Short Westerns

He's a smooth talking cowboy used to getting what he wants, and what he wants is her. She's a focused chef with no interest in what he's trying to sell. Steamy short-read can be read as "STAND ALONE" or enjoyed with the rest of the Maverick Mountain Brothers Series

Discover Love and Hope in White Pine, Colorado – A Complete 3-Novel Boxset Experience the heartwarming charm of White Pine, Colorado, where life’s challenges meet the transformative power of love and holiday magic. In this complete series, three tender contemporary romance novels follow unforgettable characters as they navigate heartache, healing, and hope during the most wonderful time of the year. A sweet, uplifting small-town holiday romance that celebrates the bonds of family, the power of community, and the magic of the season. From finding love in the most unexpected places to ...

A Short History of Western Thought outlines the 2,500-year history of European ideas from the philosophers of classical antiquity to the thinkers of today; no major representative of any significant strand of Western thought escapes Trombley's attention. Included are the Christian Scholastic theologians of the Middle Ages, the German idealists from Kant to Hegel, and the four shapers-in-chief of our modern world: Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud, and Albert Einstein.

A betrayal...a secret baby….an unknown imposter…will Tess survive the wagon train journey to Sunset Hills, Oregon after her life is threatened? And if so, what will she do once she gets there? 1855. Tess Findlay can’t wait to be reunited with her beau who went out west three months ago to mine for gold, saying he’d send for her soon. Even though she hasn’t heard from him, she’s discovered she’s with child and decides to join a wagon train to travel to Oregon to surprise him with the news. When a band of robbers holds up the caravan, Tess is shocked to recognize her beau as one...

The separation from his mother at an early age appears to have left a permanent scar on young Isaac Newton that followed him through the rest of his life. He never married or had any children and had but a few close friends. He would work frantically for days on end, seemingly without food or rest, resting only when the creative spirit left him. However, the work of this ponderous man would have a profound effect on the world as we know it today.

Love travels faster than Morse code this Christmas in Thunder Creek. Anna Cremer's expert fingers can translate any telegraph message - except the one telling her how to save her father's legacy. Facing mounting debts and professional prejudice in 1870s Boston, she accepts a proposal from Wyoming rancher Edward Wegman: marriage in exchange for running Thunder Creek's new telegraph office. Edward needs a competent operator before winter isolates his growing town. He isn't looking for love - his first wife's tragic death taught him the dangers of frontier romance. But Anna's quiet strength ...

In 1885 Idaho Territory, widow Victoria Hayes would rather face down claim jumpers with her derringer than lose her late husband's star garnet mine. But when a mysterious prospector with a fighter's grace arrives offering help, she must decide if protecting her claim is worth risking her heart. James "Hawk" Davidson has his own reasons for helping the determined widow—as an undercover agent investigating a string of suspicious mining accidents, he believes her husband's death was no accident. Yet the more time he spends with Victoria, the more he admires her courage and faith in the face ...

Available as a value box set www.amazon.com/dp/B07634VX9W (copy and paste the link into your browser) It’s time for Betsy to come clean and tell her husband, Jim, all about Simon, the man she fell in love with. Her secrets are about to be exposed, and Betsy fears she has everything to lose. Will learning the truth mean losing Jim? Is Simon the man she should have married all along? Is Simon the man she should have married all along? Does it matter what her heart wants if the trial proves to be too dangerous? Betsy’s come a long way, though her next adventure will be the most dangerous ...

He's a grumpy cowboy, twice her age. She's a frustrated writer from the city there for an assignment. "I've broken in alot of fillies in my day, but never one wearing heels." AVERY Writing a review for a dude ranch in the middle of a smelly cow pasture was not the assignment I would have chosen. Now that I'm here, I might as well enjoy the scenery...boots, biceps and bulges...oh my! JAXON I hadn't realized there was anything missing in my life until I saw the curvy brunette stranded on the side of the road. I knew I was in trouble the minute I hoisted her onto my tractor. Steamy Instalove ...

Do you want to learn about the botanist John Bartram but don’t have the time or patience to read a thick book? Then this is the short and concise book for you! Some of the many accomplishments of John Bartram were: Established one of America’s first botanical gardens in Philadelphia. Held regular scientific correspondence with such notable scientists as: Peter Collinson, Carl Linnaeus, Alexander Garden, Benjamin Franklin, Cadwallader Colden, and more. Explored and recorded his journey into uncharted parts of up-state New York in the 1740s. Co-founded the American Philosophical Society ...

