Short Westerns

Available as a value box set complete series amazon.com/dp/B07WY4R7RT (copy and paste the link into your browser) Craig Ortega has a secret of his own, albeit a minor one. It would be inconvenient if anyone found out, so when Kathy is quick to realize who he is, he’s glad she’s someone who is clearly trustworthy and won’t spill the beans. More than trustworthy, she’s beautiful, intelligent, and quite the most fascinating woman he’s ever met. She sees past his sometimes hard outer shell, born of a painful past, and accepts him for exactly who he is. When a tragedy brings Craig’s ...

Acclaimed author Richard Prosch won the Western Writers of America Spur Award in 2016 for his short fiction. This volume of stories from old Wyoming and Nebraska brings the best of his westerns together under one cover for the first time. A wrecked wagon spells trouble for a Niobrara river man; the leader of a roadhouse band needs a tough man for a dangerous job; a gambler bets on the outcome of a western showdown; a pulp fiction character haunts a woman's memory of her husband. Old gunnies, laconic lawmen, John Coburn, Whit Branham, and a host of villains bring the action, humor and irony ...

Published in 2000 to critical acclaim, The American West: A New Interpretive History quickly became the standard in college history courses. Now Robert V. Hine and John Mack Faragher offer a concise edition of their classic, freshly updated. Lauded for their lively and elegant writing, the authors provide a grand survey of the colorful history of the American West, from the first contacts between Native Americans and Europeans to the beginning of the 21st century.

Maverick Mountain Brothers: Collection Books 1-5. Get a taste of Jax, Bryce, Dean, Colt and Kane all in one bundle. Steamy short read instalove romances. 90-minutes full of spice and always with a happyily-ever-after.

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When Reba Sewell goes out for an afternoon ride, she has no idea what she’ll encounter along the way. Upon finding a riderless horse, she investigates – and discovers her childhood enemy, Dirk Blackburn, injured in a ravine. Both the Sewell and Blackburn families have been at war for over a hundred years, and Dirk became a merciless bully to Reba all her life. She helps him out, and sends him on his way, knowing she’ll never see him again, and glad of it. So why does she accept his challenge of a long distance horse race? And why does Reba, who used to be a skinny, introverted girl, ...

Here are 16 stories, where good meets bad, and everything in between, from the legendary author of the West, Elmer Kelton. Law of the Land chronicles some of his most exciting and dangerous tales of the Old West, collected together for the first time - including the exciting first publication of a never-before published Kelton story, “Biscuits for Bandit”.

Fun, tantalizing and taboo, this trio of tales is sure to please. Taken Camping When Beth suggested a camping trip to kick off her summer home from college, she had no idea what she was getting herself into. Though her original idea had been perfectly tame, things heated up quickly when the man she’d grown up with - star of her impossible fantasies - volunteered to take her. Roll in the Hay Jane has always loved her life on the ranch, but has been seriously considering leaving to attend college. However, when she agrees to help her best friend, Jacki, seduce the man she grew up with, her ...

He was supposed to be my boss, not my soulmate... I thought taking a summer job at Battle Creek Ranch would be simple - earn some cash, get some experience, then head off to college. I never expected my new boss to be the most gorgeous man I've ever laid eyes on. Hank Montgomery is everything I never knew I wanted: rugged, commanding, and almost twice my age. Sure, he tries to keep his distance, but I see the way his eyes linger when he thinks I'm not looking, and I feel the way his hands tremble when they brush against mine. As the Montana summer heats up, so does the electricity between ...

Bounty hunter Nate Carter's life was upended years ago when the Reese Gang killed his family during a bank robbery. Vowing to get justice for his family, Nate arrives back in Colorado, planning to take down the gang. As he relives what happened to his family, he knows vengeance must be swift, for the Reese Gang stole everything he loved. As a group of men from town form a posse to help Nate take down the gang, the woman he had loved reappears. Beth had lost her brother to the Reese Gang, and she will help Nate in whatever way she can to see that the Reese Gang pays for their horrific crimes...

