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The new job in California sounded laid-back and peaceful to Mace Banyon, ex-deputy U.S. Marshal. He had been hired by an eastern land corporation to supervise and collect payments from tenant farmers. But the sharecroppers – honest, hard-working Chinese – all had bottomland farms with irrigation. They were both envied and resented by the dry farmers in the valley. Mace found himself caught between the hostile farmers and townsmen, who were headed by a vicious, land-grabbing banker, and the almost defenseless Cantonese workers. When a drought threatens crop failure, tension and violence ...

Delryan was a wandering gambler when he stumbled upon the white girl called Capricho. Dressed like an Indian, she was forced to fight the toughest women in town for sport. Her manager, Faro, loved to gamble and lost the girl to Delryan in a card game. Before he could find a place for the seemingly mute girl, he joins up with a scout for the army. The war chief, Jutemayo, wants Capricho, as does Faro. Caught in the firestorm between bushwhackers and bloodthirsty Apaches, Delray tried to find the mastermind behind the sale of guns to the Indians. In a game of life and death, he hopes to draw ...

How hard could it be? Morgan Royce and his younger brother only have to bring back a banker's runaway wife and collect the five-hundred dollar bounty. But something else is going on. And their prey is neither predicable nor rational. Her escape route defies logic and it becomes clear that getting away is not her first priority. Meanwhile, Shilo has been protecting the banker and doing his dirty work for some time. When he discovers Selene had not simply ran off, the banker dispatches Shilo and a couple of his pals to follow after the Royce brothers. After Shilo informs him that they are ...

Boone Lucane wasn't the fastest gun in the family, but no one could match him when it came to tracking or hunting. That's why he is chosen to rescue his eight-year-old cousin, Eric, when he's kidnapped. Even pairing up with Race Lucane – whose gun is almost as quick as his dry wit – there is little chance for the two of them to find anything on this dangerous mission, except a quick death. Not only do the bandits have a week's head start, but they get into trouble before reaching the border. Death is at every turn, with Boone forced to use all of his skills, not only to survive, but to ...

He awoke injured, without a past. Given the name of Sundown by an aged hermit, he had two clues to his life's history – a list of men's names and the town of Cedar Flats. But before Sundown can attempt to search for his identity, he is drawn into a brutal murder and a range war. After meeting Letisha Floren, he is faced with three mysteries: Can a man fall in love with a woman when he might already have a wife and children? Is it possible for him to prevent the death and destruction of a range war? And will he survive the attempts on his life by some unknown assailant … a man who knows ...

The war between the Union and the Confederacy had ended, but the fight is not over for the Kenyon family. Being Yankees, their presence in Three Forks, Texas, is met with hostility and resentment. Dave Kenyon defies the odds and tries to court a local girl. Then he is forced to kill the cousin of a deadly bandit leader, Angel Gervaso, who vows revenge and sends his gang to burn Three Forks to the ground. The Union boys and pro-Confederate populace must now rally together against an unbeatable force!

Dace Kelly is three years into an eight year sentence at the Canyon City penitentiary when the warden offers him a deal to get him released. The catch: he must help the warden's sister save her ranch outside Tolerance, Colorado. He and Professor (a wannabe newsman who is also being released) ride there together. Problems are aplenty. The warden's sister does not want Dace around her ranch, a gunman is eager to test his skill against Dace and a powerful rancher is after the lady’s ranch. Mix in an assailant who intends to see the Professor dead and it all adds up to a single conclusion …...

When Evangeline Parrish learns that her bother Nelson has emptied a Wells, Fargo safe and gone on the run, she hires Ransom Fayne, a renowned bounty hunter, to bring him back before he ruins his life. A deadly ambush changes everything. The bandit's trail leads to Wayward, where a powerful man named Yancy Bodean runs the town. After his initial plan fails, Ransom gets help from an old friend and the pair seek to collect the bounty without getting killed in the process. Against such odds the chance of success are not good. However, Ransom is not a man who quits … not while he has a breath ...

With a U.S. Marshal on his back trail, Marc Kannon crosses the border into Mexico, where his brother is serving under General Basada. He hopes the French – Mexican conflict will be a place to hide for a few months. Marc is sorely disillusioned to discover his brother is riding with a gang of outlaws. Worse, their next target is a town he had passed through on his way across the border. A chance encounter leads him to kill one of Basada's men. From that point on, he knows he has to do whatever he can to prevent the destruction of Rio Diablo. The fight will be to the death, with his only ...

