Books like 'Slickrock'
Readers who enjoyed Slickrock by Edward Abbey & Philip Hyde also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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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... -
Lincoln Poe: U. S. Marshal by R.O. Lane
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsU.S. Marshal Lincoln Poe is out for revenge against a posse that lynched someone near and dear to him. Marshal Poe vows to capture every member of the so-called posse and bring them to justice. It's a frightening story of the Old West, a story of injustice in the wilds of Arizona Territory. Another classic western by R. O. Lane with a touch of romance... -
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 Homecoming of The Usshers by Sam Scott
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratings...Categorized as:
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Ronan O'Higgins by R.O. Lane
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRonan O'Higgins is assigned to clean up a vicious gang in Las Vegas, New Mexico. He and his fellow marshal, Clive Sutton, take on the gang and start arresting them. O'Higgins narrowly escapes death. The Irish marshal meets an Irish woman with a son, and they make a life together... -
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Yavapai Gold by R.O. Lane
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKilcannon comes to the Mogollon Rim country of Arizona to help his friend, Lester Sutton, find buried gold in the Bradshaw Mountains. The two men are former Texas Rangers. Along with Sutton's daughter, the former Rangers ride into the Bradshaws with outlaws on their trail, who know that Sutton has a map to buried gold... -
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... -
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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... -
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Coltrane and Calvin, #1 by R.O. Lane
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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... -
Conn Jackson by C.J. Petit
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis was supposed to be a journey to find his dream of starting his own spread. As he left the Bar L just northwest of Cheyenne and rode south into Colorado, Conn already knew where he wanted to build his ranch and had enough money to buy the land and get it started. It was just a hundred mile ride through open country... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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Cowboys Don't Stand Under the Mistletoe by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Mack’s sister dropped her kids off with his dad in his trailer park, he knew he needed to step up and be an uncle. But he’d told his buddy he’d be in Sweet Water, ND over the holidays, so he takes the children and drives north... -
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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 Silver Widows by C.J. Petit
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAda was angry as she prepared to go to see Mike Bergman, knowing he was doing nothing less than trying to steal their silver mine, and even though she knew that she, Elsa and Bridgette had little chance of standing against him much longer, she wasn’t about to give in... -
Last Atonement by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLast Atonement is the highly anticipated seventh book in the Gideon Johann Western series. It joins #1 bestseller novels on Amazon.com in Westerns, Last Stand, Last Chance, Last Hope, Last Ride, Last Breath, & Last Journey.Sheriff Gideon Johann finds himself dealing with two murders in the town of Last Stand, Colorado... -
The Hunt For Piper Oberg by Duane Boehm
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A Cowboy and his Secret Kiss: An Adams Sisters Novel by Emmy Eugene
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Trent by Susan Fisher-Davis
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter his mother dies, Trent Donovan finds a letter she wrote telling him about his father—the father she had always said was dead. With the time to confront his father before him, he journeys to Clifton where he discovers his father no longer lives but has three sons—the Stone brothers.Nursing a broken heart, Delaney Gates takes up her aunt’s invitation to visit Clifton... -
Grayson: A Beckett Brothers Novel Book 5: The Beckett Brothers by Susan Fisher-Davis
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Riley by Susan Fisher-Davis
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis father’s death may have brought Riley Madison home to Clifton but nothing is going to make him stay in a place filled with so many bad memories. He’s made a life in Texas and not even a beautiful woman with a little girl who melts his heart is going to make him change his mind. He doesn’t do relationships. Kaitlyn Garrett Parker is happy with her life since her husband’s untimely passing... -
Sam by Susan Fisher-Davis
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEveryone tells Sheriff Sam Garrett to find a good woman and settle down. When he sets his sights on Clifton’s veterinarian, he fears she despises him yet he’s desired her from the first moment they met. She is quite possibly the only woman in town who isn’t attracted to him which might be why he wants her even more... -
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The Brides of Whitevale River: 6 Book Box Set by Maddie Walker
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A Heart's Blessing: Hearts of Willow Creek by Linda Ford
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Blizzard by Ron Schwab
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of Old Dogs and Coldsmith comes the gripping Western adventure, Blizzard!In the heart of the Nebraska Sandhills, as 1887 draws to a close, Gage Kraft and his grandson, Sam, find themselves grappling with the challenges and unpredictability of life on the frontier... -
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Deacon: The Carmichaels by Leigh Fenty
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Clint Carmichael died, he left a shattered wife and four children. Someone had to take over the reins of the Starlight Ranch.That someone was twenty-three-year-old Deacon. Now, ten years later, the multi-million-dollar ranch is running smoothly under his command. His family, not so much.Deacon’s siblings don’t always appreciate his inherent need to take care of everything and everybody... -
Counting Creatures by Julia Donaldson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA gorgeous lift-the-flap counting book that pairs parent animals with their babies, from the bestselling author of Room on the Broom .From a bat and its pup, to a frog and its twelve tadpoles, young readers will delight in counting each creature's babies and learning unusual scientific names for young animals... -
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... -
Last Journey by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLast Journey is the highly anticipated sixth book in the Gideon Johann Western series. It joins #1 bestseller novels on Amazon.com in Westerns, Last Stand, Last Chance, Last Hope, Last Ride, & Last Breath.Sheepherders bringing flocks from overcrowded California has the ranchers surrounding Last Stand on edge and ready to take action... -
What It All Comes Down To by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJude Meisner makes his living with a gun. He’s a loner – his job is his life. The one creed Jude lives by is to only take work from those being persecuted by the corrupt men of the world. When Eli, an old friend from the war, needs help with a ruthless rancher, he hurries to his aid... -
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... -
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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... -
War Wounds by Wyatt Cochrane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThorn eared back the hammer on his Winchester. Today they would pay. Then she stepped into view and everything changed. Beautiful and good, what could she be doing with these two? As her story unfolded, he knew that once she learned of their shared past, she would despise him... -
Down From The Mountain: Clint Hunter Mountain Man by Mike Mackessy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBy the time he was fifteen years old, Clint Hunter of Philadelphia, had graduated school and the University—twice. With degrees in both Medicine and Law, at the age of seventeen, Clint still felt empty and dissatisfied... -
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... -
Holt by Susan Fisher-Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCancer stole the only woman Holt James ever loved. She still owns his heart, but now he survives without her. His business continues to grow, he spends time with friends, but life is lonely. Then one day on the road home, he inadvertently causes a beautiful green-eyed stranger to end up in a ditch and now, she occupies his thoughts as only one other woman ever has...
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