Short Westerns

Years before, Wade Rycroft fell in love with Geneva Harris, the smartest girl in his class. The rodeo star and the shy academic made for an odd pair but their chemistry was undeniable. They made plans to get married after high school but when Genny left him standing in the rain, he joined the Army and vowed to leave that life behind. Genny married the town’s golden boy, and Wade knew that he couldn’t go home again. Fifteen years later, Wade returns to his Texas hometown for his brother’s wedding and walks into a storm of scandal.

A runaway Russian princess, a copper mine owner, and a secret baby that could ruin their chance at a happy marriage. Miriam Novikoff leads a sheltered life as a princess until her husband is killed and she is blamed for his death. In order to keep from losing her head, she flees to America, with only a handful of jewels to pay her way to freedom. On her trip out West, she realizes she’s pregnant, a complication she never planned on. Mark Bennett owns half of the largest copper mine in all of Arizona. He enjoys running the family mine and spending time with friends when he isn’t working....

ER doctor Daisy Blackwell never dreamed she’d fall for a saddle bronc rider or be running from a hitman. After relocating from New York City to small town Texas to escape her past, it has caught up with her in Sin City. Luke Reno is riding his way to the top. A win in the rodeo finals will make him the number one saddle bronc rider in the world, but there’s more riding on the competition than a title…his life. When an argument at a craps table pulls him into a confrontation with a mob boss, Luke makes a deal. Bet on Luke to win the rodeo finals and collect a big payoff. But everything...

The story of Wyoming rancher, Sam Murray, who raises his son the only way he knows how. Through the trials of life and family secrets, the cowboy kid will come of age. Celebrating the western lifestyle and all who live it. "Cowboys & Indians" Magazine May/June 2021: A western page-turner doesn't always have to involve tense, ongoing conflicts between heroes and villains. Sometimes a story can be authentically "cowboy" but more grounded, emotionally complex, and a closer reflection of what life looks like for those who live in wide open spaces and work the land every day. "The Cowboy Kid" (...

Available as a value box set complete series amazon.com/dp/B07WY4R7RT (copy and paste the link into your browser) Paul Standley, a famous botanist back on the East Coast, wants to enter that world. He just can’t seem to find his way in. Not until Lenny walks into his life, opens the door, and steals his heart in the process. But will Burt steal Lenny from Paul before he has a chance to tell her how he feels? Will New Mexico’s chance at statehood be torpedoed, yet again? And will Margaret ever find the courage to finally pursue her dream? Read all books in HARVEY HOUSE SERIES Historical ...

Alex needs to be in control of his life. As a head chef of a restaurant, he has the ability to choose exactly how things should go, and for the most part, everything runs seamlessly. When he gets a letter from his grandfather with the name of the woman he is supposed to marry, he instantly puts up his guard. He can't let his grandfather make such an important decision for him. Deciding that he can't let his stubbornness dictate his life either, he starts writing Haven to find out who she is for himself. He finds an incredibly driven woman who always fights for what she wants and needs. He ...

The complete Unbreakable Dolls series! A total of 20 stand-alone short stories of amazing pioneer women who settled the southwest, primarily in Arizona. Ranchers, business women, homesteaders, and Harvey Girls. After each story is a humorous story by the author's father which were published in the 1960s and 70s. The books are both educational and entertaining. Suitable for all ages, men and women, boys and girls. Enjoy!

In the quaint town of Westbourne, nestled in the rolling hills of West Sussex, the rain often became an unwelcome companion, casting a grey pall over the cobblestone streets. But for Professor John Castellanos, a seasoned academic with a penchant for dusty books and ancient history, the relentless drizzle was merely an invitation for adventure. With a gentle nudge from the local bookshop owner, Mrs. Harper, John decided to trade the damp confines of his cottage for the sun-drenched sands of Egypt, where the secrets of the past awaited discovery. What began as a simple escape from the dreary...

Big diesel machines threaten to run Mike Mulligan and his little old steam shovel, Mary Anne, out of business until Mike agrees to tackle a big job.

