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Mose Cabot by R.O. Lane
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMose Cabot leaves Virginia as a young man, gets jobs on steamboats and works his way to Fort Benton, Montana. Along the way, he runs into a lost little boy named Gabriel Allsop. Together they strike out and file a mining claim in Montana Gulch. They work for three years at their mining claim before settling on a homestead in the Bitterroot Valley, where they build a horse ranch... -
Mariposa by R.O. Lane
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNash Powell and Ewell Roberts take jobs Mariposa, Texas, to tame the town and bring law and order. It's a tough assignment, and both men escape with their lives repeatedly. Along the way, the men find love and romance. It's a story of two men who grow to respect one another because they always do their duty as their consciences dictate. Another exciting novel from the pen of R. O... -
Wilbur by R. O. Lane
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWilbur dreams of being a U.S. Deputy Marshal, and when he's old enough, he's sworn in and has a taste of the life. He's shot, recovers and goes after the outlaws with an Osage tracker to help him. Eventually, he captures the head of the outlaw gang and transports him back to Fort Smith to face Judge Isaac C. Parker, the hanging judge... -
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The Poker Chip by R. O. Lane
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Poker Chip is another classic western with a bit of romance. Vance Brennan falls in love with Lexie Moody, but she marries someone else, who turns out to be a scoundrel. Jeff Warren bets his wife, Lexie, on a game of poker. The winner insists that Warren pay up, and he devises a scheme to have his wife kidnapped and taken to Mexico to pay off his gambling debt... -
Retribution by C.J. Petit
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJoey couldn’t imagine a better thirteenth birthday. He’d been given his first pistol and now was going to join his six older brothers on tomorrow’s job. They were going to trust him with covering their escape after robbing the bank and he was determined to do it right. He was immensely proud to be a Hogan, and his tough brothers were his heroes... -
Waylon Nance by R. O. Lane
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA young vaquero leaves a cattle drive to look for a woman stolen by Comanches. He spends months in Comanche country only the find that the Army will offer no help whatever. So he hires his own Lipan scout, and travels over much of Indian Territory and Texas to find the woman he loves... -
War Adams by C J. Petit
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsUnited States Marshal War Adams stared at the telegram in disbelief... -
Virgil's Herd by C.J. Petit
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsVirgil Scott and his best friend Roy Sheffield left their horse ranch and were making one of their routine runs to Denver to deliver thirty-two horses... -
Hank by R.O. Lane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHenry Hankins of the Tennessee Hankins rides west to find his elder brother, Seth, who has disappeared into the gold fields of Montana. Henry's search takes him to Virginia City and all over the mining centers of southwest Montana. Eventually it leads him to Nevada. On the trip he finds love and romance and adopts a little boy that he learns to love... -
When The Ties Bind by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of the Gideon Johann Western Series , the Wild Horse Westerns Series , and the Hand Of Western Series comes When The Ties Bind , a story of loss, love, acceptance, and revenge! With the death of his pa, Wyatt Roundtree not only lost the last of his family, but he also lost their ranch at the hands of an unscrupulous banker and a vengeful rancher... -
Navarro by R. O. Lane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNavarro is a bounty hunter who stumbles upon a woman who has been kidnapped in the wilds of Colorado in 1877. He rescues her and befriends her, but she has enemies, lots of enemies. She talks Navarro into being her bodyguard, and he takes off after her enemies and the result is another exciting novel from the pen of R. O. Lane... -
Texas Paladin Rides Again by R. O. Lane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTexas Ranger Jubal Coe returns to the Texas Rangers and tackles one assignment after another. He goes after three escapees from Huntsville Prison and kills all three after they riddle him with bullets. He's assigned to Eagle Pass to stop the cattle rustling and murders of gangs on both sides of the border... -
Frank Bannon: The Fixer: A Western Adventure by C. Wayne Winkle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe first book in an exciting series from C. Wayne Winkle! This is the start of a series of adventures about Frank Bannon—a man of action who keeps on the job until it is done.When your wife dies, somebody beats you up and steals your horse, then kills your dog, you go after them. At least, that’s what Frank Brannon did. He gave the rich man every chance to make things right... -
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Rail Detective by R.O. Lane
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCallum Devlin gets the assignment to accompany a rail car with $500,000 in gold double eagles from the San Francisco Mint to Kansas City. A gang attacks the train and dynamites the car with the gold and Devlin inside. The resulting fight is furious and deadly. Devlin decides to go to San Francisco and get revenge on the gang. On the trip, he unexpectedly meets a woman and falls in love... -
Sam's County by C.J. Petit
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYavapai County in Arizona Territory was bigger than Pennsylvania, and Sheriff Sam Hicks and his three deputies were the only law that most of its residents knew. When China Joe's gang knocked off the huge cash shipment heading for Prescott, Sheriff Hicks left his office unsure if this would be his last job one way or the other... -
Reunion by C.J. Petit
