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Author
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Radigan -- Tom Radigan spent four hard years building up his ranch. Now a beautiful and deadly opportunist presents him with “evidence” that the land belongs to her. Angelina Foley wants Radigan off Vache Creek immediately, and with an outfit of gunfighters to back her and winter coming on, she’s not taking no for an answer. Outmanned, outgunned, and legally outmaneuvered, Radigan isn’t going anywhere. Not without fighting for what he knows...
Author
Series
Flintlock (William W. Johnstone) volume 2
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"$10,000. That's the bounty on the head of the most hated man in Texas - the man that Flintlock has been hired to guard. The crime was the brutal murder of a young school-teacher. The verdict was not guilty for lack of evidence. And the suspected killer's first guard was murdered by a shotgun blast. What makes Flintlock believe in this man's innocence? Call it gut instinct. Or call it maybe just a hankering for a fight. Because Flintlock knows that...
23) Willow
Author
Publisher
Pocket Star Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Newly married Willow Gallagher is torn between the fiery passion she feels for her husband, railroad baron Gideon Marshall, and loyalty to her outlaw brother, Steven, after she realizes Gideon is on a mission to capture her brother.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Ren is a park ranger, tasked with duties both mundane and thrilling: breaking up fights at campgrounds, saving tourists from moose attacks, and attempting to broker an uneasy peace between the wealthy vacationers who tromp around with cameras and the locals who want to carve out a meaningful living amid this western landscape. When Ren discovers his friend Hilly, a biologist and wolf expert, nearly dead in the steel jaws of a wolf trap, he hopes...
25) Bloodthirsty
Author
Series
Buckhorn volume 1
Publisher
Pinnacle Books/Kensington Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In all the horrific corners of the Civil War, there was no hell worse than Andersonville, the Yankee prison camp run by evil, sadistic General Thomas Wainwright. In the war's aftermath, a survivor of Andersonville summons Joe Buckhorn in New Orleans and asks the gunslinger to kill the general, not simply for revenge but to stop another atrocity. Wainwright has seized control of Wagontongue, a township on the edge of the Arizona desert, and he rules...
27) The Jackals
Author
Series
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The Jackals, a group of justice fighters brought together by fate, find themselves in possession of stolen property that belongs to the Hawkin gang and must prepare for a bloody showdown in order to earn five thousand dollars.
28) Yuma gold
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Ben Ruby is stepping out of prison after an eight-year lock up to embark on a journey into dangerous territory. He must not only outwit an vengeful foe, but also outrun a breach in a Colorado River dam that threatens to flood an entire valley.
29) Dakota ambush
Author
Series
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Twelve years ago, newspaperman John Bryce saved an innocent man from the hangman's noose. That man was Matt Jensen. In gratitude, Matt gave Bryce four gold nuggets and told him, "If there's ever anything I can do, just let me know." Now that day has come.
31) The home ranch
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Little Britches becomes the "man" in his family after his father's early death, taking on the concomitant responsibilities as well as opportunities. During the summer of his twelfth year he works on a cattle ranch in the shadow of Pike's Peak, earning a dollar a day. Little Britches is tested against seasoned cowboys on the range and in the corral. He drives cattle through a dust storm, eats his weight in flapjacks, and falls in love with a blue outlaw...
32) Hell's gate
Author
Series
Flintlock (William W. Johnstone) volume 5
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"After crossing the dry Arizona desert -and missing six meals in a row- Sam Flintlock is flat-out desperate. For food. For work. For lodgings. Luckily he finds all three in the high timber country east of the Mogollon River. A very young and pretty heiress, Lucy Cullen, has an unusual proposition for the bounty hunter. She will pay him cold, hard cash to spend one full week in the gothic mansion of her murdered uncle. What's the catch? The place is...
Author
Series
John Hawk volume 2
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Three desperate women. One deranged killer. No way in hell is John Hawk going to sit back and let the innocent get slaughtered. He first meets the three lovely ladies as they're fleeing in a wagon--alone--through Blackfoot country. What's their rush? They're being pursued by a wanted outlaw who wants them dead. Their only chance is to reach the Last Chance Saloon in Helena--and John Hawk is their last hope...
Author
Publisher
Five Star, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Russell Archer has come to Wyoming to fulfill his dream of having his own land. After one season of work on Lidge Mercer s ranch, he receives an offer to become a junior partner. Before long, however, Archer learns that Lidge was caught up in an old crime and fears for his life.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sage Presley's Western paintings are in big demand. She should be at her gallery's holiday show, but she has to race back to Palo Duro Canyon in a desperate effort to prevent her grandmother from selling her ranch. How could Grand give up their home' Even though she doesn't spend much time there these days, Sage can't imagine the rest of her life without roots. Sage arrives at the ranch to find Creed Riley in residence, while Grand has gone off to...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A knock-out debut story collection that follows women and families facing economic and environmental justice issues in the American West. Firmly rooted in the rural spaces and small towns of Colorado and Nevada, Site Fidelity spans the decades from the 1970s to a plausible near future. A seventy-four-year-old nun turns to eco-sabotage to stop a fracking project. An ornithologist returns home to care for her rancher father and gets caught up trying...
Author
Series
Lone star brides volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In 1890s Texas when two very different men enter Jessica's life, will she choose to pursue her dreams of adventure or follow the gentle urgings of her heart?"-- Provided by publisher.
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