Lives West

Sunday Rain (2023), the first Western novel in the Sons of War series, is a lively and powerful post-Civil War era gem of advocation, written by Western Hall of Fame artist and author Pete Lester, who portrays the physical and emotional journey of dangerous liaisons from the backcountry of Kentucky. The story is a fictional odyssey, yet authentic in nature, earthy, raw, wise, geographically sound, and historically set about three men challenged to ride in an untamed land. Along the way, Chas, Jackie Ray, and Atohi find only a handful of trustworthy friends and discover betrayal waits in ...

13-year-old Gabriel is a brilliant pickpocket, a skill which he uses to keep his often empty belly not quite so empty. And then one day, he's caught. But instead of being arrested, he is invited by the mysterious Caspian Crook to attend Crookhaven - a school for thieves. At Crookhaven, students are trained in lock-picking, forgery and 'crim-nastics', all with the intention of doing good out in the world, by conning the bad and giving back to the innocent. But...can you ever really trust a thief?

The Old West was wilder than the movies. Picture cowboys, saloons, railroads, and outlaws. You might think you know the Wild West, but Hollywood’s Westerns didn’t tell you the whole story. Reality was even wilder than fiction. Walk through the swinging doors of Old West saloons, ride along on daring escapes, and dive into the showdowns between sheriffs and outlaws. This book will make you look at the Wild West in a new light. Discover what really made the West wild in Wild Life.

Terrified, a young prisoner in the Second World War closes his eyes and pictures himself going out to bat on a sunlit cricket ground in Hampshire. Across the courtyard in a Victorian workhouse, a father too ashamed to acknowledge his son. A skinny girl steps out of a Chevy with a guitar; her voice sends shivers through the skull. Soldiers and lovers, parents and children, scientists and musicians risk their bodies and hearts in search of connection.

Enjoy the romance, suspense, and humor in this collection of short stories. In award winning “Mabel and the Garage Sale,” Mabel’s house rests in the path of a proposed highway. As Mabel sorts her things to move, she recalls the colorful characters who’ve passed through her life. The story, “Delphine and Rainelle,” poses the question, is a marriage worth saving at all costs? In “Joy Ruth and Minnie Hendrix” the ladies find more than arrangements for a funeral over at Miller’s Funeral home. Newlyweds, “Wally and Bun,” are set for life as they fly off in a hot air balloon...

Though this story revolves around a hero, it’s also a heartwarming Christmas account of three people in need of love. Of someone to care. A divorcee who searches for herself as she travels hundreds of miles from home. A young boy who wishes and prays for a loving father. A war vet who chases peace to soothe his grief, and has given up on Christmas. There isn’t anything more likely to soften or help soothe a war vet’s grief, than a child. I believe people come into our lives for a reason, and most times unexpected. Plans and chance meetings can fill lives and hearts with joy and a ...

Few things have captured the American imagination like the “Wild West,” which still evokes images of dusty cowboys, outlaws, gunfights, gamblers, and barroom brawls over 100 years after the West was settled. A constant fixture in American pop culture, the 19th century American West continues to be vividly and colorfully portrayed not just as a place but as a state of mind.

Vinton Lee James (1858-1939) was the son of the Texas surveyor and pioneer John James (1819-1877), whose second wife was Annie Milby, the daughter of William Polk Wilby (1809-1887) whose family has been so influential in the development of Houston. The material presented in this book is the result of years of experience and effort to present phases of life in early San Antonio and West Texas to the present citizens. Many of these articles have been written over a period of years and published in newspapers and magazines throughout the country.

SPECIAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - featuring all new material from the author. Erin O’Grady is the perfect mark. Or she would be, if former confidence man Jesse Baker hadn’t reformed. When they end up stuck together on a long train journey at Christmas, Jesse discovers that starting over isn’t as easy as he’d hoped. Can he complete his quest for redemption? And win Erin’s heart? Con artist hero Naive heroine A Christmas homecoming Love on the road Different worlds Different social classes Books in this series: Marrying Miss Marshal Counterfeit Cowboy Cowboy Pride The ...