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe days of unrelenting rain had kept the wagon train from moving for almost a week and the folks were getting frustrated and angry. So, rather than try to cross the swollen Platte River, the wagon master had them rolling southwest hoping to cross when its level dropped.As Joe and Faith led their tent-cart ahead of the lead wagon, they didn’t allow the foul weather to affect their good mood... -
Tate by C.J. Petit
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLaramie had just been hit by the Clayton gang, leaving Sheriff Joe Tate without any deputies to serve the entire county. But, as bad as the gunfight had been, the visitor to his office to file a complaint for something that wasn’t even a crime turned out to be much more significant and life-changing... -
Daddy's Sassy Sweetheart by Laylah Roberts, Golden Czermak
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen life knocked her down, Kiesha got right back up.Thing was, life seemed to knock her down a lot.There was only so much a girl could take before she got up punching.Only that would likely get her arrested. Not a good look when the sheriff was your pseudo brother and boss.Not that she put a lot of stock in following the rules . . . they were made to be broken.Most of the time... -
Ruby by Sadie Conall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIts 1846 and after escaping by wagon train from St Louis and heading west, Ruby leaves Fort Hall for California, hoping to start a new life and leave her past behind... -
High Stakes by Freya Barker
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen her sister, Pippa, goes missing, Nella Freling tells her boss she’s taking time off from her job as a research librarian, hops in her sensible van, and heads south of the border to Montana. However, local police don’t seem too concerned about a missing woman living in her motorhome... -
Unwanted by C.J. Petit
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFifteen-year-old Joe Beck wasn’t listening as the minister eulogized his uncle but was already planning on what he would have to do as soon as they returned to the Quimby farm. He wasn’t welcome there even before his uncle had died and knew that his cousin John would soon order him to leave... -
The Ballad of Uriah: A Mountain Man Story by Mike Mackessy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA brand new Mountain Man adventure from Mike Mackessy!This is a story of a young man, quitting school to run to the mountains and join the beaver trappers and Indian traders. Understanding enough about himself, he realizes he is not yet prepared for such an adventure. He prepares himself by working for three years on a railroad crew... -
Healing of the Broken Dog by Mike Mackessy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA story of how the former captive and Indian slave Clint Hunter overcomes his past, shedding it for a future he makes and shapes for himself. Along the way his life affects almost everyone he comes in contact with, Texas Rangers, the cowboys that work his ranch, rustlers, outlaws, and Comanche Indians... -
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Ira: Son Of Mountain Man by Mike Mackessy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe exciting new sequel to “Mountain Man” by Mike Mackessy! This is action, adventure and a Mountain Man looking for vengeance!Murder, mayhem, cattle and horse rustling. This is Ira: Son of Mountain Man as he finds himself in the middle of adventures and battles as a member of the Rangers, a Union scout, a US Marshal, an Indian fighter, and a rancher... -
Beasts of Babylon by E.A. Copen
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGunslinger Anastasia Thorne won’t stay dead. Ten years ago, monsters murdered Anastasia and her children. Now, she’s back to hunt down the creatures responsible. She knows their names, their faces, and even where they’re hiding. There’s just one problem. No one in town believes her... -
RNWMP: Bride for George by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMiss Hazel has been alone for sixteen years following the death of her beloved husband. For more than a year, she has been finding brides for different Mounties, and it has mostly kept her fulfilled, but lately, she’s realized something is still missing from her life. For the first time since her wedding many years before, she takes off her wedding ring, and decides it’s time to live again... -
Three Words by Kelly Moore
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat stopped me from saying the three words Ian wanted to hear? My stubbornness that protected my heart, that’s what.A handsome cowboy with a hot body and a sense of humor to boot, Ian Daughtry was everything a woman could ask for. He was downright pretty to look at. The day he left my world spun out of control. It changed me inside. I was no longer the sweet, innocent girl... -
Betty's Books by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBetty Meeks likes nothing more than to hide from the world with her nose in a good book, but on the Trail that’s a little harder than usual. No longer wanting to be a burden on her sister and her family, Betty begins taking her meals with a friend who cooks for the bachelors in camp... -
Homecoming: A Western Adventure by C. Wayne Winkle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe exciting fifth novel in the “The Adventures of Gunfighter Lucas Poteet” series from C. Wayne Winkle has arrived—this is gunplay, adventure and rip-roaring traditional Western action from one of the most exciting authors of today.On the frontier in the Old West, both men and women had to be tough to survive. Things happened to them sometimes in the blink of an eye... -
Horse Hunt by Wyatt Cochrane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMost never get their heart’s desire…, But for a moment, Gus has his. On his own and chasing adventure, he is finally free. Be careful what you wish for. Raised to hate injustice and trained to use guns and fists, he can’t look away and ride on... -
The Searcher: A Western Adventure by C. Wayne Winkle
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe second book in the tremendous popular “Tennyson ‘Ten’ St. John Western” series from C. Wayne Winkle!Ten St. John continues his search for his father, this time heading for Las Vegas, NM, where he heard his father and a gunfighter, Noble Blake, were headed. But he doesn’t get there for a while.He runs across more trouble with Apaches and scalp hunters... -
Nathan Gage And The Missing Woman: A Western Adventure by C. Wayne Winkle
