Nomadic cowboys, drifters, troublemakers - Snake and Dog-man have heard it all, but they are more than that, they're strong, determined, and never back down from a fight.Continuing their trek to California by guiding a freight wagon train to Tucson, Arizona Territory Snake and Dog-man run into trouble when they meet a family along the way. From there, the trouble never stops, and gun fights, injuries, and death ensue. Once in Gila Bend, Dog-man learned that steamboats ran between Yuma, Arizona Territory and Guaymas, Mexico. Since it was on the way to California, they made the ride to Yuma, only to find themselves in more trouble.The drifters knew they had to continue their trek to California - it was then they realized it was the open road, the unknown over the horizon that was most important to them.
FROM HORSE SHOWING IN GEORGIA TO RIDING THE RANGE IN TEXAS - A TALE OF COURAGE AND FINDING FAITH. Carli Jameson is used to being on her own - abandoned by her mother as an infant - all she's ever wanted is to feel like she belongs. She has had no choice except to be strong and independent, but now, can she learn to trust God to be her partner?Georgia girl, Carli Jameson, inherits a Texas cattle ranch from grandparents she never knew. After much thought, she makes the courageous decision to pack up her life and move to Texas to run the ranch. She forges ahead into a new life filled with uncertainty and along the way discovers a ranching community that becomes the family she never had. Can a fresh start erase the troubles of her past?
FREEDOM NEVER COMES WITHOUT A PRICE.Nicknamed Runaway for his numerous escapes, a young slave dreams of freedom. Again and again he runs, only to be enslaved once more. Unable to stand more punishment, he commits the ultimate sin - he kills a white overseer. Now, it's run or hang. Amid death and sacrifice, Runaway heads North. He finds a station of the Underground Railroad which leads him to meet the Coopers, a special family, who take him in and give him his first true home. But danger follows and moving slaves to freedom becomes more difficult.
AN OFF-THE-WALL ROMP AND OTHER EXHILARATING CRIME STORIES. Recent almost-college-grad Fred Kitchen and his eccentric six-foot-four pal, Wheaty, pay off a poker debt with a prank - showing their stuff in the then-current fad of streaking. Soon they are under arrest and in jail, killing time by playing cards with a couple of hardened criminals, unwittingly racking up a new debt...one that can only be paid off by participating in a bank robbery during a small-town festival. Written as a tribute to the comic novels of his mentor Donald E. Westlake, Shoot the Moon is a fast, funny crime novel written early in his career by Max Allan Collins.
"What started as a visit to the families of the women turned into a fight with renegade Apsaalooke warriors. But that was just the beginning of the battles ... After a friendly encounter with the Yapudttka Ute, their journey would take them into the middle of a fight between the Mouache Ute and an expedition of gold hungry Spaniards. The prospectors traveled across the Southern tier of the land known as New Spain in search of the seven cities of Cibola--the same cities of gold once sought by Coronado--now thought to be in the headwaters of a river in the Sawatch Mountains of the Rockies. When the leader of the Spaniards tries to enslave the band of Utes to dig for gold, it starts a bloody battle. But when Gabe and company learn about captives and the treatment of them as slaves that does not sit well with Ezra who will fight any form of slavery wherever it is found. Blood will fill the sluice boxes and rivers of the Sawatch Range before this conflict is over!" --]cPage 4 of cover.
ONE-EYED COFFIN JACK IS A DEADLY MAN.Coffin Jack is a dark souled assassin that does not possess much; he lives alone with only feral cats for company in his isolated shack in the mountains and barely ventures down to civilization except when he gets the call.Joined by his now partner, Lowell Devereux - a naive reporter who was unceremoniously thrown into the path of Coffin Jack while seeking uplifting stories to inspire the readers back east - the two are out prove all that they are capable of. Their wild journey takes them across country to confront a series of deadly challenges and plunge into an esoteric nightmare that transforms the pair. From there they are taken on a trail through the darker side of the Old West where factions differ and it is a new enemy they must face...A tongue-in-cheek Western with all the blood and thrills of a regular rough ride, or as Coffin Jack might say, "Ya gotta own a pinch of salt for this one."Coffin Jack: A Western Duo includes - Deathdealer and Gravedigger.
