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By Maisey Yates. 2023
Bull rider Flint Carson has a heart of stone, and no one has ever come close to breaking through except…
Tansey Martin, the country music darling whose breakout hit is...about him. What starts as a confrontation ends up a reunion hot enough to melt the snow, in this Carsons of Lone Rock romance from New York Times bestselling author Maisey Yates . She turned their breakup into her breakout song. And now they're snowed in... Bull rider Flint Carson has only ever opened his heart to one person...and she turned his heartbreak into a hit song! As if that wasn't torture enough, now country music star Tansey Martin is at his hotel—and when a blizzard hits, they're stranded—together. What starts as a confrontation may just end up a reunion hot enough to melt the snow! But will this time together mean repeating old mistakes, or will they take a chance on a new love song? Includes a bonus story, Claiming the Rancher's Heir !By B. J Daniels. 2023
For two rival families, the only thing that matters more than land...is love. There's a lifetime of tension between the…
McKenna and Stafford ranching families, and Oakley Stafford has the bullet scar to prove it. Defying the bitter rivalry between their families, Oakley grew up thick as thieves with Duffy McKenna. But now the Staffords and the McKennas are competing to buy a neighboring property. Both need that land desperately—and the reasons are more dangerous than Oakley knows. But there's another unspoken rivalry, too, between Duffy and Pickett Hanson, the McKenna family's ranch hand. Once upon a time, Oakley ignored the way the two handsome cowboys playfully flirted with her, but now she's untangling complicated feelings that could upend years of friendship. And when a body is found on the contested ranch, their secrets will be forced into the open at last... A Powder River Novel Book 1: Dark Side of the River Book 2: River Strong Book 3: River JusticeBy William W. Johnstone. 1996
In this western by the bestselling author of Talons of Eagles, a gunfighter and his sons dole out revenge on…
a bloodthirsty gang. Raised by the Shawnee, Jamie Ian MacCallister survived the bloodshed of the Alamo and the Civil War. With each victory, the MacCallister legend grew—as violent and unpredictable as the land that gave him life. Now the battle has gotten personal: the brutal murder of his wife at the hands of the wild Miles Nelson gang. Jamie&’s journey of revenge will take him from Atlantic City&’s bustling port of thieves, con men, and whores to the pristine and deadly landscape of the Colorado Rockies . . . and finally to a place called Little Big Horn. All he has at his side are his sons and an unquenchable thirst for justice—MacCallister style.By William W Johnstone. 2020
"Preacher is no hired killer. When a wagon train is brutally ambushed on the Sante Fe Trail though, he can't…
say no to the St. Louis businessman willing to pay him for justice. It's not the stolen gold that's convinced Preacher to take the job And it's not the missing body of one of the wagon train's crew, a prime suspect who may have plotted the ambush and taken off with the gold. No, it's the suspect's lovely fiance, Alita Montez. She believes her boyfriend is innocent--and has run off to find him. Preacher can't abide the idea of a young woman alone on the Sante Fe Trail. If the Comanche don't get her, the coyotes will. And Preacher can't have that. But to save the girl and get the gold, the legendary mountain man will have to forge a path that's as twisted as a nest of rattlers, face off with trigger-happy kidnappers, backstabbers, and bounty-hunters--and match wits with Styles Mallory, the biggest baddest frontiersman of them all..." -- Provided by publisherBy Courtney White. 2018
Dr. Bryce Miller, a young doctor in Boston, inherits a large, historic ranch in northern New Mexico from a wealthy…
uncle she barely knew. Then, a body is found murdered on the ranch. Is it a warning meant for her? Meanwhile, she must choose among a colorful cast of potential buyers who want to turn the working cattle ranch into something entirely different. AdultBy Carmen Baca. 2017
"El Hermano takes place during the forty days of Lent in 1928 as José and his cousins conspire to spy…
on one of the brotherhood's secret rituals to see what lies ahead for them as novices. José knows his time to join the Cofridías (of which his own father is Hermano Mayor) is near, but having seen Hermanos who appear to be in pain after a night spent at the morada, a meeting house and chapel, and having heard stories about those who even died in the past because of whatever went on within the sacred structure, his fear guides him to join his cousins in their clandestine scheme. Little do they know, certain New Mexican legends conspire against them; La Muerte, Saint Death, warns José to leave his future unknown, a ball of fire thought to be a witch crosses their path, and even la Llorona, ghost of the Weeping Woman, and el Diablo, the Devil make an appearance."--Amazon.com. Spanish language. UnratedBy Ernest Haycox. 1957
By Steven Law. 2022
After serving an eight year sentence, for a crime he didn't commit, Ben Ruby is paroled from Yuma Territorial Prison.…
Along with detailed knowledge of a 300 year-old Spanish Galleon buried in the dunes of Imperial Valley, Ben uses a treasure map, in the form of trinkets, to set out to find the ship. If following up on an old tale wasn't difficult enough, Ben has to outrun the man that put him in prison, as well as a breach in a Colorado River dam that threatens to flood the entire valley. Adult. Some strong language. Some violenceBy Carolyn Brown. 2023
One horse trainer finds his heart opening up to new possibilities—and a second chance at love—in this heartwarming story from…
the New York Times bestselling author of Small Town Charm. Mama Pearl always told Lucas that home is where the heart is. But after two decades of constantly moving from place to place, he&’s not sure he agrees. Lucas&’s dream is to travel with his two trained therapy horses as much as he can and help children around the world. But a promise—and a silent yearning for a family of his own—takes him back to his family&’s ranch in Honey Grove, Texas. There, he reunites with his high school crush, Vada. A single mom, Vada needs Lucas&’s skills with therapy horses to help her son come out of his shell. As they slowly get to know each other again, a spark ignites between them that neither of them wants to put out. Maybe Lucas will finally hang his hat with this woman—for good.By Janice Lucas. 1994