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe second book in the tremendous “Nathan Gage” western series from C. Wayne Winkle! Ready yourself for blockbuster action, adventure and drama in the Old West!Every time Nathan Gage gets involved with a woman, it seems there’s more to it than what’s on the surface. This time, it involves a missing woman. A missing woman who might want to remain missing.But Gage has been hired to find her... -
Last Breath by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLast Breath is the highly anticipated fifth book in the Gideon Johann Western series. It joins #1 bestseller novels on Amazon.com in Western Classics, Last Stand, Last Chance, Last Hope, & Last Ride. Cattle are being rustled from ranches around Last Stand and seem to vanish into the night by the time they are discovered missing... -
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First Rites by Wyatt Cochrane
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGus craves adventure… A real-life challenge… Not a made-up obstacle course of ropes and tin cans. Bred and trained to be a warrior–up to now–boredom and hard work have been his fiercest enemies. The winter’s hay safely in the barn, he finally gets a few days of leisure with his best friends. They discover one of his father’s cows butchered and only the best cuts taken... -
Trouble on the Western Plains: A Western Adventure by C. Wayne Winkle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA brand new rip-roaring new Western adventure from C. Wayne Winkle!Nathan Gage left New Orleans after being hired by Charles Thomas to watch over his headstrong stepdaughter, Cassie Ryder. Gage thought the job would be a fairly simple one.He was wrong.Also watching Cassie was Wallace Bascom, one of those men who bluster a lot and dress well but have ulterior motives... -
The Long Way Home by Sam Scott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the arid lands of Arizona, a guilt-ridden rancher protects a vulnerable young woman from a vicious outlaw. A year after burying the last of his family, Texan rancher, Newton Tanner, sets out for Arizona to buy horses from the legendary horseman, Joey Thunder. The trip offers Newt a respite, both from the past and from the lonesomeness of the Tanner homestead... -
The Lady and the Mountain Promise by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLilly Arendale has fought the anger of prejudice all her life. Her Guatemalan mother and wealthy English father were very much in love and gave her the best of upbringings, but their family was never accepted in either country... -
Broken Dog Ranch by Mike Mackessy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA brand new Mountain Man series--- this is “Broken Dog Ranch” from Mike Mackessy! Ride with Clint Hunter, one of the most exciting Mountain Men of today!Clint Hunter the Mountain Man, army scout, soldier, Texas Ranger, and the friend to the Crow Indians is shedding the horrors of his past... -
Paradise Sky by Joe R. Lansdale, Brad Sanders
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA rollicking novel about Nat Love, an African-American cowboy with a famous nickname: Deadwood Dick.Audio run time: 14 hours, 8 minutesYoung Willie is on the run, having fled his small Texas farm when an infamous local landowner murdered his father. A man named Loving takes him in and trains him in the fine arts of shooting, riding, reading, and gardening... -
Sapphire Battersea by Jacqueline Wilson, Nick Sharratt
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHetty Feather is a Foundling Hospital girl and was given her name when she was left there as a baby. When she is reunited with her mother, she hopes her beautiful new name, Sapphire Battersea, will also mean a new life! But things don't always go as planned.…Follow the twists and turns of Hetty's adventure as she goes out to work as a maid for a wealthy man... -
McKettricks Bundle by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan't get enough cowboys? Hooked on the McKettrick Men? Now get three McKettricks --Jesse, Rance, and Keegan --for one low price with the McKettricks Bundle! Bundle includes McKettrick's Heart, McKettrick's Pride, and McKettrick's Luck... -
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When Justice Is Done, 1874 by Gary Church, Paul L. Thompson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's winter, 1874, when Johnny Black, traveling on a business trip, disappears six hundred miles from home. As he struggles to survive, his wife, Rosalinda, refusing to believe Johnny is dead, leads a search for him. Frantic efforts to find Johnny lead the searchers to suspect a powerful, evil man is responsible for his disappearance... -
RNWMP: Bride for Gilbert by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMadelyn White finds herself in a difficult position. She is living in a large city for the first time in her life, and her boss is showing a very inappropriate interest in her. When she meets Miss Hazel—matchmaker to the Mounties—she worries that she’s being too hasty by even talking to the woman... -
Her Hell Yeah Cowboy by Donna Michaels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYears ago, he unknowingly rescued his soulmate, now she’s back in Texas and about to save his guarded heart. Unlike his twin, Texas National Guardsman Sgt. Logan McCall would rather march barefoot and blindfolded through a cow pasture than date the same woman twice... -
Penelope's Pearls by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPenelope Brainerd left the antebellum south for a new adventure on the Oregon Trail against the advice of everyone who knew her. After her best friend—a slave—was sold to another family to keep the girls from being so close, she knew that she could never abide living with slavery... -
Mail Order Mornings by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMabel Brida loves her job working as a cook for a family of means in Beckham, Massachusetts. What she doesn’t love is her employer chasing her around town, trying to catch her alone so he can make improper advances. When Bernard Tandy spots her being backed into a corner by her employer, he takes her home to his wife, hoping Elizabeth can find her a better life out west as a mail-order bride... -
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