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After he saw his father set upon and stabbed, nothing was ever the same for the boy who would grow up to become Buffalo Bill Cody. The hatred and bigotry his family suffered in Kansas led him to kill his first man when he was just 10 years old. And in the years that followed, he would face one battle after another - against marauding Cheyenne, against the elements and against the Great Plains themselves.

Winsor Glanvil pays court to Louise Carney, heiress to a fortune, and she agrees to marry him. The marriage is opposed by big Jack Rutledge, a jealous rival and formidable foe, so Glanvil and Louise plan to be married in a sequestered valley by a local clergyman. Rutledge and his supporters, learning of the plan, arrive in the valley ahead of the two and seize Glanvil. Glanvil is beaten mercilessly and Rutledge disfigures him, destroying one side of his face with the cutting edge of a spur. Rutledge then rejoins his gang in the clergyman’s house.

In the unforgiving West, a lone Pinkerton detective is on the trail of two vicious killers. When the daughter of a famous ex-general is kidnapped, Detective Simms is assigned to bring her home. Forged in the Mexican War, this man of steel knows how to survive, and how to kill. But he needs all of his skill and guile to survive this unforgiving land, and bring the general's daughter home. And then, it gets personal.

Gordon and his son Chase, two miners, leave their home to stake a mine claim they can call their own. They make it as far a Prescott, Arizona when they get an offer they just can't refuse. Little did they know that they would discover much more than gold. This action packed book is Indiana Jones meets 1883. Let the details draw you into to dusty 1912 Arizona and the wild wild west.

Paul Fuller has been growing up too fast since the death of his father. Deputy U.S. Marshals and fellow Mormon ward members Terry McGregor and Skip Garret take the boy under their wing. They hatch a plan for a wilderness fishing trip at a remote Alaska lodge. Abundant wildlife, untamed terrain, and a pretty Athabascan bush pilot seem to be just the ticket - until the little group gets between a fugitive from the law and two of his old associates from the Russian mafia.

Retribution: They took everything. Now she wants revenge. Claire Whitcomb's gunning for the men who destroyed her life—and won't settle for anything less than retribution. Gunslinger: On her way to start a new life in tough-as-nails Tombstone, Claire meets Isabella, an actress and a railroad magnate’s mistress. When Isabella’s security man is killed during an attempted train robbery, Claire’s hired to take his place and finds that Isabella is a target — making Claire one too…

They killed his father and chased a widow and two kids from their home. That was 20 years ago. He had returned to take back what was his. He had hated Bull McDermott most of his life and eagerly sought revenge. Then he met the granddaughter. How could he kill Bull and then ask Lucy to marry him?

A genuine and vivid chronicle of frontier days along the Ohio River, when a cocked rifle and a soft step were the surest means of survival.

Trapped in a hidden realm, Kiran and his sworn family must escape to save their world from destruction. The gods are watching him and his time twin Asher closely. With allies new and old, they must rise to the challenge, growing stronger to win a high-stakes tournament where they are the underdogs. Can they beat the odds while evading dark sect clans and demonic forces? Tasked with a higher purpose, Kiran faces a difficult choice. Protect his world or the ones he loves. Time waits for no one, but can Kiran grow strong enough to bend it to his will?

Roped & Tied is the fictional story of Dani O'Brien, a young woman from a well-to-do family who gives up a life of privilege to marry and travel the professional rodeo circuit with Jake O'Brien, a dashing young tie-down roper who, over the years, firmly establishes himself as the best of all time. The story's backdrop paints a vivid picture of the highs and lows of professional rodeo life, but the plot also exposes the weaknesses of the main characters, from excessive drug and alcohol use to turning their backs on family and friends, adultery, and family violence.

Before the railroad's thin lines of steel bit their way up through the wilderness, Athabasca Landing was the picturesque threshold over which one must step who would enter into the mystery and adventure of the great white North. It is still Iskwatam - the "door" which opens to the lower reaches of the Athabasca, the Slave, and the Mackenzie.

Army scout, Indian fighter, bounty hunter, and great nephew of the legendary frontiersman, Daniel Boone, Jedidiah hung up his guns and retired to his mountain hideaway. But an Apache massacre and the kidnapping of two young girls changed all that. Jedidiah will need all his skills and more as he battles the harsh elements of the vast New Mexico deserts, and the warriors of the Apache in a desperate attempt to rescue the captive girls before it is too late.

The Civil War made him a man. The battle of Shiloh made him a hero and gave him a nickname that stuck. The notorious Union prisoner of war camp made him a killer of his fellow prisoners in "Gladiator" contests in order to survive. But the killings brought haunting nightmares that wouldn't end until he settled an old score with a Union Colonel determined to see Shiloh dead.

In 1887, twelve-year-old Eliza Yates—disguised as a boy—sets out with her faithful dog Caesar to search for her missing father. Along the way, she falls in with gentleman outlaw Calvin Featherbone.

Amanda Lawrence, a charming, sheltered New York socialite, falls in love with Jonathan Dartland, a part-Apache mining engineer who belongs to the vastness of the Arizona desert. Amanda responds to his strength and self-reliance, but has nothing and nobody to guide her when she follows him to the grim town of Lodestone.

The good luck girls are free. They all crossed the border to freedom in Ferron. All, except Aster, who stayed behind to help more good luck girls find their freedom. But news of a new welcome-house opening and the surprise return of an old friend fill Aster with a need to help all good luck girls. And from there grows a wildly ambitious plan to free all dustbloods, who live as prisoners to Arketta’s landmasters and debt slavery.

A relentless marshal. A rogue detective. A bargain they may not live long enough to regret. When Montana deputy marshal Brick Savage asks homicide detective Maureen Mortensen to help him find the person who destroyed her family, she quickly accepts his offer. But as the stakes rise and they get closer to the truth more horrible than they ever expected, can they find the murderer before they become targets?

Stories of the West is a collection of short stories, mostly set in the old west, and each story has its own unique setting and characters. Some of the stories will tug at your heart strings, some will pose a mystery and others will provide action and adventure in an old west shootout manner. I love the story about HOPE and I hope you will too.

Former bank robber Frank Palmer, now living under the assumed name Mark Cross, has been in hiding from the law for nine years, building a life as a rancher with his adopted son in Redemption, California. But the outlaw's secret life is beginning to unravel. His old gang has started hitting banks and trains without him, creating renewed interest in the whereabouts of Frank Palmer.

Ten years ago, a horrifying disease began spreading across the West Texas desert. Infected people - "shakes" - attacked the living and created havoc and destruction. No one has ever survived the infection. Daisy Wilcox, known as Willie, has been protecting her siblings within the relatively safe walls of Glory, Texas. But when Willie's good-for-nothing father steals a fortune from one of the most dangerous shake-hunters in town, she finds herself on the hook for his debt. With two hunters, including the gruff and handsome Ben, to accompany her, she sets out across the desert in search of her father.