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Captive Justice: A Classic Western by Sam Scott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTEXAS 1872: Falsely accused of murder, orphan Jed Whittier’s on the run with one of the most feared renegades of all. And they’re heading to a canyon where the outlaws who killed his family are hiding out. To Jed, it feels like destiny. But if he rides into the canyon to face the evil, he’ll come out with blood on his hands... -
Brand Justice by Sam Scott
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA brother shot in cold blood | A settlement on the brink of a range war | A woman in hiding... and everybody’s armed Territory of Arizona, 1882: Luther Ames returns to the settlement of Trinity Meadows to discover his brother’s fresh grave. It lies beside the charred remains of his cabin. Billy was shot point-blank and burned with a branding iron.He’s the third such victim in as many weeks... -
Hand Of Justice by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs Boone Youngblood anxiously awaits the arrival of his first child, he wants nothing more than to live the quiet life of a rancher. His wild days of serving as a Texas Ranger are now nothing more than a memory... -
Grizzly Killer: The Uninvited by Lane R Warenski
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNAMED BEST MOUNTAIN MAN SERIES BY TRUE WEST MAGAZINE , LANE R WARENSKI’S BEST SELLING GRIZZLY KILLER SERIES CONTINUES WITH THE UNINVITED .In the fall of 1839, “Grizzly Killer” Zach Connors is still recovering from a Gros Ventre arrow... -
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Escape From The Devil: The Crocketts' Western Saga by Robert Vaughan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWITH THE CROCKETTS' IN TOWN, EVERY TWO-BIT GUNSLINGER’S CHANCES OF SURVIVING ARE JUST ABOUT ZERO…After brothers Will and Gid Crockett deliver several horses to Colonel John Abernathy – a man they knew during the civil war – he hires them to accompany his sixteen-year-old daughter, Julia, on a stagecoach trip for fear she may be kidnapped and held for ransom... -
Vengeance Valley by B.N. Rundell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTate Saint, man of the mountains and now a family man, has had more than his share of Indian uprisings and battles, but has always maintained a friendship with many of the native peoples... -
The Woman Who Built a Bridge by C.K. Crigger
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShay Billings is pleasantly surprised at discovering a new bridge over the river, as it cuts several miles from his trip into town. Ambushed and left for dead, he has even more cause to be grateful when the bridge-builder saves his life. Shay’s savior turns out to be a mysterious young woman with extraordinary skills... -
Bounty Justice by Sam Scott
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Sheriff Hale Buckland hears that Tad Willsby has held up a stagecoach and stolen the mine payroll, the lawman is convinced it’s a case of mistaken identity.Willsby was buried eight years ago … the sheriff dug the grave himself.But with new evidence suggesting the outlaw is still alive, the sheriff is forced to question what he believes to be true... -
Gunning For Glory by Sam Scott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsResolution, Territory of Arizona, 1882: Glory Fletcher was last seen with a notorious orphan trader, a man profiting from selling young, innocent women to men of questionable character.Harlan Quaid has vowed to find her.His search leads him to the territory of Arizona and the prosperous town of Resolution... -
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Last Hope by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLast Hope is the highly anticipated third book in the Gideon Johann Western series. It joins #1 bestseller novels on Amazon.com in Western Classics, Last Stand and Last Chance. Love, second chances, new beginnings, and dispensing justice – all set in the town of Last Stand, Colorado in 1880... -
Ride Harder by Gordon L. Rottman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Western Spur award-winning author Gordon L. Rottman comes Ride Harder, the sequel to USA Today bestseller The Hardest Ride. Another classic western yarn from a master storyteller, Ride Harder follows cowpuncher Bud Eugen and his resourceful fiancée Marta as they confront all of the dangers Texas in the late 1880’s holds, both old and newfangled... -
Deputy's Righteous Trail (Western Frontier Justice) by Jesse Storm
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA town under the rule of outlaws. A woman in danger. A deputy turns hero.“Colbert, I can fight. I won’t be in your way. And you’ll watch my back,” Thelma O’Malley was serious.“Fine,” Deputy Colbert said. “I think Randell Caricker has your sister. And it seems like Caricker was keeping another woman captive... -
Sheer Will of a Lawman by William Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo lawman has ever been tested under fire as Sheriff Clay Granger. The lawman must respond to a large murderous Vortman family intent on leaving behind a trail of blood and fear in 1874 Empire, Texas. The Vortmans, led by evil patriarch Asa Vortman, don't mind burning, shooting, bludgeoning or blowing up anyone who gets in their way... -
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Lone Star Husband by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Fake Marriage, Husky Man/Curvy Girl RomanceHarrisonEight months ago I married a stranger to help with a “green card” situation. Now I need a wife for real to help save my family’s ranch. I’ve only met Birdie the one time, but I remember very clearly that she’s remarkably smart, adorably shy and has curves I want to spend the rest of my life exploring... -
Sworn to Vengeance (Western Frontier Justice) by Jesse Storm
