Old West Adventure

The year is 1880 and Cody Cameron is recovering from a gunshot wound. The sheriff confirms to Cody that the leader of the outlaws responsible for the massacre at the local post office is Otis Bonney. The infamous outlaw Otis is known for having his wife by his side. Sheila Bonney is crazier than he is. And Sheila is the one who orders the shooting at the post office, killing for the thrill rather than the money. Cody vows to seek justice for everyone who died that day, and vengeance for Judy, whom he is certain he would ask for her hand in marriage. In his pursuit of the outlaws, Cody meets...

Jameson Cooper has always been a law-abiding citizen in Blakemore. A few years ago, he was fortunate enough to get deputized. His brother, Holden Cooper, is the complete opposite. Holden could never keep down a job or hang on to a healthy relationship. For the most part, he is always getting himself in trouble. One night, Holden Cooper is leaving a poker game after losing all of his money when he hears a gunshot. He turns around and runs toward the sound of trouble. When he gets there, Holden is shocked to discover a body. The man who won the poker game has been shot. In the morning, the ...

Roger Brinkman thought his home was safe. He was wrong. Life changed abruptly while Roger was away at school. When a band of thugs impersonating soldiers showed up intent on kidnapping his adopted brother Nik, the situation turned tragic. Nik escaped but their family did not. Their shared loss put the Brinkman brothers on wildly different paths in search of their family’s killer. They end up serving on opposite sides in the Civil War, placed in a position to kill each other to survive the horrible conflict. Was his family’s death destined to be written off like a casualty of war? The ...

A Western novel set in the American West during the early 1920s. In "Wolf Heart," embark on a gripping journey through the rugged landscapes of the American West as Charlie Oliver, a determined seeker, races against time to find an elusive girl in Riverbend. Driven by a promise made long ago, Charlie's quest intertwines fatefully with that of Clinton Fiona, a skilled horseman who guards his own secrets. As their paths collide, tensions rise and both men are forced to confront their pasts, desires, and the powerful consequences of their choices. The story unfolds in the dusty town of ...

From western writer Gary Church, author of the Johnny Black Western Adventure and Barlow Seeker of Justice series. March your way across the battlefields of the American Civil War and share adventure, pain and danger with Ellis Tucker and Gunnar Lund as they fight for survival against gunfire and disease, while Beatrice Hays waits at home for Tucker, her fiancée. In the next two years, the three will face a multitude of obstacles they must overcome if they are to survive and have a life after the war. From Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to the battlefields of Virginia and on to San Francisco, ...

Jed Walker, the newly appointed deputy, has long been wary of Father Davenport, a charismatic man who is slowly influencing the youth of his town. When Jed hears about the death of one of his townsmen, Luke Hamilton, due to a tragic farming accident, he suspects murder, and his investigation points toward the Church of God’s Righteous Justice on Earth. With the help of Mayor Bill Hicks, Mayor Ace Knight and the gutsy Persephone Cross, Deputy Jed strike out at this menace but they have severely underestimated the kind of power Father Davenport holds on his congregation, and how they’re ...

The man who raised Charles Douglas is a criminal. He has escaped prison and he is out there, killing innocent people. It couldn’t go on. Charles is hoping that his father’s capture is going to be as sudden as his prison escape. He needs it to be over. He doesn’t want his thirteen-year-old son knowing that his grandfather is doing what he is doing. Only one thing makes sense to him. If there has to be a man to capture Jake Douglas, then who better than his own son? “I should be the one to do it,” Charles believes. But Charles is not just facing his father alone. Jake Douglas ...

In 1875 Idaho Territory, Emma Blackwood arrives with her late father's geological notebooks and a dream of finding precious opals in the Owyhee Mountains. But her scientific quest collides with sacred tradition when she meets Daniel Eagle Eye, a half-Nez Perce guide who guards ancient secrets about the stones his people call "thunder eggs." As they venture deeper into the mountains, Emma and Daniel discover their conflicting worlds of science and spirituality might not be so different after all. But when a rival mining company threatens both the sacred sites and their growing love, they ...

Amy Taylor and Colt Harman were riding Walter, the appaloosa, as fast as the critter could carry them. They had one destination – the Taylor Way Station. “Are you sure we have to go this fast, Colt?” a still somewhat distressed Amy asked the Wells Fargo guard. “I’ve learned one thing about outlaws over the years,” Colt answered back with his speech a bit halted by riding on Walter. “You can never tell what outlaws will do. Most of them are yellow bellied cowards. But a few of them are crazy enough to do anything.” “You really think they'd come after us now?” “Pardon me...