This collection introduces you to the small island town of Four Points, where the men are big and strong and come in groups of four! Includes Four Play, Four Kicks, Four Real, and Four Keeps.

He's a former Union cavalry lieutenant who now serves as the guardian of his three nieces. Betrayed by his former fiancée and still troubled by his memories of war, Grady Buchanan is cynical and determined to keep the world at a distance.“If I must marry, the woman should be the quiet type, content to focus on tending to the family, leaving me to my solitude and peace.” She's a spirited bootlegger’s daughter from the south who is on the run. Bethany Murphy is stubborn and resilient, looking for a fresh start, and determined to achieve her happily ever after. “Even chickens ...

The rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization. From humble beginnings on the seven hills beside the Tiber, the city of Rome grew to dominate the ancient Mediterranean. Led by her senatorial aristocracy, Republican armies defeated Carthage and the successor kingdoms of Alexander the Great, and brought the surrounding peoples to east and west into the Roman sphere. Yet the triumph of the Republic was also its tragedy.

Chick Bowdrie could have been an outlaw, but he rode a different trail. The Texas Rangers recruited Bowdrie to help pursue the most wanted men in the Southwest. And Bowdrie knew the terrain all too well: the dusty trails, bitter cattle feuds, the desperate killers, and the weather-beaten towns that could explode into chaos at the wrong word. The Rangers were called in to handle the tough cases, and Bowdrie was the toughest and smartest.

Louis L'Amour is now one of the most iconic Western writers of all time, but once upon a time he was Jim Mayo, a regular writer for the pulps. Some of the tales he wrote in those days stuck with him enough that he later revised and expanded them into novels. But there was a special magic to the originals, and after research and restoration, these stories appear here now in their original form.

The Western Writer's Group is back, bringing you brand new, original stories from characters you love. Read about Steve Dancy, Gideon Johann, Lee Mattingly, the McCabes, Jess Williams, Fiona Miller, and Storm Warrior. Enjoy your favorite authors and discover new friends along the trail.

Clean and Wholesome American Mail Order Bride historical western short story romance Box Set. By Bestselling Western Author Katie Wyatt. 4 Wonderful Inspirational titles in one amazing historical romance box set. Collection 1: Books 1 -4 (8 Book Series) Book 1 Winds of Change Sarah Cook has been living a life of misery since she was five years old but nothing has been able to break her spirit. She just wants small things from her life, a house, a husband, and a little happiness so when her stepmother tries to take that hope of a better life away from her, she knows that she needs to do ...

Barrett Everyone knows Montgomery men are doomed to love only one woman. Even if she hates the mountains, which we can’t leave without. I don’t believe in curses, however, I’m not the type of man to stake my peace of mind on flimsy serendipity. I choose a marriage of convenience. A cold contract devoid of the wrenching heartache of love that turned my father’s life into a living hell. Yet, the moment I lay my eyes on Keisha’s innocent smile and alluring curves, all I can think about is her. When my young, love-shy bride finds out the truth, will she stay or am I doomed to a life ...

You will enjoy meeting these colorful characters from the Old West, as you read these eight stories: In “A Rancher’s Dream” Matt McPhearson must find a way to go on after his young wife and newborn child are killed in a tragic house fire. Deciding to go West, he eventually becomes foreman of a large ranch where he meets an old hand who believes he knows where a cache of lost gold was stashed by a group of miners, before they were massacred by Indians. They decide to strike out after the gold themselves, but must be prepared to contend with those very same Indians as well as some ...

Hell hath no Fury like a Dark Goddess Life is good for Gathelaus, he won back his crown, his kingdom and his woman - too bad the dark goddess Boha-Annu hasn't forgotten and is plotting her revenge. She knows his weakness, his temptations and his obligations, she will use all of his strengths against him. Nobody holds a grudge like a spurned Goddess... There will be a Fire in the Bones!