Marrying a "savage" was not what Priscilla Ann Billip's mother had ever imagined for her daughter. But that is the…
destiny toward which her young life points. Growing up in the mountainous wilderness of western Pennsylvania, Priscilla Ann Billips never had neighbors or playmates. In 1703 the only other inhabitants are a tribe of Tuscarora. Luckily they had befriended her family, helping the Billipses survive the merciless wintersBy James A McKenna. 2002
First published in 1936, Black Range Tales has become one of the classics of southwest Americana. In his inimitable style,…
"Uncle Jimmie" tells of prospecting, Indian fights, exploration, town life and all the characters from the early days of the Black Range, the Mogollons, and the rest of the Gila Country of southwest New Mexico. The result is alternately humorous, poignant, amazing or insightful; a singular look at the times. And most of all these tales are true, for by golly, James A. McKenna was thereBy Ralph Compton. 2019
"It was the 1870s-Jesse and Frank James led daring raids on banks and trains. Doc Holliday's name struck dread in…
the hearts of men, and Wild Bill Hickok played poker with bullets in the hole. A young killer named Billy the Kid was hunted by a determined lawman, and a General named Custer took the Seventh Cavalry into Dakota Territory. One man rides this untamed frontier like a shadow of death. His name is Nathan Stone, and he had learned to kill on the vengeance trail. He would have stopped after settling the score with his parents' savage slayers. But when you're the greatest gunfighter of all, there's no peace or resting place. And it's Nathan Stone's destiny to fight for survival against the most famed and feared figures from Texas to the Black Hills-on both sides of the law." -- Provided by publisherBy Ralph Compton. 2019
"Nathan Stone experienced the horror of Civil War battlefields. But the worst lies ahead. When he returns to Virginia, to…
the ruins of what was his home, he discovers his father butchered and his mother and sister stripped, ravished, and slain. The seven renegades who did it rode away to the West. Half-starved and afoot, he takes to their trail. Nathan Stone's deadly oath-blood for blood-will cost him seven long years, as he rides the lawless trails of an untamed frontier. His skill with a Colt will match him with the likes of the Jameses and the Youngers, Wild Bill Hickok, John Wesley Hardin, and Ben Thompson. Nathan Stone will become the greatest gunfighter of them all, shooting his way along the most relentless vengeance trail a man has ever ridden to the savage end...and this is how it all begins." -- Provided by publisherBy Micaela Gilchrist. 2002
Southern belle, Mary Bullitt abandons her life of luxury to marry General Henry Atkinson and accompanies him to the western…
frontier. This is not only a love story but also a depiction of the struggle for the West. AdultBy James Oliver Curwood. 1930
Set in the vast, solitary mountains in the northeast region of Canada, this is the story of a writer's struggle…
to save a young woman from two unscrupulous men. Spanish language. UnratedBy James Oliver Curwood. 1969
Set in the Canadian snow-covered forest, this is a story of a young man who falls in love with a…
girl he helped raise--teaching her music, how to read, etc. Spanish language. UnratedBy James Oliver Curwood. 1969
By John R Erickson. 2018
"Pete the Barncat isn't known for his reliable story-telling, but when his report about a strange, tree-devouring creature is corroborated…
by another source--namely J.T. Cluck, the ranch's head rooster--Hank decides to investigate. However, just as the plot begins to thicken, Pete claims that it was all a joke and that the creature, a Three-Toed Tree Sloth, was really just a porcupine! Fortunately, Hank realizes that that's just what a sneaky cat would say to throw him off the trail, and his continued investigation soon leads him to a strange, bumbling little creature--the Tree Sloth at last! With the finely-tuned instincts of a Head of Ranch Security, Hank realizes that he must arrest this intruder! However, things don't turn out quite like he'd planned, and Hank soon has a very serious problem on his hands..." --back cover. For grades 3-6By Joseph Dorris. 2011
It is 1871 in Idaho Territory and fourteen-year-old Samuel Chambers is, in many ways, already a man. After journeying west…
with his father in search of a golden ledge, Samuel finds himself living in the midst of a raucous mining camp filled with gold-hungry Chinese. Gold is scarce, and everyone wants it-- including Samuel, whose main goal in life is to get "lucky rich". But Samuel has no idea that the path to achieving his dream is lined with danger like he has never seen before. Samuel refuses to believe all the naysayers as he embarks on a journey from placer mining to prospecting and from peddling merchandise to running assays. But life in the wild west is unpredictable, and there are those so intent on finding riches that they will kill anyone who happens to get in their way. Even as danger lurks in the shadows, Samuel cannot keep his eyes off Miss Lilly, a beautiful dancehall lady who intrigues him more than he would like to admit. Despite his attempts to balance a courtship with achieving his dream, nothing prepares Samuel for what is about to happen next. In this compelling historical tale, a teenager on a coming-of-age journey in remote Idaho faces prejudice and peril as he struggles to carve a living from the land and build a new future. Adult. UnratedBy Connie Seibert. 2014
Maxine Mayfield is young and beautiful and suddenly finds herself alone for the first time in her life. Now she…
is faced with the challenge of finding her only living relative - her brother. But when a stranger crosses her path, she is compelled to take on the added responsibility of another person as she starts her search. After all, how much trouble can a little white-haired girl be? Yeah, right!