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Ben Tyler took a job at the Baldwin farm after Kitty's father died and Ben had moved home. He hadn't known the problems at the Baldwin farm were as bad as they were. When he found out, he set out on a mission to help Kitty, the girl he'd gone to school with and had a secret crush on forever.

Jeremy Michael Myers was my friend. We walked home from school together. Then one day, everything changed, and I had to decide if Jeremy was still my friend.

Emily Carrington was running away from her controlling Uncle and overbearing fiancé. When she met Cole Morgan, he told her he didn't allow unmarried women on his wagon train west. However, since he needed a cook for his men, he decided he could marry her and she'd do the cooking. Could a city gal hold up to the rigorous journey west?

Callie Evans was hanging around the wrong people, she was going to get into trouble if she kept it up. Gil Sutton had liked Callie all her life, but she had such a stubborn streak. Somehow he had to protect her from herself. And considering Joe Boggs was now after her for the bank money, that was going to be a full time job.

This is a mid-grade short story. Danny meet the new preacher and finds out that the old church is going to be torn down and a parking lot is going to replace it. Danny doesn't want this to happen because the lot behind the church is where he and his friends play baseball every Saturday. How can he help?

When Kendall quits stopping by after school to see Grandma Tyler, Grandma knows she has to find out why. When she finally talks to Kendall she knows it's time to tell her about Mrs. Peavy.

Bonnie McDaniel had spent the last four years raising her brothers and sister after a tragic accident killed her parents. But now, four years later, she was out of money, and short on ideas. She had to form a plan. The only thing she could come up with was to find a husband who would help her. She'd never done anything so bold in her life.

Rachel Landers fell in love with the beautiful letters that she thought Hershel Newton wrote. So she left Philadelphia and went to Colorado to marry him. Only Hershel didn't write the letters. Had she married the wrong man?

Jeb and Hoot get more than they bargained for when they trade horses with an Indian village. Now what are they supposed to do with a white woman captive and her Indian baby?

There'd been several killings in Melville. Unusual killings, no witnesses, no clues, and no suspects. Sheriff Jim Bonner was having a time trying to narrow his search down. He had no idea where to look, or what he might be looking for. The murder was so gruesome, so unexpected, neither him nor his deputy, Smitty Younger, knew where to start looking. Whoever was doing this to his peaceful town was clever and covered his tracks. So Jim set about setting a trap for the villain.

Julie was new in school...again! She was so tired of always being new and having to make new friends everywhere she went.

Victor Frank is no ordinary killer. For one, he kills women with his bare hands. When he kills John T.'s mother and tells him he's "better off without her," John T. swears he'll track him down someday and kill him. Wesley Collins is a Texas Ranger, who's already had a run-in with Victor in his earlier days. He's bound to find him once the Rangers retire him before he does any more damage. Rascal Mills' wife was killed by Victor. He's got three kids left without a mother.

Mia Tyler had a crush on Jeremy Potter. Problem was Mia was only 15-and-a-half, at an age where she wasn't old enough for some things and too old for others. Would Jeremy ever see her the way she saw him?

Sam Tanner buried a man hanging from a tree the day he met Riley Morgan. He could tell from the moment he met her that she was trouble. After all, she was white and he was black, and he wanted to avoid her at all costs, but Riley managed to get under his skin, in more ways than one.

Daniel Connor accepts an assignment to protect a senator's daughter from a drug lord. Her father suspects that she's romantically involved with this man. But he doesn't have all the facts. Gabby is out to save the drug lord's son, Tony. So now Daniel's stuck with the two of them for no telling how long and the girl is drop-dead gorgeous. A real problem since he's not supposed to get involved.

A son he never knew he had sent Mitch to West Texas to bring him home. But he hadn't counted on running into the boy's voluptuous aunt, who wouldn't consider letting Mike go without her. From the moment they met, it was an attraction neither could deny, but Sarah had a lot to lose if this romance wasn't for real. Hot blooded and warm hearted, she was his Cinderella.

Emma just moved to California, and an earthquake woke her up one morning. Not knowing what an earthquake was, she was scared. But her new step-dad Pappy told her not to be afraid, that God knew where his children were.

Jax is a bassett hound that loves to sniff things. He forgets about things when he's sniffing. One day, he wanders off from home, and before he knows it, it's dark and he's lost. But Jax has a hard time finding home again, and when he does, there is no home. Where did it go, where did his master's go? Now Jax is on his own and lost in the city. Then he meets a friend.

Kelly Webster had buried herself in her phone since her father died in Afghanistan. So when her mother made her get out and join a club in school, she was headed for Yosemite National Park on a backpacking tour. Her father had loved hiking, but she'd never joined him. Suddenly she found herself closer to him and learning a lot about her partner, Billy Williams.

Rusty Peters moved to Hard Tack and became their sheriff, leaving his medical career and wife behind in Melville. Elmer Martin was looking for a new chance at life. He'd done some dastardly things and he wanted to change. So he became John Conroy to the citizens of Hard Tack. John prospered in Hard Tack, becoming the local butcher for the cafe. He met and fell in love with a rancher's daughter, Penelope Carver.