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Azariah Hancock is eight years older and wiser, and much in love with his lovely wife, Sweet Grass, and their two young children. At Rendezvous, Azariah and his Arapaho and Cheyenne compatriots hear of women and children who have been kidnapped by a band of ruffians, both white and Indian, to be sold to the Mexicans. They rescue the women, but among them are three Blackfoot—sworn enemies to Azariah's adopted tribe. He Who Walks Tall is a man of honor, however, and he wants to bring the women back to their tribe, at the risk of his own neck.

This based-on-real-events novel tells the story of the family that possibly inspired The Godfather—except this story doesn't begin with a small robbery in New York. Instead, The Descendant begins with a big, blooming love in the tiny town of Lucca Sicula, Sicily. Told through the lives of the strong Italian women who fought against impossible odds, this historically inspired narrative introduces a whole cast of fascinating characters.

Top three reasons why I shouldn't eff around and find out with my older brother's best friend. 1. He's eight years older than me. 2. My family would never approve. 3. He's hiding something. So we become roommates. And I become his greatest temptation. I play his game of cat and mouse until we collapse between the sheets with a promise to tell no one.

Rhody Jones, the first mate of the schooner, Vivienne, walked from the docks into the streets of New Orleans. He’d been dismissed by the captain after the ship had barely survived the incredible battering from a powerful hurricane. He could have signed on to another ship returning to New England, but he wanted to try something different. He wanted to make a land voyage across the Southwestern United States to California and then maybe take a ship out of San Francisco.

Morg Fraser thought his days of chasing outlaws were behind him. But when a haunting plea for help arrives—and a string of strange murders follows—the retired lawman can't ignore the call. Some say it's justice. Others call it the lawman's curse. Riding back into the Nebraska Sandhills, Morg faces more than just danger on the trail. He faces the chance to mend what years of duty and distance have broken—his bond with his daughter.

Texas Ranger Pharaoh Smith rides with a single purpose: to find out who killed his brother. Osiris wasn’t just murdered in the dusty town of Cocklebur—he was shot in the back. Partner Comanche Jack Horton abandons his fishing pole to ride shotgun, but Pharaoh insists on hunting alone. In a town where everyone smiles and no one talks, finding a killer is like tracking smoke. Cocklebur bleeds secrets. The pious doctor hides venom. The charming saloon girl trembles with lies. The hot-headed rancher’s son burns with rage.

Joe Smith looks like the last man in the West who could cause trouble. He’s polite. Soft-spoken. Careful with his manners. And in the frontier town of Oakwood, that makes him stand out more than a drawn gun. When Joe meets Carol Hoyt—a proud, independent shopkeeper determined to live by her own strict code of decency—he decides to become exactly what she admires most: a perfect gentleman. No gambling. No fighting. No swearing. No matter the provocation. But the West has little patience for manners.

Clay Calhoun used to be the hottest bad boy on the rodeo circuit but a career-ending injury has dragged him back to Wyoming and the family dude ranch he escaped a decade ago. The washed-up bronc rider doesn’t want to babysit tourists pretending to be cowboys while he’s licking his wounds and dodging regrets. Then a record label drops a city girl straight into his pasture. Reluctantly famous country music sensation Stephanie “Stevie” Everhart needs authentic cowgirl cred to go with her shiny golden Grammy, so her label sends her and her mother to Wyoming to get some mud on her boots.

In the bustling port of Alvarado, fortunes are made, smuggled, and stolen every day. For John Donovan and his crew, it's supposed to be a quick-and-dirty job: deliver a load of cloned cattle, collect the credits, and move on to the next job. But Alvarado doesn't do "quick." Not when two rival families are locked in a blood feud over control of the port. Not when every barfight could turn into a gunfight. And definitely not when Donovan finds himself caught between loyalty, business—and the wrong woman.

