Western Wars

Even before Congress declared war on Japan the day after Pearl Harbor, the implications for people of Japanese ancestry living in the United States had begun. On December 7, several hundred first-generation Japanese immigrants were arrested. In the months that followed, the scope of suspicion would expand. By the time the war ended, the period of internment of Japanese immigrants and citizens, lasting from 1941-1945, was considered one of the most unfortunate episodes of American history.

After an attempted theft of one of his ranch’s horses, Levi Clay finds himself with blood on his hands and renewed questions about his father’s mysterious death… As he searches for answers in the neighboring town of Masonville, he uncovers a world that’s been warped to serve a brutal gang of outlaws led by one man – Pete Ramsey. Murder. Raids. Corruption. Pete has done it all. But nobody dares to point out the injustices that they have suffered. Speaking up only puts their lives in danger, because… The sheriff and his deputies are on Ramsey’s payroll. As he probes deeper into ...

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...

A woman on the run plus a lawman in hot pursuit equals passion hot enough to burn down the Wyoming mountainsides.Wyoming, 1870, Kiera Alden’s constant companions are trouble and woe. This Boston Blueblood has been in so many chancy situations she’s used to anxiety and stress, but her habitual fear is tiny compared to the fright she takes when she’s accused of murder. Desperate and unable to evade the relentless marshal hounding her every move, Kiera turns the tables and ambushes him, which only makes the lawman more determined to see her pay for her supposed crimes. Every outlaw’s ...

Two Southerners thrown together by the Union army. He’s on a quest for vengeance. She’s determined to preserve her family. Lydia Gibson’s life is overturned when the Union Army invades her hometown and burns down the cotton mill where she and her stepdaughter worked. Even worse, she and the other workers are arrested and sent to Marietta, where they wait for the army to send them north. Confederate Sergeant Seth Morgan finally reaches Marietta to check on his family, but the last thing he expects is to meet a woman who sparks attraction he thought he’d never feel again. ...

American Ambassador Maxwell Gordon Amberley has a reputation as a tough negotiator. Yet when he is sent to Vietnam, the dilemma he faces throws him into self-doubt. He is made arbiter of his nation’s fate on the one hand and of the life and death of the ruling house of Vietnam on the other. Out of every international crisis comes at least one great story.

When a mysterious stranger claims to be her fiancé, the fight to save her land turns into a battle for her heart. Daviana Spalding dreams of leaving Georgia in search of a place where she can prove her worth as more than a claim to land. And when a handsome and kind stranger wanders onto the farm in need of help, she can’t help but see him in those dreams too. Yet those are only daydreams…until the Freedmen’s Bureau shows up threatening to take their land, and her guest steps forward claiming to be her betrothed. Simon McNeil is a man haunted by his past and his time in a Confederate...

He is one of the first Texas Rangers and may be the most fascinating man in the history of Texas. Creed Taylor fights in the War for Texas Independence, the Mexican-American War, the Great Comanche Wars, the Civil War, and the bloody Sutton-Taylor feud. Yet, he was a complex man who wanted nothing more than peace. It seems every time he thinks he is going home to be with the love of his life, Nancy, Texas calls him back to his guns. This story follows him from childhood, through his teen years, and into adulthood with the challenge of raising children who bring him both pleasure and pain. ...

The son of devout Quakers, Richard Nixon grew up in the shadow of an older brother and thrived on struggle and opposition. -- Through high school and college, in the Navy and in politics, Nixon was constantly leading crusades and fighting off “enemies,” either real and imagined. -- He possessed the plainspoken eloquence to reduce American television audiences to tears with his career-saving “Checkers” speech, yet Nixon’s darker side hatched schemes designed to take down his political opponents which earned him the infamous nickname, “Tricky Dick.” -- This is the classic story ...

A beautiful wild Appaloosa mare runs wild on the Prairie foothills near the T-bar ranch in western Missouri. The Appaloosa once belonged to a great War chief. But now it will belong to whoever catches her first. The question is who will that be?

