Old West Adventure

This is the true story of a gold mine in the San Andres Mountains in the Southwest, and of the strange events surrounding its history. It was while on a business trip to New Mexico that the author first became interested in the Lost Mine of the Padre. Intrigued by the stories of its fabulous wealth and by the disastrous fate which had overtaken everyone who had sought to win that wealth, he set out to examine the mine for himself. His search led him into situations filled with peril and excitement. With only the faint rays of a flashlight to guide him, he climbed on narrow, crumbling ledges...

Recklessly, joyously, Black Jack had ridden into town to see his infant son. Then a shotgun fired from a window had blasted him from his horse and flung him to his death in the street.

OMG! Now it’s my turn… I’d heard about it, but I never believed it could be true… sorority house triple dare! Even before I took the blindfold off, I knew something was up. I can’t believe who my sorority sisters want me to mud wrestle… but I admit I’m thrilled that I have to taken on the football team all-stars… five big rough young hunks at once! Just my luck I’d drawn the scarlet card… or was it? These young sorority ladies are at it again… and this time their target is freshman coed Lexi Leighton! Lexi is the newest competitor chosen by a draw in her sorority house...

Determined former saloon girl, Stormy Cooper, starts a new life as a doctor's assistant. What does she care if the rumor concerning her new employer is true? Who cares if he is gruff and rude? Stormy has dealt with gruff, demanding men her entire life. Why should Dr. Tucker Anderson be different? Everything should be fine as long as she can keep her past life a secret. But she did not figure on falling in love. Will Tucker want her if she tells him about her past? Tragedy defines Dr. Tucker Anderson's life. He's built a wall around his heart, a wall no one can tear down. At least that's ...

I hear my Ex's Wealthy man of the house's testosterone is low. Don't know why? He's a Pilot after all! He's a Huge deal too. But then after our break up, returning home on the flight Something unexpected happens and you know what it's my first time And let's just say, I knew he could teach me a thing or two and I could help out Even if it means giving him an heir!

In this work the listener gets to meet a lot of the characters found in later books and stories, all strongly and thoroughly inspired by the author's lifelong love for nature and wildlife. These characters include Peter Rabbit, Jimmy Skunk, Sammy Jay, Bobby Raccoon, Joe Otter, Grandfather Frog, Spotty the Turtle and of course Old Mother West Wind and her Merry Little Breezes, all of them more or less involved in mostly charming but occasionally sad adventures (the fate of little Tommy the trout coming to mind).

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,...

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 ...

Following on from his recent Western successes! Discover something new and exciting from best-selling author Russ Towne. These are Western adventures that are filled with guns, guts, and the spirit of the Old West.

Now an agent for the small, covert SIFTR Agency, Rob Chandler is confronted with the possibility something terrible has occurred to a beloved fellow agent. He knows who is responsible, the WWZ, a fanatical neo-Nazi organization and another, even more powerful organization, called the Order. Together they are making their move - one that could alter the geopolitical landscape of the United States, forever. The newly selected multi-billionaire leader of the Order, Rudy Palmolive, has a unique hobby...he's built an 1881 re-creation of the town of Tombstone. It's a testing ground....

The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate America's western territories, even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. Against this backdrop two palaeontologists pillage the Wild West for dinosaur fossils while deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherous territory plunges William Johnson, a Yale student with more privilege than sense.

The slaughter of 183 Texas heroes at an old mission fort in San Antonio in the spring of 1836 sparked a series of events that changed Texas and Texans forever. Upon his victory at the Alamo, General Santa Anna ordered his army to drive all Anglos from the northern Mexican territory and torch their farms and ranches. Almost thirty thousand people, mostly women, children and the elderly fled their homes for safety beyond Texas' border just hours ahead of an army bent on their annihilation. But there were some left behind. A thirteen-year-old boy and his seven-year-old sister suddenly find ...

Although American author Bret Harte is most readily associated with stories about the West, it is his skill with characterization that distinguishes him from the hundreds of others who set fictional tales in the region. The miners, soldiers, gamblers, entrepreneurs, and lost souls who populate these pages are limned with Harte's unique combination of dry wit and tender pathos. This charming collection of Harte's short stories focuses on life in old California.

It has been four years since the Civil War ended, and westward expansion seems imminent. Thirsty for adventure, Patrick Mulligan, a young Irish immigrant, learns of gold being discovered in Colorado Territory, so he moves his family from Pennsylvania farmland to the wilderness. Gold lust lures him to the small town of Breckenridge, where he befriends several Irish immigrants and miners. One man in particular, Silas Garvey, strikes Patrick’s fancy and the two become fast friends. But Silas has a dark secret, and is doomed due to chronic illness. Although Patrick adores the old man, he ...

When Amanda Wyld tumbles one hundred years through time, she lands in west Texas on the property of handsome, protective, Tom Thornton. The year is 1883, and a range war rages as barbed wire divides open land into pieces. These illegal fences are forcing ranchers to cut the wire to get their livestock to water. Guns blaze and tempers fray as men and women fight for their homes and their land. Tom does not need or want the responsibility for the young woman he rescues from the range, but they soon find themselves falling hard for each other. Her modern attitudes lead Amanda to put her health...

2022 CIBA Awards Grand Prize Winner for Americana Historical Fiction Action and intriguing characters, new and old, abound in the final book in the JT Thomas Western series. Murder in a bowling alley. The Grand Opening of JT's World, a magnificent amusement park featuring a sky-high Ferris wheel and an incredible theater featuring JT's ward Madeline. The trial of murderous twins and the unique defense — and dangerous plots—presented by their corrupt defense attorney, Aaron Zamora. The abduction of Theo, the son of Jessica, JT's gorgeous new fiancée, JT's World is a fast-paced tale with...

Cliff Monroe came to Painted Springs to be the County Health Officer. He had hardly stepped off the stagecoach when a fusillate of shots rang out...and he had his first patient. It was just the latest violence in a fierce feud between cattlemen and sheepmen that was raging in the territory. The Sheriff refused to step in the violent fray, claiming "neutrality," and Cliff tried to follow his example, but he fell in love with Nancy Starweather, daughter of the sheepmen's leader, which made that a hard line to walk. The only answer was to use his wits, his guns, and his tenacity to end the ...

By providing the essence and important points of No Country for Old Men, you can finish it without worrying about time! Not only do we summarize the book, but we give context to Cormac McCarthy and the origins of the book as well! We discuss the importance of the book’s main points, and how these points may be interpreted in order to give you a good understanding of this novel.

National Book Award nominee and five-time Spur Award-winner Loren D. Estleman is widely considered one of America's finest Western authors. In this riotous and action-packed tale of Old West high jinks, a band of thieves posing as a traveling theater troupe runs afoul of a clever Pinkerton agent.

Something new and exciting from best-selling author Russ Towne. These are Western adventures that are filled with guns, guts, and the spirit of the Old West