The Civil War veteran stands alone in his fight for justice and safety for his townsfolk. Friendly cowboy Gil Richards is one laid-back bronco buster. The war veteran happily makes his living as a wrangler near Hugo, Arizona. But that all changes when a stranger mysteriously dies right in front of him. Gil suspects the dead man may be a state prisoner being used illegally by shady businessman Mort Odom. Mort, and his henchmen don't let anything or anyone get in their way. If that involves murder, then so be it. For the good people and townsfolk of Hugo, Gil takes on the injustice. And among...

In the town of Name Pending, Wyoming, Elijah Potbury does brisk business as the territory's only practicing necromancer. For a reasonable fee, he'll raise any friend or family member. Stories contained in this fourth volume: "The Ravenous Man-Eater": Mr. Seven, owner of the airship Azincourt, assigns Professor Hemplewick the task of creating a many-tentacled, armor-plated monstrosity in the form of a giant slug to work in the engine room of the Azincourt. A reanimated human brain from a freshly deceased corpse is needed to power the creature, for which Seven turns to Potbury. Aware of ...

A hunt is on for Wiley Hatcher and the renegades before more people are hurt. Leading that search is Adam Dale, a young Civil War veteran. Adam has witnessed a brutal tragedy where his neighbors, the McCormicks, have been murdered by the renegades. Only Lydia McCormick, age nineteen, has survived. The renegades are emboldened by new Winchester rifles, which Hatcher has also illegally sold the stolen weapons to the natives. Adam is aided by his younger brothers, Lyman and Jake. Adam will need all of his bravery and skills to make sure justice is brought to the frontier. During his mission, ...

Edited 6-10-2024: Wade Garrison was tried and acquitted for murder and then shot in the chest in the courtroom by a friend of the man Wade was accused of killing. Going in and out of a coma for days, Wade promised God that if he would let him have more time with his wife Sarah, and their children, he would never pick up a gun, or kill another man as long as he lived. A year has passed since that fateful day, and Wade has kept his promise to both God and Sarah. While he missed the life of a United States Marshal, Wade Garrison was happy with his simple life on his ranch near the small town ...

Today, I put on my cowboy boots and ten-gallon hat. I wish that I could go back to the Old West in 1888. Suddenly, I’m spinning around and around. I'm going back in time. What will happen next?

Jackson Chandler, a Union Army veteran, values Afton town’s calm and quiet as do most of the townsfolk. And Afton, in Kansas, wants no part of being a cattle town. Cattle, plentiful in Texas, have to be shipped back east to a hungry public, who couldn’t get enough beef. The closest railroad hubs are in Kansas. Texas drovers move massive herds through Indian Territory and into Kansas. Corrupt banker Morton Ludwig wants his share of the lucrative cattle trade and will do anything to make Afton a wide open yet violent cattle town. He has help from a vicious outlaw he employs, named Decker ...

The Ladies Aid Society is determined to find brides for the bachelors who have moved to their town in the last two or three years. Their first attempt is for Angus Kelly, a red-haired giant of an Irishman. The society members have written to all their old friends across the country, and one willing respondent seems to be perfect for Angus: Nessa O’Shea. At the same time, Detectives Deacon Snow and his brother have been hired by a bank in Rawlins to search for the criminals who stole a shipment of newly minted gold coins intended for three different banks. On the way to the San Francisco ...

“I kept a book with all the names. Every bounty I ever collected, every life I took is written in it…” Evan trailed off. “Do you still have it? The book?” “That’s the kind of thing you don’t just get rid of.” After leaving behind his checkered past as a bounty hunter, Evan “Book” Tyler finally has it all. His beautiful wife Emilia, her two sons, and a ranch to call his own. But he discovers he’s not the only one with a dark secret. Convicted criminal Sid Cutler has been released from prison, and has only one aim – to get back his woman – Emilia Tyler. To Sid, she...

Now that the children are safe and Matt Watchman and his two employees set out in search of their wives and the Indians who have kidnapped them, he finds help in that endeavor from the most unexpected source.

This is a collection of my adult stories that have had the most Kindle downloads in recent months, along with tales I have polished and added to during the past year. Intended for readers age eighteen and over, it consists of an entertaining mixture of horror, thriller, Old West adventure, adult fantasy, action, and of course the occasional killing. Chapter 1 - Beacon Boarding & Bordello - Page 5 Three young women are abducted by a group of sexual predators. One is a violent psychopath and serial killer. Chapter 2 - Six-Gun Saloon Girls – Page 80 The Six-Gun Saloon, a gambling-whorehouse,...

A stolen strongbox of gold. A young man that had to leave his farm. A tragic winter storm. A young couple’s love for one another. And a treasure for generations of the family. In 1852, a highwayman seized a strongbox full of gold coins from a stagecoach. A sheriff pursued the robber, ending in a tragic chase. In 1887, a young man left his parent’s farm after disaster struck. A midwestern family struggled to start a farm in South Dakota. Their daughter and the young man turned to each other after the deadly Great Blizzard of 1888. The thief’s ill-gotten gains, the young couple, and the...