years went by in a flash, and what started out as a joke has suddenly turned serious—thanks to a fib told by tipsy Shep at a friend's birthday party! Now everyone in Bronco believes they&’re getting married, and Shep&’s dirty little secret is that he doesn&’t mind at all. But being a real-life husband to sweet Rylee seems like a dream out of reach for the restless cowboy…From Harlequin Montana Mavericks: Book 1: Sweet-Talkin' Maverick by Christy JeffriesBook 2: Maverick's Secret Daughter by Catherine MannBook 3: The Maverick's Marriage Deal by Kaylie NewellBook 4: The Maverick's Thirty-Day Marriage by Rochelle AlersBook 5: Starting Over with the Maverick by Kathy DouglassBook 6: A Lullaby for the Maverick by Melissa SenateDon&’t miss a Harlequin original podcast: Montana Mavericks!?Introducing the first ever podcast from Harlequin! Experience the iconic Montana Mavericks like you&’ve never heard before. Listen now wherever podcasts are available.Expecting a Fortune (The Fortunes of Texas: Digging for Secrets #3)
By Nina Crespo. 2024
His poison pen…Would soon be Cupid's arrow!Bea Fortune vows that she'll be the most talked about restaurateur in Chatelaine. But…
when her opening night&’s sabotaged and she&’s skewered in the local paper, those dreams take a nightmarish turn. So after she&’s unexpectedly thrust together with the affronted critic—Devin Street, the paper&’s multifaceted owner—she expects another rebuff. But to her surprise, the charming single dad sweeps her off her feet…and into his bed. Now she&’s having his baby! Devin&’s committed to being a devoted dad…but it might be his good Fortune to have so much more. From Harlequin Fortunes of Texas: Book 1: Fortune's Baby Claim by Michelle Major Book 2: Fortune in Name Only by Tara Taylor Quinn Book 3: Expecting a Fortune by Nina Crespo Book 4: Fortune's Lone Star Twins by Teri Wilson Book 5: Worth a Fortune by Nancy Robards Thompson Book 6: Fortune's Convenient Cinderella by Makenna LeeThe Jensen Dynasty: The Journey Begins
By William W. Johnstone, J. A. Johnstone. 2022
Return to the epic sagas of the Jensen mountain men—Smoke and Luke—and their unique brand of bold, blazing justice together…
in one volume and in paperback for the first time—from the nationally bestselling Western authors William W. and J.A. Johnstone.SMOKE JENSEN: THE BEGINNING In 1861, shots were fired in Charleston Harbor, and Kirby Jensen&’s father and brother went off to war. From raging Civil War battles to border state raids to the kind of frontier justice achieved only by bullets and blood, Kirby Jensen journeys into a manhood shaped by violence and a young man&’s thirst for justice. Filled with actual historical events and legendary characters, the story of Smoke Jensen&’s early years is a powerful, brutal, and amazing American saga.LUKE JENSEN, BOUNTY HUNTER In the last hours of the Civil War, Confederate soldier Luke Jensen is ambushed and robbed by four deserters, shot in the back, and left for dead. Taken in by a Georgia farmer and his beautiful daughter, Luke is nursed back to health. Though crippled, he hopes to reunite with his long-lost brother, Smoke. Then fate takes a tragic turn and Luke is forced to strike out on his own—hunting down the baddest of the bad . . . to become the greatest bounty hunter who ever lived.Guns of the Vigilantes (Guns of the Vigilantes #1)
By William W. Johnstone, J. A. Johnstone. 2021
Johnstone Country. Vigilante Justice.A thrilling new series from the legendary Western author William W. Johnstone where justice is very personal.GUNS…
OF THE VIGILANTES It begins with a massacre. A crime so brutal and bloody, the local sheriff isn&’t smart enough to solve it. But when young deputy Dan Caine sees the slaughter for himself—an entire family murdered—he can&’t let it go. Especially when the eldest daughter is missing. Right there and then, Caine makes a fateful decision: throw away his badge, form a vigilante team, and go after the killers . . . There&’s one problem: Who would be crazy enough to join him? First up is a grizzled old tinpan named Fish Lee, who discovered the bodies. Then there&’s the Kiowa, an Indian scout with a grudge; Cooley, a washed-up gambler; Mortimer, a whiskey-soaked newsman; and Holt, a half-grown stock boy. Sure, they might be crazy. They might be inexperienced. But one thing is certain: be it from heaven above or hell below . . . vengeance is coming.Anything for Billy: A Novel