From New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin comes an inspiring and romantic duo - two heartwarming, feel-good stories.Teddy Winters was eight years old that Christmas, too young to understand all the undercurrents swirling around him in the tiny Michigan town of Dreyerville. He wasn't able to value that Christmas for the miracle it truly was. Teddy only knew he wanted to buy the beautiful Victorian clock in the window of Tremont Antiques as a gift for his grandmother, Lottie Sparks, a woman desperate to find him a home before her rapidly progressing Alzheimer's left him an orphan. Everything changes for Teddy that year when he meets Sylvia Winters and Joe Dixon."The perfect stocking stuffer for the romance reader on your holiday list." - Kristin Hannah, author of The NightingaleTen years after running away and eloping with her high school boyfriend, Marly Hanson returns to her hometown at the request of her daughter, Katie, who has recently been treated for brain cancer. Living next door to Marly's mother, Winnie, is handsome sheriff and widower Reed Bennett, and his son, Ham. Ham and Katie become fast friends, while their parents find their attraction to one another going deeper than mere friendship. But Marly's time in Dreyerville is limited and risking her heart isn't something she's willing to do. Will they all get the happy ending they deserve?"Kat Martin has the uncanny and delicate ability to pluck the heartstrings of the reader, and she's done it again with pitch-perfect tone." - Patti Callahan Henry, author of The Perfect Love Song
"Javanna Caldwell, a widow, is an advertising executive in Chicago. Luke Bryant, now two years divorced, is a Christian filmmaker in New Orleans. When an unfortunate series of events occurs, they are both forced to return to their roots in White Sulphur Springs, Montana. Luke has maintained his faith throughout his profession, but after the death of her husband, Javanna lost her faith. Following an accident in a blizzard, Javanna becomes desperate and turns to the God she abandoned for help. With circumstances still out of their control, Javanna and Luke renew a life-time friendship that begins to blossom into something more. Along the way, she from Chicago and he from New Orleans, recognize the joys and benefits of small-town America"--
BRODIE PIKE IS ONE AGAINST MANY - THE ODDS ARE NOT IN HIS FAVOR. Brodie Pike knew he shouldn't get involved. It would somehow turn out bad, as seemed to happen too often to him, but he couldn't watch four gunmen bully a small-time rancher. The next day, the man he had helped is found beaten to death. Though he knows he is responsible for Dunn's death, he refuses to help the group of small ranchers who know that the Buckskin County Cattlemen's Association will be coming for their land soon. Months later, he reads that the association has started its campaign of terror against the small ranchers. Against the odds, he decides to throw in with them, facing the association's horde of hired guns, risking his life in the bloody, violent Buckskin County war, where death is always just one bullet away.
A CORNUCOPIA OF HOLIDAY-THEMED TALES OF CRIME AND MYSTERY.Master storyteller, Max Allan Collins tells crime stories for every holiday: Christmas, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Father's Day, Fourth of July and Thanksgiving.A Wreath for Marley adds intrigue to a traditional Christmas tale; Flowers for Bill O'Reilly infuses a Memorial Day setting with horror-movie madness; and in the Thanksgiving yarn A Bird for Becky, a sweet twelve-year-old girl turns out to be the reincarnation of a rubbed-out Chicago gangster. Also included are the short stories Mommy, a Mother's Day tale that became the bases of a cult movie; Firecracker Kill, a Fourth of July serial-killer noir that pairs a cop and a mob enforcer as heroes; and His Father's Ghost, a Halloween-meets-Father's Day study of an adopted boy's search for the killer of the father he never met.
VENGEANCE IS CALLING... When Will Simpson decides to turn outlaw, he does it up right! Robbing trains will bring him the fame and wealth he craves-and will also ensure he'll end up with the girl he loves. But his first train robbery goes awry and he makes a lifelong enemy of payroll guard Kyle Lassiter, who loses his arm in the heist. The Outlaw, Billy Starbuck, as Will calls himself now, turns his attention to the stage lines and the payrolls they carry. But he's met his match with expert stagecoach driver Simon Tyree, who is determined to deliver the payroll-along with some unexpected passengers-to safety, come hell or high water.
In the period from 1865 to 1882, several of the most wanted men in America died. Or, did they?There is some historical and forensic evidence suggesting they faked their deaths, the youngest dying in 1950. Drawn together by a secret organization, they return to rescue the kidnapped daughter of one of their own.In 1883, a posse consisting of John Wilkes Booth, Capt. William Quantrill, Jesse and Frank James and Billy the Kid would be deadly. A ghost posse who rode for one last mission and returned to anonymity when they finished.
Only one man dared to challenge the Comanche war party...Caught up in a battle between the U.S. Army and a Comanche raiding party, mustang herder Linus Hudson and his two Cheyenne friends become part of a dangerous plan to rescue three captured soldiers.
Amos Warren, a ranching neighbor of Jack Slater, is eaten up by envy, jealousy, and a lack of ability to run his own ranch. He blames Slater for all his failures and often threatens to burn Slater out.Warren's foreman, Sonny Belafleur, is an outlaw using the Warren ranch in a cattle rustling operation tied to feedlot owner Blake Wilson. Wilson has found a flaw in Nevada's laws concerning brands and when ownership is transferred and is using that flaw to rustle considerable heads of beef. One rustling attempt brings the operation into focus for Jack Slater and his highly intelligent adopted son, Rob. An inept sheriff begs Slater to end the rustling but continues to get in the way.Warren's anger and hatred get the best of him and he sends hired gunslingers to burn out the Slater ranch and kill the family. The former Orphan Train boy is driven by love of family and responds with overwhelming ferocity, ending any further threats.
A TIMELESS BIBLICAL TRUTH Jerusalem, an ancient city, is a land cloaked in mystery, legend, and intrigue. Within the heart of this age-old city dwells a lovely young woman - Julia, as whimsical and restless as the great city itself, her head filled with dreams of adventure and romance, her vision clouded by a daring young man of striking countenance, flashing eyes, and broad shoulders.Residing in a magnificent villa nestled comfortably within the imperial Upper City, Julia knows no other life than the plush, comfortable one she shares with her mother, her wealthy merchant father, and a vast array of household staff to meet her every need.Will her perfect world be shattered if she insists upon wedding the handsome guard who protects her father's wares? Will her parents approve of the reckless man with whom she has fallen hopelessly in love?A Still Small Voice weaves an entrancing tapestry of the masterfully crafted, God-ordained events that forever changed the course of history.
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