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLosing a mother is not easy. Finding out she had been murdered is devastating.Fern Welles, a sheriff in Nebraska, receives word that his mother had passed suddenly. He rushes back home to Colorado Territory, and what he finds there is beyond his wildest nightmares.His mother had not simply passed. She had been murdered. In cold blood.The sheriff is sworn to vengeance... -
The Raiders by Robert Vaughan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA daredevil Confederate captain challenges the Union blockade - while a bold young beauty lays siege to his wayward heart. Tawny-haired, golden-eyed Candice Pratt, whose daring was equal to the captains, and whose entanglement in his life ashore and at sea might well get him shot as a spy - or hanged as a pirate... -
Grub Line Rider by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe fury of the Wild West explodes in this thrilling collection of classic Louis L'Amour short stories. Most folks would call Kim Sartain an easygoing, peace-loving man. But the few who crossed the young drifter knew there was nothing he liked better than a good fight... -
A Wild Journey for Payback by Ethan Westfield
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSmith is a mysterious man that does not go unnoticed. Having no interest in gold or fame, he had his fill of adventure before arriving in the untamed backdrop of the wild frontier... -
Sheriffs Don’t Surrender (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStepping into battle is never easy. Especially when you’re outgunned and walking into unknown territory. Sheriff Conrad Scott has returned home after a long absence to discover his town in disarray and his young sisters running wild. Even worse, Rudy Galloway and his gang think they can get away with murder... -
Dry Cross Honor (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSheriff Merrill Vinson is looking forward to a new life in Dry Cross, Texas. But from the moment he arrives, he knows something isn’t right. The townspeople are nervous. Edgy. And no one will look him in the eye. Except for Cherry Jones.Cherry is the sassy saloon owner who keeps the town laughing. And Merrill is smitten. But Cherry’s got secrets she’ll go to her grave protecting... -
On the Path of Vengeance: A Historical Western Adventure Book by Austin Grayson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRoss Barrow returns from the Civil War only to find his father dead, his two brothers missing, his sister nowhere to be found and his mother, a raving lunatic dying in the streets of El Paso. Soon he discovers that a man called Ambrose Shaughnessy owns the family ranch now,and he's raising Ross' baby sister as his own... -
Oriental Odyssey I: The Shadow of the Padishah / Through the Desert by Karl May, Michael M. Michalak
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first and only unabridged translation of Karl May's "Giölgeda padishanün" - "In the Shadow of the Padishah". As this book, translated by Michael Michalak, is the first of a larger series that is estimated to span some seven volumes, it has been appropriately renamed "Oriental Odyssey I"...Categorized as:
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The White Chief by Thomas Mayne Reid, Nathaniel Orr
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn exciting and well-written book by Mayne Reid based on his experiences during the war between America and Mexico in the 1840s. Reid took the title of "Captain" because that was what his men called him during that war, although he was never promoted to that rank. The importance of Reid's books with this background is that they were among the first in the Wild West genre... -
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Blood and Steel by Harry Sidebottom
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBlending heart-pounding action and historical accuracy, Harry Sidebottom’s bestselling Warrior of Rome series took readers from the shouts of the battlefield to the whisperings of the emperor’s inner circle. In this second book of his new Throne of the Caesars series, Sidebottom continues his retelling of one of the bloodiest periods of Roman history—the Year of the Six Emperors...Categorized as:
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Poems of the Late T'ang by A.C. Graham
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClassical Chinese poetry reached its pinnacle during the T'ang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.), and the poets of the late T'ang-a period of growing political turmoil and violence-are especially notable for combining strking formal inovation with raw emotional intensity. A. C... -
Médée by Jean Anouilh
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Médée, terrible Médée ! Femme révoltée qui trahit son père, tua son frère pour l'amour de Jason et la conquête de la Toison d'or. Dix ans après, Jason se déprend de Médée et s'apprête à épouser la fille de Créon, roi de Corinthe. Refusant la fuite et le "bonheur, le pauvre bonheur", Médée va continuer à semer le feu... Je t'ai aimée, Médée. J'ai aimé notre vie forcenée... -
The Night Horseman by Max Brand
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery... -
Leaving the Yellow House by Saul Bellow
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe had lived by delays; she had meant to stop drinking; she had put off the time, and now she had smashed her car.At once harsh and tender, expansive and acutely funny, this is the story of an elderly and self-destructive dipsomaniac in a Western desert town, who finds herself faced with a final, impossible choice... -
Los hermanos by Terence
Rated: 3.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Adelphoe (The Brothers) of Terence is a Latin adaptation of a comedy of the same name by the Greek comic playwright Menander. The theme of the play is the perennially interesting question of the relationship between the generations and the proper way to bring up a son...
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