Cody Carmichael führt eine Rinder-Ranch und ist ein echter Cowboy. Als Fotografin soll ich eigentlich nur ein paar gute Fotos von ihm und seinem Land machen, doch die Chemie zwischen uns ist nicht zu leugnen und wir flirten ungehemmt miteinander. Immer, wenn Cody mich auf ein Bier einlädt, lehne ich ab. Denn ich habe keine Zeit für eine Beziehung. Als eine vergangene Affäre ein kleines Mädchen bei Cody absetzt, wird er von einem Tag auf den anderen Single-Dad. Wenn ich ihm vorher schon kaum widerstehen konnte, wird es umso schwieriger, nun da ich ihn mit der Kleinen sehe. Ein Abend.

In 1887 Texas, nineteen-year-old Mabel Colter, daughter of a blacksmith, walked home at dusk through a dusty cattle town. When Harlan Pike — a hard-drinking cowboy with a reputation for charm in daylight and cruelty in shadows — cornered her in an alley, Mabel fought back. In the struggle, his own pistol went off. The town saw not self-defense but a girl with blood on her hands. Sentenced to fourteen years in the stone-gray walls of Redstone Prison, Mabel Colter became more than a convict. She became a whispered legend — the girl who fought back when the law wouldn’t.

It hadn’t been a bad winter, but the townsfolk of Idaho City were anxious for spring to arrive. Like everyone else, Joe would appreciate the warmer weather and longer days. But he and Sheriff Fulmer both dreaded the influx of gold hunters and the trouble they would bring. They needed more good men, but after losing two deputies, not a single acceptable candidate had applied.

He was cute, rich, and six years older than me. All good reasons to steer clear. But I just couldn’t help myself. I think I fell in love with Clint Carmichael the first time I noticed him when I was twelve and he was a high school senior. Then, it seemed impossible. Now, not so much. I just had to get him to notice me, then somehow convince my father that it was true love. Simple.

Promising to return, Lobo leaves Hannah and Tilly to hunt the man who killed his pack and caused the Padre's murder. Not knowing the man's name or location, Lobo travels the West, searching for clues. Along the way, he helps strangers and works as a bounty hunter.

1863. Mutilated bodies have been found all over Colorado. The papers say that this is the work of the Colorado Axe Men. Allison Enderson and her husband Jesse are unfortunate enough to have a run-in with these serial killers. After they carve her face into a permanent smile, Allison goes hunting after these men to bring them to justice. Along the way, she'll travel with militiamen, vigilantes, soldiers, and mountain men. The venom in her mouth earns Allison the nickname "The Smiling Snake," as her lust for vengeance turns her heart to stone.

Cooper Fortune Maloney is the next best brother—and he knows it. But when Alana Searle wins him in the Chatelaine, Texas, bachelor auction, he doesn't mind being second choice. The flirty ranch hand has a few tricks up his denim sleeve he's sure will win her over. The surprise is on Coop, however, when he learns what lovely Alana is hiding—and what she seeks!

Zane Grey is considered the creator of the Western and remains the most popular author of that genre. The famous critic T. K. Whipple praised a typical Grey novel as a modern version of the ancient Beowulf saga, "a battle of passions with one another and with the will, a struggle of love and hate, or remorse and revenge, of blood, lust, honor, friendship, anger, grief—all of a grand scale and all incalculable and mysterious." This third Volume contains four of more of his captivating novels: Desert Gold, Wildfire, The Heritage of the Desert and The Last of the Plainsmen.

A tale of two crimes in the twenty-first century: In the rugged ranch country of eastern Arizona, Graham County Deputy Branden Allred and San Carlos Tribal Police Officer Allen Victor are investigating the death of a young Apache. At first it appears to be a freak accident, a conclusion the Sheriff likes, but the officers begin to suspect murder. Motive is the major missing element, and nothing makes sense until a one-hundred-year old unsolved crime comes to light.

Based on a true story, HANGTOWN is a historical western about the hangings in a placer mining town that once went by that moniker, one of the first established diggings during the chaos of the Gold Rush. Set from 1848 to 1850, the unlawful were punished and hanged swiftly for crimes of theft and violence, haunting forever what is now Placerville, California.

Fire and smallpox have ravaged the town of Zion, Wyoming. Rev. Kit Mann and the few remaining members of his church have spent a long winter praying for the town’s survival. With spring comes the answer, but it is not exactly how they imagined it would happen.