Western Womens Fiction

In 1864, the frontier cavalry had been withdrawn to fight in the War Between the States, and the able-bodied men had enlisted to join the cause, leaving the families in the Brazos River valley very much on their own...and nearly defenseless. The Comanches and the Kiowas decided this was the perfect time to rid their land forever of the invaders who had threatened their very existence.

In the mid 1800's, an abused mother and child leave a stranded wagon along the Oregon Trail to find safety for the child. Lost in a blizzard, the mother feels they will die. She awakens to a strange surrounding and finds they were saved by a Sioux chief. From that day forward their lives are changed forever.

In Lucy’s opinion, every person in the Colorado town of Rock Springs was a hypocrite. After witnessing her best friend, Melissa, be publicly humiliated, Lucy knew that was the last straw. Every man in the town - from Melissa’s cheating husband to the preacher - made their way to the saloon on a weekly basis. Town wives pretended they didn’t know what went on in the bedrooms on the second floor of the saloon, but Lucy knew better. Fed up with the double standards, Lucy decided to put a plan in motion that would expose all of the sins and turmoil in Rock Springs.

Dead Woman Creek blends rugged frontier action with the often-tender sensibilities of its passion-driven characters. Partnered with the sprawl and splendor of the land itself, it is a story of men and women together, each with their own struggle, each with their own courage. Standing in the middle, guns drawn, is Marshal Boone Crowe, a haunted man in search of secrets.

Two decades after the Civil War, Josephine Marcus, the teenage daughter of Jewish immigrants, is lured west with the promise of marriage to Johnny Behan, one of Arizona's famous lawmen. She leaves her San Francisco home to join Behan in Tombstone, Arizona, a magnet for miners (and outlaws) attracted by the silver boom. Though united by the glint of metal, Tombstone is plagued by divided loyalties: between Confederates and Unionists, Lincoln Republicans and Democrats.

When a county employee is found shot to death in sun-drenched daylight while sitting in his county road grader, Undersheriff Bill Gastner is faced with puzzling questions. The simplest explanation - that an errant bullet from a careless target shooter’s rifle blew out Larry Zipoli’s brains - is soon discarded as inconsistencies surface. The fatal bullet shows no rifling marks, and investigation shows that the shooter walked directly toward the road grader, in full view of the victim - who did nothing to defend himself.

A one-way stage ticket to the frontier leaves a young woman penniless and alone in Long Grass, Wyoming. With no other hope than to survive another day, she takes up the only profession open to her. Years later she encounters a one-of-a-kind cowboy she can love, and her first taste of pleasure—and happiness.

Hearts of the West is a unique collection of classic Western tales that combine action and romance. This anthology showcases nine stirring, long-forgotten frontier tales with appeal to both men and women. It is a unique collection of frontier stories that combine action and romance.

Weary of the saloon girl life - and tired of being slapped around - Darla North decides to start over and let her new-found faith lead her. A friend sends her to Downs House, a place for "unfortunate women". Darla is offered a home - if she can behave herself. Old habits are hard to break, but Darla is desperate to prove to everyone that she's changed, especially Ethan Downs, the owner's sensitive and sweet son.

While listening to the novel Just Away, you will be totally captivated while following the 95-year life of a successful industrialist as he experiences all that life has to offer. Sharing in his exuberant highs, down to his life altering lows, you will become fascinated with how he embraces each situation as he continues to assemble his empire.

Fate declared them neighbors. Scandal insisted they were brothers. The fact that they looked enough alike to be twins only added fuel to the rumors flying about their parentage. For 50-plus years, Craig Harris and Scott Hensley have enjoyed a bond nothing can sever. Not the insinuations that they share the same father. Not the years of strife and grief and heartache.

Kidnapped at the age of 16, Maggie survived the fickle temper of notorious outlaw Mad Dog Frank O’Bannen for seven years. Now, he is dead, and she is about to find out that there are worse ways to live and die than as the wife of a wanted man. Frank had prepared her as best he could for what would follow, and when she leaves her prison in the hills, she has the blood of three men on her hands and knows the feel of hot lead. Maggie has Frank’s gun, her keen wits, and new friends to help her, but will they be enough to save her from the brutality of a maniac bent on revenge?

Sara secretly had a crush on Wes and had most of her life. Then when Wes rejects her love and moves to Montana, she jumps into her work as an artist and into the arms of another man. It is not until a tragic accident happens that things start to turn around for Sara. Could she finally have true love with the cowboy in her dreams or will her blindness cause her to throw it all away?

In this steamy read, Aaron Cooper learns the hard way that his actions have consequences and he could as his grandma always used to say speak things into existence. The last thing he’d said regarding his wife was he wished he was never married to her. In God’s own fucked up kind of way, he’d taken Aaron’s words literally and given him exactly what he wished for, in the most twisted way possible.

Wyoming 1880. Childhood sweethearts Rose McKinley and Will Hyde have always been destined to marry, and with their parents just as keen on the match, there is nothing to stop them. Except perhaps Cora, Rose’s younger sister. Lovesick and hung up on Will, she is sick of the happy couple. So when the handsome Mr. Galloway comes to town and turns Rose’s head, Cora sees an opportunity to get what she wants: Will.

Every cowboy at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo is hot for rising music star Maggie Killian. But Maggie is laser-focused on her songs, her next show, and her future. She’s not going to be any cowboy’s buckle bunny. Down-and-out bull-rider Hank Sibley needs big money fast, so he strikes a deal with the devil to lose in Cheyenne for cash. When Hank reneges to get Maggie to go out with him, the only thing standing between him and deadly payback is a pissed-off, buckle-wearing Maggie.

Zander will be damned if his grandfather’s ranch is going to be sold, and so he moves back to his hometown. On his first night back, he ends up with a pretty damned exciting one-night stand…except the incredible, plus-sized beauty he thought he’d never see again turns out to be a new ranch hand! He didn’t expect the fiery little girl to be a part of his day-to-day life. Can they stop fighting and start loving? Find out in Rancher Daddy and Cowgirl Little, the first exciting and romantic tale from the sexy new Hopewell Springs Plus Sized Littles Series!

The Placer Palace casino is the biggest money-maker in Lodgepole... and the owner's been plugged. Now the vultures are circling: gamblers, hustlers, a beautiful blonde and the deadly Panama Kid. Who'll get the Palace?

For Ellie Sheridan, becoming a mail-order bride for Sheriff Frank Patterson and travelling to a small town in Montana seems like the adventure of a lifetime. Released from her lifetime job of looking after her sick mother in New Harbor, Ellie wants to settle down and become a bride. Love can come later. She is content to be a Sheriff's wife in the town of Broken Spur. When she arrives to find Frank is a drunk and has no respect for her, Ellie writes to her sister asking for a ticket home. Her mind is set...she loves the West, she will return to Maine and try to forget her bad experience.

All my life, I've been a man-magnet. Everywhere I go, guys drop at my feet. After all, I have a perfect body, insatiable sex drive, and a razor wit. I'm also modest (can't you tell?). Trouble is, I've never been lucky in love. I only attract guys who forget their wallets and show up to dates wearing #@%#-stained clothes. With my best friend's wedding around the corner, I finally decide enough is enough. I'm not only going to find the perfect date to her wedding, but I'm going to find Mr. Right: a gorgeous man with a great sense of humor, a chiseled bod, talent in bed, and a big...(ahem) wallet. Is that too much to ask? If all goes right, my quest will lead me into the arms of my perfect match...or will it?