Western Mystery

It’s more fun, more adventure, and a whole lot more mystery as readers discover what happened to Cade in the final book in The Silver Spurs Series. A marriage proposal goes awry when a body is discovered at the side of the highway by the would-be groom’s minister step-sister. Is the body really that of Cade O’Hara who supposedly died at the hands of his wife and mistresses? If it is Cade, then how did Cade survive being strangled, thrown out a window, and buried in a manure pile? And why does his body have a bullet hole in it? So many lovers of the series begged me for 'just one more'...

A past she can’t remember. A memory he longs to forget. Will a madman bent on revenge tear them apart or make them strong? Dr. Eli Merrick’s day off turns into a trauma induced morning that drags him to the emergency room to save an unconscious woman and her baby. Though she’s been identified as Janet Jones, Eli senses that isn’t her name. When Janet’s life is threatened, Eli’s need to protect her and her baby kicks in. He takes her to his home at the Crystal Creek Ranch. Janet gains consciousness but is puzzled by the people who call her this unfamiliar name. As she struggles ...

He’s the man she didn’t see coming—and the one she might not outrun. Griffin Turner thought he had life figured out—or at least under control. At forty-two, he’s balancing single fatherhood, running the family ranch, and surviving on his mom’s expert babysitting skills. But when a diagnosis throws his world into chaos, he’s forced to hire a nanny to keep his life from unraveling. Enter Nola Brady. Twenty-something, big dreams, and just passing through Wyoming on her way to Nashville. With a voice like honey and the grit to match, Nola takes the job with one goal: survive long ...

"Con Men and Carved Birds! Lawmen and artists! Aebelskivers and cabbage. Spur-Award winner Richard Prosch has roped together an exciting new collection of stories with themes as vast as the wide open frontier and as close as the human heart. Waking Face - A sleepless man is tortured by the lost face of his wife's killer-a visage he can't remember, but at the same time, will never forget. Hard Times for the Vanilla Cream Kid - a would-be bank robber invents the perfect heist, but does he have the stomach for it? The Magic of Summerland - Nine year-old enemies of a long gone war forge a ...

London, 1558. Queen Mary is dead, and twenty-five-year-old Elizabeth ascends the throne. Summoned to court from exile abroad, Elizabeth's intimate spy, Brendan Prescott, is reunited with the young queen, as well as his beloved Kate, scheming William Cecil, and archrival Robert Dudley.

I’m more than a single mom running from the cult that held me captive - I’m a woman carving out a life for myself. It’s harder than I expected. After solving the murder of my best friend, I’m hoping my run-ins with the law are over. Then my youngest daughter goes missing. The local detective, Boone, is on the case, and the neighborhood is determined to help find my little girl alive. But the clock is ticking. And hope? It’s running out.

COLLEGE INSTALOVE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . Her wit is sharper than my route-running on the football field. Her mind is quicker than my fastball on the baseball pitch. She wears mom-jeans and is on a mission to graduate early and save the world or some nonsense like that. Too serious. Too nerdy. Too not my type . . . Or so I thought. Drama and madness with a touch of angst. Sweetness and a hint of darkness. No cheating. No cliffhangers. And a guaranteed happy ending. This is campus-love, Annabelle Winters style. HERE'S WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE CURVY IN COLLEGE SERIES: ⭐️...

Conrad Browning had money, a manservant and a mission: to find his missing children and meet them for the first time. He's come as far as Denver, dodged a bullet from a beautiful assassin, and landed in a big buy-in poker tournament against a ruthless heavy-betting cattle baron with a plan of his own - to take this city slicker into the wilderness, and hunt him like an animal. But Rance McKinney doesn't know who he is facing. The son of legendary gunman Frank Morgan, Conrad goes by the moniker of the Loner.

The Holt sisters - headstrong triplets returning to their hometown and their inheritance. They look alike, but they’re different in most every way possible. Three men who can’t tame them, but will love them no matter what. Paige is the dependable one who always does the right thing. Kelsey is the socialite influencer who is deeper than she seems. Brooke is the activist who chooses her causes with care. When they first returned to Rocky Ridge, all they wanted was to sell the property they’d inherited and go back to their cushy life in Hollywood. When they ran into trouble, the one who ...

A FRIEND OF THE COURT A Novella within the Time Drifters Series: Today, Tomorrow, or Yesterday? and Time Drifters Lawman Dutch Clemens, of the Time Drifters series, wrote a novel called A Friend of the Court before his time travelling adventures. He gifted publishing rights to his best friend, Frank Sharp, who published the novel and became a best selling author, with a few key changes, of course. In A Friend of the Court, join Detective James Maston, a seasoned investigator with an unbreakable marriage, and Detective Abby Thornton, his eager partner, in a spellbinding tale of friendship, ...