By Larry McMurtry. 1988
A Pulitzer Prize winner’s western “does for the gunfighter what Lonesome Dove did for the trail riding cowboy . . . wistful appeal,…
larger-than-life characters” (Time).An electrifying take on the classic tale of Billy the Kid, the teenage outlaw of the American Old West, from award-winning, bestselling author Larry McMurtry. The first time I saw Billy, he came walking out of a cloud . . . Welcome to the wild, hot-blooded adventures of Billy the Kid, the American West’s most legendary gunslinger. Larry McMurtry takes us on a hell-for-leather journey with Billy and his friends as they ride, drink, love, fight, shoot, and escape their way into the shining memories of Western myth. Surrounded by a splendid cast of characters that only Larry McMurtry could create, Billy charges headlong toward his fate, to become in death the unforgettable desperado he aspires to be in life. Not since Lonesome Dove has there been such a rich, exciting novel about the cowboys, Indians, and gunmen who live at the blazing heart of the American dream.“This tale of random violence, unlikely romance and quicksilver friendships in the old West is a rip-roaring gamble with a tear in its eye, and it pays off in spades.” —Publishers Weekly“Entertaining and peopled with . . . beguiling characters. McMurtry drills a bull’s eye, proving that he is among the most versatile of our writers.” —Library Journal“Storytelling at its best, the West at its fiercest, and McMurtry in his prime.” —The Seattle TimesSpecimen Song (The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré #2)
By Peter Bowen. 1995
A &“plain-spoken, deep-thinking Montana cattle inspector&” takes on a serial killer in DC (The New York Times Book Review). …
With misgivings, cattle inspector and sometime deputy Gabriel Du Pré has left his hometown of Toussaint, Montana, for big-city Washington, DC, where the Métis Indian fiddler has agreed to play his people&’s music for a Smithsonian festival. But like the frightened and confused horse galloping wildly down the National Mall, Du Pré is very much out of his element. He does know how to catch and calm a runaway horse, however. If only catching a killer could be so simple. When a Cree woman from Canada who came to sing in the festival is found murdered, her death is just the first in a series of fatal attacks on Native Americans. Each killing is foretold by a shaman, and each time a primitive weapon is used. As the body count rises, Du Pré fears he might be the serial killer&’s ultimate target. New York Times–bestselling author Ridley Pearson says about Peter Bowen&’s Montana mysteries: &“The best of Tony Hillerman meets Zane Grey . . . Du Pré is a character of legendary proportions.&” And Booklist calls Gabriel Du Pré &“one of the most unusual characters working the fictional homicide beat.&”Specimen Song is the 2nd book in The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.Where The Sea Used To Be: A Novel
By Rick Bass. 1998
The first full-length novel by one of our finest fiction writers, Where the Sea Used to Be tells the story…
of a struggle between a father and his daughter for the souls of two men, Matthew and Wallis-his protégés, her lovers. Old Dudley is a Texan whose religion is oil, and in his fifty years of searching for it in Swan Valley he has destroyed a dozen geologists. Matthew is Dudley's most recent victim, but Wallis begins to uncover the dark mystery of Dudley's life. Each character, the wildlife, and the land itself are rendered with the vivid poetry that is that hallmark of Rick Bass's writing.Rodeo Girls Box Set
By Deirdre O'Dare. 2023
Spirited cowgirls and hard-livin’ rodeo cowboys are a volatile mixture. Days in the arena and nights in the smoky bars…