Trouble follows Ryan Keller all the way from St. Louis, Missouri to rural Wyoming. Ryan’s plan is to comply with his mom’s request to visit his grandmother in the nursing home, and prepare her home to become a rental. He only wants to do what’s required, and return home to protect his restaurant from threats which could cost him everything he’s worked so hard to build. Marigold Wilson—a dancer and actress from the Midwest enjoying a successful career on New York’s Broadway—has recently relocated to work at The Sweetwater Ranch in Wyoming. After a disastrous relationship with a...

Tim Beckdolt, rangy and self-reliant, is as American as the frontier itself. But after spending eight treacherous months digging $175,000 in gold out of Desperation Peak - all he has left is desperation. Two sadistic strangers have taken his gold, and now they want to take his life. He's on the run - the target of a Devil’s Manhunt.

She’s wanted dead or alive…. a desperate plan to keep her safe…. will answering an ad for a proxy bride be the answer? Or will Ophelia Price get more than she bargained for when she finally meets her new husband, Tombstone Marshal Edward “Big Ed” Lawson? 1875, Baltimore. Ophelia Price has a secret. That may not even be her real name. But what she does know for sure is there are people looking for her, bad people who want her and her family dead. After her parents receive a mysterious missive, Ophelia learns she’s not who she thinks she is – just a daughter of poor immigrant ...

She’s making a run toward hope, love, and family and she’s not letting go. Orphaned as a young girl, Ella longs for a life she’s only read about in books. To escape a desperate situation, she heads west as a mail-order bride, narrowing her choice of spouse to three brothers, a millwright, a businessman, and a horse trainer, all searching for a marriage of convenience which will provide the inheritance that will finance the family’s business venture in Oklahoma. Newspapers claim the unchartered territory is a land where streams flow with milk and the heavens rain down a supply of ...

A trap is set for Bounty Hunter Logan Holbrook, he just doesn't know it yet. Logan is on the tail of an outlaw when he makes a stop at a saloon that will change his life forever. Letting the criminal go, the Bounty Hunter instead is forced to pick up his irons for another cause. Now it’s life or death, and he doesn’t care what happens to him anymore, that is, until he meets her. Having more than one reason to fight, he goes all in, and the town of Wagon Mound--or the old west--may never be the same again.

This follow-up to the national best-seller A Study in Sherlock is a stunning new volume of original stories compiled by award-winning Sherlockians Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger.

He's a smooth talking cowboy used to getting what he wants, and what he wants is her. She's a focused chef with no interest in what he's trying to sell. Steamy short-read can be read as "STAND ALONE" or enjoyed with the rest of the Maverick Mountain Brothers Series

A Short History of Western Thought outlines the 2,500-year history of European ideas from the philosophers of classical antiquity to the thinkers of today; no major representative of any significant strand of Western thought escapes Trombley's attention. Included are the Christian Scholastic theologians of the Middle Ages, the German idealists from Kant to Hegel, and the four shapers-in-chief of our modern world: Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud, and Albert Einstein.

The separation from his mother at an early age appears to have left a permanent scar on young Isaac Newton that followed him through the rest of his life. He never married or had any children and had but a few close friends. He would work frantically for days on end, seemingly without food or rest, resting only when the creative spirit left him. However, the work of this ponderous man would have a profound effect on the world as we know it today.

In 1885 Idaho Territory, widow Victoria Hayes would rather face down claim jumpers with her derringer than lose her late husband's star garnet mine. But when a mysterious prospector with a fighter's grace arrives offering help, she must decide if protecting her claim is worth risking her heart. James "Hawk" Davidson has his own reasons for helping the determined widow—as an undercover agent investigating a string of suspicious mining accidents, he believes her husband's death was no accident. Yet the more time he spends with Victoria, the more he admires her courage and faith in the face ...

Available as a value box set www.amazon.com/dp/B07634VX9W (copy and paste the link into your browser) It’s time for Betsy to come clean and tell her husband, Jim, all about Simon, the man she fell in love with. Her secrets are about to be exposed, and Betsy fears she has everything to lose. Will learning the truth mean losing Jim? Is Simon the man she should have married all along? Is Simon the man she should have married all along? Does it matter what her heart wants if the trial proves to be too dangerous? Betsy’s come a long way, though her next adventure will be the most dangerous ...