Available as part of a super value boxed set AMZN.COM/B084JRTQW6 (copy and paste the link into your browser) Meet Claudine, she was the product of an unfortunate sexual assault incident and because of that, her family has shunned her as an outcast. She fell from a horse when she was younger onto a jaded rock because her mother didn’t keep a good eye on her which created a long scar on her pretty face. Struggling to find love and acceptance, she puts her faith in God and heads clear across the country to meet a young, handsome and wealthy man in the Wild West. On the first class train ride...

Jenny Lindford is a southern belle from Lexington, Kentucky about to become a mail-order bride in Minnesota. The eldest of five sisters, she worked hard to help her ma hold the family horse farm together while her father was away fighting in the Civil War. Raised to be an independent thinker, she attends Miss Clark’s Finishing School after the war, and then tours England and France with one of her sisters under an aunt’s watchful eyes. However, it seems no one can see what she’s writing in that journal of hers. Philadelphia-born Dr. Zane Beckham has led a privileged life. Not only is ...

Who knew being a good Samaritan would change the course of his life? Jude Harden answers the call from his cousin to assist him in adding on to the boarding house in the struggling town of Last Chance, Nebraska. Growing up the son of a woodworker, Jude finds helping others satisfying. He packs up his belongings and leaves Silver Springs for the foreseeable future. With only a few miles left until he reaches town, one of Jude’s horses needs tending. He discovers a farm and comes to the aid of a woman in trouble. When her father dies without warning, Martha Gossman discovers herself alone ...

Trouble follows Ryan Keller all the way from St. Louis, Missouri to rural Wyoming. Ryan’s plan is to comply with his mom’s request to visit his grandmother in the nursing home, and prepare her home to become a rental. He only wants to do what’s required, and return home to protect his restaurant from threats which could cost him everything he’s worked so hard to build. Marigold Wilson—a dancer and actress from the Midwest enjoying a successful career on New York’s Broadway—has recently relocated to work at The Sweetwater Ranch in Wyoming. After a disastrous relationship with a...

In this short story, a western cowpoke is willed a gold mine and is followed by outlaws determined to find it and kill him. He is wounded in a gun battle and fights for his life in this first person account of the ensuing chase and encounter . Lots of detail and lots of action. 4,875 words long.

Cambridge professor and renowned historian Anthony Pagden covers a vast subject in a compact package with Peoples and Empires. This wide-ranging and intellectually stimulating work examines the origins and history of the West with terse, efficient prose. With a captivating narration by Robert O'Keefe, listeners will find this work enjoyable and utterly absorbing.

Elizabeth Lewis has always been a bit of a romantic. She longs for the day she’ll be swept off her feet and marry – but first, she must wait for her older sister Mary to find a husband. That’s simply the way it should be. When Mary agrees to an engagement with a rancher in Texas, agreeing to a binding contract with a matrimonial agency, Elizabeth has a feeling her own time is near. But disaster strikes at the last minute, when Mary disappears the day she is to travel to meet her prospective husband. Suddenly, in the confusion, Elizabeth finds herself stepping into her sister’s shoes...

Many years ago, the storytellers say, the great King Arthur brought justice to England with the help of his gallant Knights of the Round Table. There was Sir Lancelot the Great, Sir Kay the Loyal, Sir Bedivere the Just, and others, including young Givret, who was known for being...well, short. Poor Givret: His size makes him so easy to overlook. But there’s more to knighthood than height, and before long, Givret’s quick thinking lands him a place at the famous Round Table!

When the man she secretly loves marries her best friend, the magic of Christmas seems to vanish along with Brandy’s last hope for love. Now, she’s spending her efforts trying to protect two young orphans, but as an unmarried woman, she won’t be allowed to give them the care she know she can. Worse, she has no idea that someone is after her, and both she and the children could be in danger. But someone has also been watching Brandy closely, too afraid to tell her how he feels. She is his everything, and always has been. He’s determined to protect her at all costs—even that of his ...

Eighteen-year-old Lee Thompson has a chip on his shoulder and a mission in his heart to save his dad, an aging sheriff who’s lost control of his town. Old Diehard’s lost control of his town, and it seems every outcast and outlaw west of the Mississippi is on the prowl in Wolf River, Montana. Now Lee’s come all the way from Texas to stand up for his father, a man who hasn’t seen him since he was a boy and who doesn’t know him from Adam.