can all be hot, hot, hot. Sometimes the question is who will rope and brand who? Contains the stories:Pickup Man: Jana's still single at twenty-seven. On the weekend of the big rodeo, Jana goes to the favorite night spot of the rodeo crowd to try to pick up a cowboy. Once she gets acquainted with Ty, the phrase "ride 'em cowboy" takes on a whole new meaning. She just might run her brand on this one!Portrait of a Cowboy: The rodeo folks know photographer Kim won’t date cowboys. Literally tripping over Wolf, she rethinks her rule. Swept away by his looks and charm, she agrees to one dinner date ... and one unforgettable night of passion. But by then she wants more than just a portrait of this cowboy.Cowboy First Aid: EMT and single mom Tracey, burned by her ex’s infidelities, knows not to fall for a rodeo cowboy. Picking up Skip Horton in the muddy arena, she doesn’t guess first aid will include a hot night in bed. She’s the EMT-- how can he heal her wounded heart?Cowgirl Up: As his friend’s sister, Tab is off limits to Wes but desire for her is burning him up. How can he convince Tab to give up riding bulls? He fails to persuade her until a near tragedy brings them together, getting this cowgirl up for the ride of her life.In the Distance
By Hernan Diaz. 2017
The first novel by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Trust, an exquisite and blisteringly intelligent story of a young Swedish…
boy, separated from his brother, who becomes a legend and an outlawA young Swedish immigrant finds himself penniless and alone in California. The boy travels east in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great current of emigrants pushing west. Driven back again and again, he meets criminals, naturalists, religious fanatics, swindlers, American Indians, and lawmen, and his exploits turn him into a legend. Diaz defies the conventions of historical fiction and genre, offering a probing look at the stereotypes that populate our past and a portrait of radical foreignness.Comanche Moon: A Novel (Lonesome Dove #No. 2)
By Larry McMurtry. 2000
The epic four-volume cycle that began with Larry McMurty's Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, Lonesome Dove, is completed with this brilliant and…
haunting novel—a capstone in a mighty tradition of storytelling.Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, now in their middle years, are just beginning to deal with the enigmas of the adult heart—Gus with his great love, Clara Forsythe; and Call with Maggie Tilton, the young whore who loves him. Two proud but very different men, they enlist with a Ranger troop in pursuit of Buffalo Hump, the great Comanche war chief; Kicking Wolf, the celebrated Comanche horse thief; and a deadly Mexican bandit king with a penchant for torture.Comanche Moon joins the twenty-year time line between Dead Man's Walk and Lonesome Dove, following beloved heroes Gus and Call and their comrades-in-arms—Deets, Jake Spoon, and Pea Eye Parker—in their bitter struggle to protect an advancing Western frontier against the defiant Comanches, courageously determined to defend their territory and their way of life. At once vividly imagined and unflinchingly realistic, Comanche Moon is a sweeping, heroic adventure full of tragedy, cruelty, courage, honor and betrayal, and the culmination of Larry McMurty's peerless vision of the American West.When a Man's a Man
By Harold Bell Wright. 2012
When a mysterious stranger seeks employment on an Arizona cattle ranch, he&’s put to the test to prove his manhood…
in this classic Western novel. Though his clothes and bearing suggest a life of leisure and genteel breeding, the man who calls himself Honorable Patches has come to Prescott, Arizona, to find work as a cowboy. Inexperienced but full of determination, he&’s taken on at the Cross-Triangle Ranch, where he learns the trade under the guidance of the foreman, &“Wild Horse&” Phil Acton. But when the area is targeted by cattle rustlers, Patches finds himself the subject of unwarranted suspicion. Tested by the demanding labor as well as the other cowboys, Patches proves his worth time and again. But as his tumultuous past comes to light, his true reasons for coming west are revealed. First published in 1916, When a Man&’s a Man is a classic tale of self-discovery on the Western frontier.Coyote Blue: A Novel
By Christopher Moore. 1994
From the master of subversive humor Christopher Moore comes a quirky, irreverent novel of love, myth, metaphysics, outlaw biking, angst,…