Sam Keaton is a man on a mission. And his first mission is to survive the posse that's after him. He'll need all his wits and his skills and his best hope for survival rests in unraveling a mysterious tribal legend and learning about stolen gold. With the old west as a backdrop, the Sam Keaton novels are first and foremost mysteries, taking readers to authentic historical events just after the Civil War.

When Detective Maria Miller walks up creaking stairs into the attic of the old brownstone she senses this isn’t an ordinary crime scene. The brutality of the murder is enough to shock even an experienced detective like Maria. But there’s something else. An unsettling presence seems to lurk in the shadows sending a chill through Maria’s bones, making her desperate to run back down the stairs and never return. The killing is identical to the murder of an actress sixty years before, a crime that tore a family apart and sent shockwaves through New York City.

When an elderly local woman is found poisoned, Sheriff Walt Longmire begins an investigation that soon has him ensnared in a deadly spider's web. From Craig Johnson, author of the acclaimed novel The Cold Dish, comes this enthralling Sheriff Longmire mystery. With a distinctive literary flair, Johnson leads us into the wide open space of Absaroka County, Wyoming.

They survived America’s deadliest Indian war; winning a lasting peace proves even more dangerous for new mother Annabelle and Union sharpshooter Josey Angel. The couple are thriving as ranchers during Montana’s gold rush. With an end to fighting on the “Bloody Bozeman” trail, they can build a family home. But when a series of gruesome murders jeopardizes treaty negotiations, Annabelle and Josey must find and clear the name of the warrior who once held Annabelle captive: Crazy Horse. “He’s just as likely to kill me as listen to me,” Josey says of the man determined to drive off...

When Wyoming author Dodge Graham buys a charming little painting at an estate sale, he has no idea that the canvas holds the power to turn his life upside down. But when Dodge takes a closer look, he realizes that the pony in the painting bears a striking resemblance to one owned by his sister-in-law, Jan. Even stranger, the painting was finished a full fifteen years before Jan’s pony was born. Unwilling to let the matter rest, Dodge and his beautiful wife, Laurel, set out on a mission to figure out why and how the horses look so much alike. As the couple chases the mystery from Wyoming ...

A mail-order bride mystery romance to warm your heart. Nora expected to be marrying old Peter Shaw, but when she steps off the train as his mail-order bride, she’s flung headlong into a mystery. Her husband-to-be has died and his son, Joseph, has taken over the family business. Reluctantly giving her a job as his housekeeper, Nora finds herself growing closer to Joseph as he begins to open up to her. However, the presence of Mr. Arbuckle, a distant relative of Peter Shaw, throws everything into confusion when Nora discovers that there might be more to Peter Shaw’s death than just a ...

Smoke Jensen and his adopted son Matt are cooling their heels in Colorado when they are called to the Dakotas. Preacher, the legendary mountain man, is in the midst of a vicious struggle. Someone has kidnapped a proud Indian chief’s daughter and grandchild. When the kidnapping turns to murder, and Preacher vanishes after clashing with a ruthless Union colonel turned railroad king, Matt sets out to infiltrate the Colonel's gang of killers.

The Bounty Hunter Series by Howard Hopkins Heaven by day and hell by night, Revelation Pass is an enigma. Ruled by a mercurial preacher and his hardcases, the town endures a monthly lottery that sacrifices young women to a mysterious fate. When former manhunter Jim Hannigan is hired to find a runaway daughter he expects a quick mission with minimum risk - until he discovers the girl swinging from a cottonwood at the town's entrance. Now, buried secrets and hidden motives threaten to embroil Hannigan in the most deadly case of his career. Excerpt Hanely remained silent for a moment, then ...

When a years-long case against a powerful mobster finally cracks and an unimpeachable witness takes the stand, federal prosecutor Nora Carleton is looking forward to putting the defendant away for good. The mobster, though, has other plans. As the witness's testimony concludes, a note is passed to the prosecution offering up information into the assassination of a disgraced former New York governor, murdered in his penthouse apartment just days before. It's enough to blow the case wide open, and to send Nora into a high-stakes investigation of conspiracy, corruption, and danger.

This war widow is about to find out true love can happen twice. Ever since her husband died in Afghanistan, Samantha Valdez has thought she would never find love again. David was her everything—and not only is he gone, but she's been left with a son who will never know his dad. Then she meets Evan Hart—the brother of her fallen husband's best friend. Sam and Evan meet on a trip from Southern California back up to Oregon, transporting rescue dogs with a local animal rescue in Portland. Evan is everything David wasn't: cocky, reckless, and totally commitment-phobic. Still, she wants him. ...