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Navarro: a Ralph Compton novel
By Peter Brandvold. 2005
"Hardened ex-gunslinger Taos Tommy Navarro turned away Karla Vannorsdell, a rancher's granddaugther, when she needed him most. Now, angry and…
full of guilt, Navarro must track down Karla in the desert before the Apaches catch her, which won't be easy. And all that's certain is that things are going to get very rough-and very bloody. Nothing will make Karla return to her arrogant, meddling grandfather now that he's run off the vaquero she was going to marry. To bring her lover back, Karla will endure the parched, blazing desert, the venomous diamondbacks, the ferocious Apaches-and the buzzards circling overhead. And she'll learn the cruelest lesson of all: In a brutal land, love can mean killing the thing you cherish." -- Provided by publisherAutumn of the gun (Trail of the gunfighter #v. 3)
By Ralph Compton. 2019
"Nathan Stone is a living legend in the West as a lawman, an outlaw, a gambler, and a wanderer through…
the wildest towns and terrain. He has blazed a vengeance trail, giving no quarter and asking for none. Fearlessly, he plays his cards and uses his Colt .45s as best he can in games of chance, skill, and savagery, for stakes of life or death. Now he's riding on a course that will test his rawhide nerves and lightning draw against the likes of Doc Holliday, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, the fleeing James brothers, and the incredible John Wesley Hardin as he heads toward a fateful rendezvous with the one gunfighter as fast and deadly as he: a teenage kid who kills like a man-Nathan's own son." -- Provided by publisherWyoming
By Zane Grey. 2019
"Andrew Bonning came West, a raw novice, to make his fortune; and he had to learn fast in order to…
survive. This is the story of a rash of cattle-rustling, a crooked sheriff, and only this raw tenderfoot with a pistol to set things right! What's more, he met and fell for feisty Martha Ann only to discover she was claimed by the dangerous Tex McCall. He had to stand up to McCall in the only way the men of Wyoming knew!" -- Provided by publisherLa tragedia de la selva
By James Oliver Curwood. 1981
Red calico traded for young girl
By Martha Tannery Jones. 2010
Alabama, 1818. A father and mother die of yellow fever, leaving their baby girl alone. Choctaw Indians find her and…
name her Tishepa and raise her as their own. In 1831 the government orders the Choctaws to move to Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Before the tribe moves, Tishepa is discovered by a white doctor and her life is changed. Her uncle has taught her to always look for the good and she struggles to do so. When she realizes the good she decides she belongs to two races and has two families who love her. For grades 5-8Hell with the hide off
By Jim Miller. 1994
"To be a man on the frontier meant living up to the badge of the Texas Rangers. That's what Will…
Carston taught his sons. Now Will wears the badge of a U.S. Deputy Marshal--and it's about to be put to a powerful test. Rancher Asa Wilson says his two sons are in the Hogtown jail on a trumped-up murder charge. Will and his boys head into town, knowing that freeing the Wilson brothers will take more than a tin symbol of the law. It calls for the steely guts and shooting skills of the men who once rode with the Rangers!"--back cover. Adult. Some strong language. ViolenceCorazones de hielo
By James Oliver Curwood. 1925
Set in a desolate, frigid region of Canada, this western follows the life of a powerful and valiant officer of…
the Royal Mounted Police. A love interest takes hold of his innermost sentiments and an emotional conflict emerges which becomes challenging in a land of solitude and endless snow. Spanish languageHangman's country
By Lewis B Patten. 2004
Stuart Post isn't much like his father, Milo, or his brother, Ernie. Stuart is a decent man, and he doesn't…
like the way they're starting a range war with the smaller ranchers or treating Nora Dykes and her daughter, Katie. Adult. UnratedThe mulligan: a novel
By Nathan Jorgenson. 2007
After investing much of his life in an unhappy marriage and an unfulfilling career, Dr. Joe Mix realizes that he…
made most of the important decisions of his life in order to please others, not himself. He married a woman he never loved because she had a stronger will than him. He chose a career that he wasn't interested in because he knew it was what his father expected of him. When the consequences of his wrong decisions threaten to smother him, Joe Mix finally snaps and decides to forsake all that he has done, and set out to reclaim the life he feels he should have chosen. The ensuing odyssey carries him to his childhood home in South Dakota, a cattle ranch in Montana, and ultimately to the end of the road: the banks of a trout stream on an Indian Reservation. We all wonder what our lives could have been; Joe Mix went looking for his life. Adult . Strong languageThunderland (Zebra western)
By Dan Parkinson. 1987
Glimpses of Spanish history from 1248 to 1808 set the stage for this tale of Texas in 1833. A shipwreck…
involves the hero in saving lives. That in turn becomes a search for a centuries-old sword of St. Ferdinand. This is an atypical Texas tale, but typically violent with a Texas-sized hero. Adult. Some violence and strong languageThe Painter: A novel (Vintage Contemporaries Ser.)