and outrageous redemption.As a boy, he was Samson Hunts Alone—until a deadly misunderstanding with the law forced him to flee the Crow reservation at age fifteen. Today he is Samuel Hunter, a successful Santa Barbara insurance salesman with a Mercedes, a condo, and a hollow, invented life. Then one day, destiny offers him the dangerous gift of love—in the exquisite form of Calliope Kincaid—and a curse in the unheralded appearance of an ancient god by the name of Coyote. Coyote, the trickster, has arrived to reawaken the mystical storyteller within Sam...and to seriously screw up his existence in the process.His Forever Valentine (Forever, Texas #7)
By Marie Ferrarella. 2013
A Real Cowboy. A Real Home? Rafe Rodriguez never reckoned on playing hero to a beautiful, big-city stranger. But when he…
saves Valentine Jones from a charging bull, this Rodriguez brother's fate is all but sealed. The Hollywood photographer is on location in Forever to scout out an authentic dude ranch. And nothing could feel more realor rightthan the fiery feelings Val's awakening in Rafe. And he knows just how their real-life romance should end! Haunted by tragedy, Val knows life isn't like the movies. Still, a girl could get used to having a sexy protector like Rafe around. The Texas rancher is wreaking havoc with her credo of never settling in one place. Is Val headed for heartbreak again? Or has she finally found a place to belong with this cowboy who's starting to make her believe in forever?Touch the Wind
By Janet Dailey. 1979
Janet Dailey, the New York Times bestselling author who has touched the hearts of millions, shines in this unforgettable novel.…
Sweeping from the wealth and glamour of a modern Texas city to the rugged majesty of Mexico&’s High Sierras, this is a magnificent tale of desire and destiny from one of the world&’s most beloved storytellers.All her life, beautiful Sheila got what she wanted. Now she yearned for the raw passion of a man beyond her reach, a violent, mysterious outlaw whose followers adored him. A lion of a man who held her for ransom—a man who would trade her for a fortune in gold. But Sheila wanted only him—with all the reckless longing of her body and soul.Denver: A Novel
By John Dunning. 1980
By the 1920s, Denver had outgrown its frontier-town beginnings. But for some, life was still as perilous as the surrounding…
terrain. The insidious influence of the Ku Klux Klan was reaching its peak, and those who stood in its path feared for their safety. Denver is the saga of a family caught in this tempestuous time. To newspaperman Tom Hastings, his writing matters more than anything. As the book opens, President Harding has just died, and Hastings finds himself drawn toward the biggest story of his career. But his wife resents his allegiance to the newspaper and his Jewish stepfather is a target for the supremacist Kleagles—two good reasons not to persist in his pursuit of the story: that and the KKK has penetrated the highest levels of government in the state. Some eighty characters surround Tom Hastings: there’s his half-sister, the quiet, passionate Jewess Anna Kohl; David Waldo, a socialist and friend to Jack London; Willie Brown, a rising political star torn between his desire for elective office and the love of his life; and Marvel Millette, a Nellie Bly–like reporter in whom Tom Hastings finally meets his match. John Dunning creates flesh-and-blood figures, not only of these fictional characters but of historical personages as well. There is John Galen Locke, the Grand Dragon of the KKK, and Fred Bonfils, a founder of a newspaper dynasty built on tabloid sensationalism; President Calvin Coolidge, too, makes a gruff appearance. Denver is a panoramic novel as vibrant as the city for which it is named, as tumultuous as the era in which it is set. John Dunning never lets the reader lose sight of the men and women who live their lives on the pages of this saga. While crosses burst into angry flames and menacing droves of white-robed Klansmen gather against the torch-lit skies, passions, fears, joys, and hates are played out in Denver in the 1920s.Claim Me, Cowboy & A Very Intimate Takeover: Two Spicy Romance Novels (Copper Ridge Ser.)