Branded! That's what the McCains were. After the womanizing father of five boys kills an upstanding citizen, the people of Rio Blanco not only hang him, but they condemn the offspring as well. Then Trace McCain saves Melanie Kendall, the niece of the man his father killed. The sparks that fly between them are not from hate, but from a mutual affection. With an unforgiving father, the romance is doomed … until a gang of ruthless killers come calling. Threatened with the destruction of their town, the only hope of the people in Rio Blanco hinges on the very men they have ostracized. Trace ...

Author Amy Cole wants more than to write a story – she wants to live one. Her chance comes when she's asked to help to clear a doctor of murder. Amy's investigation takes her to Little Babylon, a private fortress in the wasteland of New Mexico. Meanwhile, Whitney Scott meets Amy while on the trail of a band of killers who attacked his ranch. They opt to work together, but Whitney faces an unknown assassin – and Amy's priority, over solving the murder, is for them both to stay alive!

Kari Underwood, an investigative reporter, becomes involved in a curious double murder which puts her in a killer’s cross-hairs. With Kari’s life in danger, Jason Keane leaves his position in the Sutton CID and returns to America to protect her. Kari is thrilled to have Jason back at her side, but has no idea why she is a target and as she and Jason renew their problematic relationship, they must solve the mystery before Kari is killed by her unknown assailant. Betrayal, deceit, blackmail, and a vicious drug cartel all play a part in what could mean the death of both Kari and the man ...

Taw Spenser was doing his job as a deputy sheriff when he was first smitten by the young lady, Colena Hawthorn. She robbed of his horse and clothing! Tracking her down ended when he got into a blazing gunfight with four bandits. Fate decided to lend a hand in this curious relationship, when Colena's father hires Taw to help open a new business in the mining town of Penance. Little did he know that Colena is the one he would be helping! The two are at odds until Colena is kidnapped. Then comes a robbery, a double-cross and murder. Taw learns that winning Colena's hand is about as dangerous ...

When Sandy Wakefield, Flint's uncle, dies in a mining mishap, Flint and Johnny Wakefield suspect foul play. Sandy was trying to improve the miners' lot, who work long hours in dangerous conditions for a pittance. Then Flint and Johnny discover the stripped body of an unknown man and seek to learn his identity. But life above ground gets as dangerous as below. Ultimately, it seems, Flint will have to die before there can be a Reckoning at Orphan Creek!

Peyton Rand is on the trail of a killer. He has no description of the perpetrator and no idea of the motive. The chore gets harder when he meets Tracy Denton, a fiery little wildcat who steals his heart, yet thinks he has come to destroy the Denton family business. Other forces are also at work in Silver City. There is another murder, which may or may not be connected to the one he is investigating. Then the Denton family become targets for a string of robberies and vandalism. Rand races to discover the motive behind the attacks and discover the killer – before more people die.

When a simple job turns out to be a death ride for Lucas, he's rescued by Daniel Books, a half-Cheyenne, and Lucas's life is changed forever... In the midst of an impending Indian war, Daniel helps Lucas to find the men who'd robbed and shot him, leaving him for dead. Meanwhile, Iris Ducane has captured Lucas's heart, but Captain Bagot, from the nearby fort, would kill Lucas to win her hand!

Mac Avery had tamed the town of Dry Wells, Wyoming some time back. Yet, though he still owned the bank there, he was living a new life in the small town of Mona, in a neighboring state. Life had been good … and peaceful in Dry Wells, until a small Syndicate moved in with an eye on taking over the valley and also Avery's bank. They were willing to kill Mac and his best friend, who managed his bank, to get what they wanted. Not killing Mac was their first mistake. When he returns to Dry Wells, he intends to even the score – no matter what the odds. Suffering an early setback, Dace ...

"I am Nemesis and it's time you paid for your sins. Remember what you did and take the memory to your grave...." Such are the final words heard by his victims. With a list of men, Nemesis will not be satisfied until all pay the ultimate price for their crimes. Kari Underwood, dreaming of becoming an investigative reporter, finds herself out of her depth when a visiting British Inspector hands her a clue to help get her on her way. When the clue connects to a rash of murders, and the evidence points at the Inspector's family, Kari is caught between justice or love!