Edward Zane Carroll Judson aka Ned Buntline (1821-1886) was responsible for creating a highly romantic and often misleading image of the American West, albeit one that the masses found irresistible in the mid-to-late 19th century. Some scholars estimate that he wrote at least 400 dime novels over his lifetime and perhaps as many as 600. The Notorious Life of Ned Buntline is an open-eyed look at the man who sparked an American legend but whose own scandalous life somehow escaped history's limelight.

It’s 1916, and Idaho rancher Cleo Arlington knows everything about horses but nothing about men. So when charged with transforming English aristocrat Sherwood Statham from playboy into cowboy, she’s totally disconcerted. So is Statham, who’s never encountered a woman succeeding in a “man’s world.” Their bumpy trot into romance is frustrating, exhilarating, and ultimately heartwarming.

Rylee Phillips learned the hard way that you need to live each day to the fullest. That’s why she came back home to turn the inheritance of her aunt’s old homestead into a bed-and-breakfast. The townsfolk think she’s crazy to take on the task, and maybe she is, but at least she’s smart enough to know she needs help...and the clever ad she places in the local paper is sure to get attention.

Who Is Keeping Secrets From the Billionaire? Blake Landry receives a message that he's the father of a child he knows nothing about. And he'd sworn to never have children. Now, he's determined to find out who is keeping a secret baby from him by visiting each of his past girlfriends. Cristina Howard wants to marry for love, not because a man got her pregnant. With her heart set on a genuine connection, she guards the identity of her child's father fiercely. However, her carefully constructed plan shatters when Blake learns the truth, igniting a storm of emotions. As mistrust simmers between...

The Bear family is flying over rivers and mountains to get to Uncle Tex's ranch. There is so much to see! Uncle Tex and Aunt Min have plenty of ways to share the fun of the West with the Bear family.

The rules were simple: Run the ranch and keep my hands off my best friend's daughter. Easier said than done! She wants me fired, and I want her in my bed. Alexandra is the best and worst kind of distraction. If I'm not careful, I'll lose this job, which is exactly what she wants. When the ranch is targeted it forces us to work side by side, through late nights which become a test of willpower. It's all I can do to keep my hands off her as she flaunts those skin-tight jeans, come-get-me smirk, and sassy mouth. When we end up in the hay stall doing all the things her daddy told her not to do,...

Until you change how you approach these situations mentally, and change how you approach people within your life, you'll always continue in this cycle of rejection and resentment. You have to become the start of the show. Be so good they can't ignore you. I'll show you how in this book.

Berlin tells the story of the city as seen through the eyes not of its rulers, but of those who walked its streets. In this magisterial biography of a city and its inhabitants, best-selling historian Sinclair McKay sheds new light on well-known characters—from idealistic scientist Albert Einstein to Nazi architect Albert Speer—and draws on never-before-seen first-person accounts to introduce us to people of all walks of Berlin life.

Rye and Blanche Tyler had been through so much in their lives. Could they finally have a life they could enjoy? It wouldn't be easy. A man called the Prophet wanted the women in the Tyler family. Rye's step-brother has had it in for him for several years. He's finally found him. Then there is a gold bullion only Rye Tyler knows the location. And people from their past are coming back to stir up trouble. In the action-packed fourth book in the Western series - Road Through Hell - "A New Life Begins", what the Tyler's enemies don't realize is they are fighting for a new life for their family ...

Jacob Chance, U.S. Marshal just made the biggest move of his life. He retired from the Marshal Service and planned to move to a ranch in Nevada Territory, marry a beautiful young woman, and not spend the rest of his life chasing criminals, lunatics, and murderers. His soon-to-be brother in law, Jim Stokes, already on probation for attacking the marshal, goes on a murderous killing rampage and forces Chance to once again wear the badge. Another man, this one mad with gold fever threatens the town of Preston, Nevada while Chance chases young Stokes across the Silver State. Lives are lost, ...

I feared for their lives and their ears. Our local weekly newspaper showed pictures of them dangling from ropes hanging in woven baskets off the embankment of a mountain in order to tap sticks of dynamite into the holes they drilled in the granite cliff faces they blasted away. One could hear that awful, loud dynamite blasting all the way in town. But the booming had been even worse for the ears of the railroad workers who detonated the charges for the grading and tunneling, especially the Chinese who were given these most dangerous jobs.