Desperate times call for desperate measures, so when Hannah Granger's little sister takes off for Oregon with a group of mail-order brides to meet her new husband, Hannah has no choice but to follow. She expects her sister to find trouble, and she does. But what Hannah doesn't expect is to fall for the hired gun traveling with the wagon train as they make their way along the treacherous Oregon Trail. The bounty hunter is tall, dark and dangerous, everything she's avoided her entire life. But when she begins to suspect criminals are riding just four wagons back, she'll do just about anything...

The year is 1863 and the prairies are swarming with war parties from enemy tribes. The two boys must travel far and fight hard to keep their scalps and count coups

Though this story revolves around a hero, it’s also a heartwarming Christmas account of three people in need of love. Of someone to care. A divorcee who searches for herself as she travels hundreds of miles from home. A young boy who wishes and prays for a loving father. A war vet who chases peace to soothe his grief, and has given up on Christmas. There isn’t anything more likely to soften or help soothe a war vet’s grief, than a child. I believe people come into our lives for a reason, and most times unexpected. Plans and chance meetings can fill lives and hearts with joy and a ...

Nathaniel Smith and his partner Emilio Baca thought the war was our and home was just over the horizon as the traveled home over the Santa Fe Trail. A windfall of gold and a bad choice of partners brings back the violence and brutality they thought they left behind. This tale set in the scenery and history of the Southwest is the prequel to Lost River Dilemma and takes us back to where it all began.

Eric Schmidt is a bright young lad learning his gunsmithing skills as an apprentice under his father's patient tutelage in the spring of 1862. Events beyond his control drag him into the thick of combat after a marauding Yankee cavalry patrol attacks his family's ranch and murders his father, mother and younger sister. "Canyon of the devil…Devil's Canyon…Guess that is appropriate," Eric said. "You gonna kill me now?" Billy gasped. "Nope…already did." Devil's Canyon follows his footsteps across east Texas, into Louisiana and back as he tracks the perpetrators down and later joins the ...

In the scorching July of 1866, James Taliaferro Cunningham, a formidable Confederate Army colonel, walked into a small Kansas saloon. His military bearing and battle-hardened demeanor commanded respect. Across the room is Billy Corbin, a fellow Southerner and Confederate sergeant, marked by his accent and war-worn spirit. The two men met when a local troublemaker threatened Billy because of his Southern heritage. The Colonel intervened, diffusing the situation without firing a shot. United by their shared roots and mutual respect, the Colonel invited Billy to join him on a journey to Texas....

Swansong 1945 chronicles the end of Nazi Germany and World War II in Europe through hundreds of letters, diaries, and autobiographical accounts covering four days that fateful spring: Hitler's birthday on April 20, American and Soviet troops meeting at the Elbe on April 25, Hitler's suicide on April 30, and finally the German surrender on May 8.

The Allied invasion of Europe during summer 1944 was widely expected, and it fell to the Axis intelligence services to provide High Command with advance warning of the precise date and place of the landings. Using cryptanalysis of Allied signals, undercover agents and ships, and photographic evidence, Axis intelligence was pitted directly against their Allied counterparts, who actively tried to create a decoy and aim their enemies at the wrong location.

Beginning with a skirmish involving inexperienced British officer George Washington, the Iroquois chief, and the ill-fated French emissary in the backwoods of Pennsylvania, a chain of events culminated in what would effectively become the First World War. The French and Indian War, as it is known in North America, was part of a larger conflict called the Seven Years' War, which involved nations on three continents.

Sara Potecha was one of the first women to graduate from West Point. The lessons she learned at the Academy and in the Army - about life and leadership, courage and character, resolve and resilience - have served her well in both military and civilian roles. Those skills have inspired this powerful book for leaders who aim to, like Sara, come out ahead even in the face of adversity and care for their own teams thoughtfully and with heart.