By Peter Heller. 2014
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the national bestselling author of The River and The Dog Stars comes a "carefully composed story…
about one man&’s downward turning life in the American West&” (The Boston Globe).After having shot a man in a Santa Fe bar, the famous artist Jim Stegner served his time and has since struggled to manage the dark impulses that sometimes overtake him. Now he lives a quiet life ... until the day that he comes across a hunting guide beating a small horse, and a brutal act of new violence rips his quiet life right open. Pursued by men dead set on retribution, Jim is left with no choice but to return to New Mexico and the high-profile life he left behind, where he&’ll reckon with past deeds and the dark shadows in his own heart.Look for Peter Heller's new novel, The Last Ranger, coming soon!A Serpent's Tooth: A Longmire Mystery (A Longmire Mystery #9)
By Craig Johnson. 2013
&“It&’s the scenery—and the big guy standing in front of the scenery—that keeps us coming back to Craig Johnson&’s lean…
and leathery mysteries.&” —The New York Times Book ReviewThe ninth Longmire book from the New York Times bestselling author of Land of WolvesIt&’s homecoming for the Durant Dogies when Cord Lynear, a Mormon &“lost boy&” forced off his compound for rebellious behavior, shows up in Absaroka County. Without much guidance, divine or otherwise, Sheriff Walt Longmire, Victoria Moretti, and Henry Standing Bear search for the boy&’s mother and find themselves on a high-plains scavenger hunt that ends at the barbed-wire doorstep of an interstate polygamy group. Run by four-hundred-pound Roy Lynear, Cord&’s father, the group is frighteningly well armed and very good at keeping secrets. Walt&’s got Cord locked up for his own good, but the Absaroka County jailhouse is getting crowded since the arrival of the boy&’s self-appointed bodyguard, a dangerously spry old man who claims to be blessed by Joseph Smith himself. As Walt, Vic, and Henry butt heads with the Lynears, they hear whispers of Big Oil and the CIA and fear they might be dealing with a lot more than they bargained for.A billionaire, a baby and a bride of convenience?Oil baron Nick Duncan swore off entanglements of the heart after his…
wife’s and son’s untimely death. So when Talia Barton introduces him to his orphaned daughter from a grief-fueled fling, he knows he’s in trouble. Talia won’t let the motherless child she’s been caring for become a ward of the state. But she never expects the handsome Texan to propose marriage…and actually mean it!USA TODAY bestselling author Sara OrwigHalf in love
By Maile Meloy. 2002
A collection of fourteen short stories set primarily in the rural American West. In simple, straightforward prose and understated drama,…
Meloy portrays her diverse characters in moments of crisis, upheaval, and change. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language.The genuine article: a novel (The sheriff Chick Charleston Mysteries Ser. #2)
By A. B Guthrie. 1977
"In the two years since his last adventure with Sheriff Chick Charleston, Jason Beard has been away at college, preparing…
to enter the "real world" when he graduates. When he returns to his hometown of Midbury, Montana, for the summer, he expects to see big changes-but finds instead the same old peculiar place, its eccentric citizens up to familiar tricks. One of those crusty characters is F. Y. Grimsley, a prominent rancher with a nasty mean streak. The day after Grimsley accuses the residents of a nearby Indian reservation of rustling his cattle, he turns up dead, struck on the head by an object that leaves distinctive marks. Sheriff Charleston deputizes Jase, and the two pay a visit to Eagle Charlie in search of answers. Soon after the interview, Eagle Charlie turns up murdered with what appears to be the same weapon that felled Grimsley. With a potential serial killer on the loose, the sheriff and Jase are anxious to find the culprit before another body is discovered. Their investigation uncovers many dark and unexpected secrets of Midbury, but the crucial clue just might be as plain as day-if they only knew where to look." -- Provided by publisherWild freedom (Silver star western)
By Max Brand. 2014
"Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and…
literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. This is one of his novels." -- Provided by publisherDead fall
By Dale Brandon. 1992
Jim Cutter is called home to Texas when the family ranch is threatened by ruthless land grabber Sam Brundage. Arriving…
in time to see his father shot, Cutter returns fire, killing Brundage's brother in the process. On the run and wounded in the chase, Cutter is nursed back to health by the daughter of an immigrant family. Once again Sam Brundage is a rival--this time for a woman's love. Adult. ViolenceRodeo Dreams (Rodeo Dreams Ser. #1)
By Sarah M. Anderson. 2014
Love is one unpredictable ride Ride straight to the top of the rodeo circuitthat's June Spotted Elk's dream. Yes, bull-riding is…
a man's world, but she won't let anyonenot even a sexy, scarred strangerget in her way. Seasoned bull rider Travis Younkin knows what it's like to make it to the topand then hit the bottom. Back in the arena to resurrect his career, he can't afford a distraction like June. No matter how far he'll go to protect her from the danger. No matter how deeply the stubborn and beautiful rider gets to himCowboy Undercover (The Brothers of Hastings Ridge Ranch #2)
By Alice Sharpe. 2015
A desperate call in the middle of the night reunites a cowboy with the woman he's never forgotten A child's voice…
was pleading from the other end of the receiver. He'd been abducted and wanted to come home. Months ago, Chance Hastings had watched Charlie and his mother, Lily Kirk, walk away, vowing to forget them. Now one look at Lily's terrified face and he knows that plan had been futile. Promising to bring her child home, Chance goes undercover to infiltrate a dangerous group in the Idaho mountains. Once the boy is back in his mother's arms, Chance makes a new vowto convince Lily they belong on his ranch. Permanently.Inheriting a Bride
By Lauri Robinson. 2013
He'll get beneath every delicious layer of her disguises When Kit Becker travels to Nevadaville to find her new guardian, she…
doesn't count on train robbers stealing her grandfather's will. Determined to track down the thief, Kit's prepared to use any pretense necessary.Clay Hoffman knows a thing or two about money-grabbing females, so when he finds one posing as his new ward he's determined to get beneath every delicious layer of her disguises. Discovering she's telling the truth, Clay is tornhe should be protecting her, not thinking about making her his bride! All he knows for sure is that he's inherited a whole heap of trouble!