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National bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone return to Cutthroat County, Montana and the bold multigenerational saga of two ranch family dynasties fightiing to build and maintain their legacies, told in alternating timelines across 132 years, from 1891 through 2023.Two Families. Two Dynasties. Two Centuries.A Saga of Montana. NOW:  As winter descends upon Cutthroat County, rancher Ashton Maddox has to rely on a skeleton crew to keep his cattle from succumbing to the dangers of the cold winter months. County Sheriff John T. Drew has his hands full this time of year heading up search and rescue missions for adventurous snowborders and skiers tempting fate on nearby Always Winter mountain range. When an unexpected blizzard covers the region, Drew finds himself babysitting a vicious gang of prisoners stranded in town. And as the storm triggers avalanches, Drew and Maddox learn their son and daughter are trapped on the mountain—and that the gang’s leader has escaped from custody . . . THEN:  This isn’t the first Montana blizzard that the Drew and Maddox families have faced. Back in 1894, Murdo Maddox lost his livestock—and nearly his entire cowboy crew—braving a treacherous storm that ravaged the countryside. Sheriff Napoleon Drew pursued a mad dog killer across the unforgiving snow and ice. Both men risked their lives to save others, fighting the most devastating weather conjured by nature—and the worst in human nature . . .

"Two families. Nine generations. One stretch of land under the Big Sky of Montana Territory. From national bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, a bold new saga of the American West centuries in the making, from the brave ranchers who staked their claims in the spring of 1842, to the lawmen who risked their lives to keep them, and the descendants who carried their dreams into the 21st century. Bordered by the Blackfeet Reservation to the north and mountain ranges to the east and west, Cutthroat County is seven-hundred glorious square miles of Big Sky grandeur. For generations, the Maddox and Drew families have ruled the county--often at odds with each other. Today, Ashton Maddox runs the biggest Black Angus ranch in the country, while County Sheriff John T. Drew upholds the law like his forefathers did over a century ago. A lot has changed since the county was established in 1891. But some things feel straight out of the 1800s. Especially when cows start disappearing from the ranches. Residents and news media still recall a gun-blazing tale of the land-grabbing battles fought by Maddox's and Drew's ancestors. Meanwhile, their present-day descendants face a new kind of war that's every bit as bloody. Sheriff Drew's girlfriend/deputy is shot and seriously wounded in what appears to be a routine traffic stop. When Ashton Maddox's rival rancher's foreman is found murdered and a modern-day vigilante group hires a hard-drinking, publicity-hungry retired Texas Ranger to investigate, Drew and Maddox decide to do what their forefathers did so many years ago: join forces against a common enemy. Risk their skins against all odds. And keep the dream of Montana alive for generations to come."--

A heartrending struggle between legacy and love on the last great frontier.In the aftermath of the Little Big Horn, Charlie Houston and the fledgeling Double H ranch are under attack from a local cattle baron bent upon stealing her water rights for his own herds. Desperate for help, Charlie turns to her former lover Mitch Fallon, who takes up his guns to aide her in her struggle. Against this backdrop of blood and violence, it isn't long before the flames of desire are rekindled between them. Painted with the brush of his outlaw past, though, Mitch can't stay. He returned to Montana to avenge the death of his wife and clear himself of a false accusation of murder. Now, as he rides away to keep his own promises, Charlie is forced to choose between her ranch and saving the man she loves.Montana Legacy is a story of love and strife, of promises kept and broken, and the strength of two star-crossed lovers upon the hard lands of the American frontier.

The Path to Our Dreams is Often the Most Difficult.An orphan and veteran of the Civil War, Ben Poole lives wild and free. When he's not raising hell, he works as a guard for a freight wagon owned by Reed and Tressie Bannon. His freewheeling days come to an end, though, when he discovers an unconscious woman outside his cabin and takes her into town to get help. Summoned by her parents, Dessa Fallon is on her way to Virginia City where they've found a clue to the whereabouts of her missing brother. Unraveling the tangle of intrigue surrounding her family and avoiding men eager to take her fortune, Dessa finds herself alone and injured in an unknown land with no one to turn to except the rugged man who saved her.Tough and gritty, yet surprisingly tender, Montana Dreams is a story of two lovers from different worlds brought together in the untamed wilderness.

A Wild and Unforgettable Ride Through the Heart of Big Sky Country.A gun slung low on his hip, Mitch Fallon returns to Montana after the murder of his beloved Celia. He'll work for anyone who'll pay him, and he's hired to help greedy land baron Colonel Dunkirk drive out all the small ranchers so he can grab the land for his own. Dunkirk doesn't care who gets hurt, and Mitch doesn't either.He becomes the enemy of Charlie Houston, the beautiful owner of the Double H Ranch. She'll fight to keep her land and the ranch her father loved, even if it means battling the the man who sets fire to her desires. When her foreman is murdered, she believes Fallon to be his killer, and she takes matters into her own hands.Montana Destiny is a tale of two hearts caught between love and duty in an untamed land where death lurks behind every ridge.

A Mythical Journey of Love Lost and Found Again Upon the Wild Frontier.The Union Pacific has just cut its way across the Great Plains to Promontory, Utah. For the first time travelers can easily move from one end of the country to the other. But the new rail line doesn't mean travel is easy-or safe.Ben and Dessa have already faced the dangers firsthand, and their relationship has suffered for it. Dessa's hot-tempered and impulsive, and Ben isn't sure he wants to be tamed by a woman accustomed to wealth and an easy life. But their differences have to be set aside when a mix of outlaws and villainous city slickers threaten their happiness-and their lives.The young lovers upon an exciting journey toward her world-where the villains don't carry weapons but are dangerous just the same. Will they find happiness together or will their differences tear them apart forever?

Young Bradon McTavish watches the bluecoats brutally hang his father and destroy everything he's known, and he escapes their wrath into the gunsmoke and blood of war. Captured and paroled, only if he'll head west of the war, he rides the river into the wilds of the new territory of Montana where savages and grizzlies await. He discovers new friends and old enemies...and a woman formerly forbidden to him. Action adventure at it's best from the author of Nemesis, Mr. Pettigrew, the Montana Series, and many more acclaimed westerns and historicals.