By Maisey Yates, LaQuette. 2018
BESTSELLING AUTHOR COLLECTIONReader-favorite romances in collectible volumes from our bestselling authors.Claim Me, Cowboy by New York Times bestselling author Maisey YatesWhen Joshua Grayson's father…
places an ad in the local paper searching for a wife for his son, Joshua formulates a plan of his own: put out an ad himself and find the most ill-fitting woman possible to teach his old man a lesson. And when Danielle Kelly—supposed single mother—answers the ad, she's happy to endure any kind of humiliation if it means the rich cowboy is offering her money she desperately needs. The match should be unsuitable and the engagement should be fake, but soon the charade begins to feel very real…Previously publishedFREE STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME!A Very Intimate Takeover by LaQuette Trey Devereaux is out to prove her corporate mettle to her skeptical father. When she sees a chance to take control of Devereaux Inc. from her estranged grandfather, she pounces. But Jeremiah Benton, his second-in-command, is fiercely protective of the Devereaux patriarch…and absolutely enticing. Can Trey maintain her resolve—or is Jeremiah winning this high-stakes merger? The fate of a billion-dollar Brooklyn legacy lies in the balance…Previously publishedBuffalo Girls: A Novel
By Larry McMurtry. 1990
A strange old woman caked in Montana mud pens a letter to her darling daughter back East—the writer's name is…
Martha Jane, but her friends call her Calamity...I am the Wild West, no show about it. I was one of the people who kept it wild.Larry McMurtry returns to the territory of his Pulitzer Prize–winning masterwork, Lonesome Dove, to sing the song of Calamity Jane's last ride. In a letter to her daughter back East, Martha Jane is not shy about her own importance. Martha Jane—better known as Calamity—is just one of the handful of aging legends who travel to London as part of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show in Buffalo Girls. As he describes the insatiable curiosity of Calamity's Indian friend No Ears, Annie Oakley's shooting match with Lord Windhouveren, and other highlights of the tour, McMurtry turns the story of a band of hardy, irrepressible survivors into an unforgettable portrait of love, fellowship, dreams, and heartbreak.Payback at Morning Peak: A Novel of the American West
By Gene Hackman. 2011
LIFE, NOT DEATH, DROVE JUBAL YOUNG . . . but memories of his ma and pa, and his beautiful, bright…
sister are all he has left. Memories of the peaceful days before Jubal stumbled home with his .22, his blood running cold with fear, terror, and anger. When it was over, the homestead was half burned to the ground. Someone had to bury the bodies. Someone had to set things right. Now, as Jubal rides west into New Mexico, he remembers his family’s laughter and love, his pa’s wisdom, ma’s thick books, and everything that was defiled by a band of drunken renegades towed along by one man’s murderous grudge. A reprobate lawman won’t believe his story. A soft-hearted mountain man won’t survive Jubal’s one-man war. And a judge and his beautiful daughter cannot stop Jubal from climbing a peak of blood and madness: for justice, or payback, or something he can live for—or die for—redeeming. An American film icon delivers a great American novel with Payback at Morning Peak. Gene Hackman, whose fiction is “rousing” (Publishers Weekly) and “robust” (Winston-Salem Journal), takes readers on a powerful and historically dead-on western odyssey in the tradition of Louis L’Amour.Comanche Moon: A Novel (Lonesome Dove #No. 2)
By Larry McMurtry. 2000
The epic four-volume cycle that began with Larry McMurty's Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, Lonesome Dove, is completed with this brilliant and…
haunting novel—a capstone in a mighty tradition of storytelling.Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, now in their middle years, are just beginning to deal with the enigmas of the adult heart—Gus with his great love, Clara Forsythe; and Call with Maggie Tilton, the young whore who loves him. Two proud but very different men, they enlist with a Ranger troop in pursuit of Buffalo Hump, the great Comanche war chief; Kicking Wolf, the celebrated Comanche horse thief; and a deadly Mexican bandit king with a penchant for torture.Comanche Moon joins the twenty-year time line between Dead Man's Walk and Lonesome Dove, following beloved heroes Gus and Call and their comrades-in-arms—Deets, Jake Spoon, and Pea Eye Parker—in their bitter struggle to protect an advancing Western frontier against the defiant Comanches, courageously determined to defend their territory and their way of life. At once vividly imagined and unflinchingly realistic, Comanche Moon is a sweeping, heroic adventure full of tragedy, cruelty, courage, honor and betrayal, and the culmination of Larry McMurty's peerless vision of the American West.