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61) Texas Ranger
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Across the ranchlands and cities of his home state, Rory Yates's discipline and law-enforcement skills have carried him far--from local highway patrolman to the honorable rank of Texas Ranger. A tough case in Waco has jeopardized Yates's chances at promotion, and he decides to take time off to recharge with his family in their small-town hometown, Redbud. He arrives and finds a horrifying crime scene--and a scathing accusation: he is named a suspect...
62) Wyoming true
Author
Series
Wyoming men volume 10
Language
English
Description
Jake McGuire has worked hard to earn his success, with holdings that include ranches and a private jet. The only threat to his comfortable existence is the last woman he should ever want. He knows Ida Merridan by reputation only, but the stories he's heard are enough for him to keep her at arm's length, until the day fate puts her in his path under circumstances only the most heartless cowboy could ignore. Now, realizing the truth Ida's been keeping,...
64) Paid in blood
Author
Series
Buckhorn volume 2
Publisher
Pinnacle Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When a wealthy cattle baroness hires Joe Buckhorn to track down her son, it sounds like easy money. But when he learns that the boy has run off with a girl--whose father is the leader of the cattle-rustling Riley clan--Buckhorn's only hope is to infiltrate the gang. Gain their trust. Live the outlaw life, even at the risk of death. There's just one problem: there's more than one gang. The Riley girl may have stolen a runaway boy's heart but the other...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"During the Civil War, Texas Rangers Harp and Long John O'Malley patrol a vast, unguarded range, protecting the families of soldiers off fighting at the front. At war's end, the Rangers are disbanded, and the O'Malleys sign on with a cattle drive across the most treacherous and deadly stretch of the American frontier from Texas to Sedalia"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Caleb York has made up his mind and packed his bags. He'll be on the next stage, bound for San Diego and a new life as a Pinkerton man. But before Caleb can say a proper goodbye to his sweetheart, Willa, a peaceful morning erupts into blazing gunfire. Someone has to bring law and order to the wild little town of Trinidad, even as a band of outlaw brothers rides the vengeance trail and a new cattle baron sets his sights on more land. . .and on Willa,...
Author
Publisher
Five Star, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Tricked into believing his fiancée had died in a stage robbery, a vengeful Texas Ranger trails the gang for years as he becomes a legend in song and dime novels before ending up on the side of a former outlaw with a sharp shooting niece, even as the truth unfolds in a violent climax."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Over the past twenty years, William "Bull" Kelly acquired a reputation as one of the best ramrods in Texas. He has led legendary cattle drives to almost every railhead in the middle of the country. Most impressive of all, he once drove his herd all the way up to Montana. But after years of working for other people, he decided to run cattle on his own, with his five sons. Everything starts off fine, but when a group of cattle thieves try to stampede...
70) Dark canyon
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Gaylord Riley set up a cattle range bordering Dark Canyon, a tough stretch of country. Rustlers used it to drive stolen cattle across the mountains. Desperate men skulked in it when they were in trouble. It was a road for bandit raids. When Gaylord Riley chooses the notorious Dark Canyon, the lair of ruthless outlaws, to set up his cattle ranch, he finds himself struggling to cope with rustlers, a deadly feud, bandit raids, and his own less-than-law-abiding...
Author
Series
Last Mountain Man series volume 39
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Author
Series
Ranger series (Ralph W. Cotton) volume 25
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack is hunting Luis and Teto Torres, the notorious leaders of the ruthless Gun Killers Gang. Little does he know that an ambush is waiting for him in the town of Wild Roses. Only the courageous actions of the beautiful Erin Donovan keep the ranger from meeting his end. But Erin has a secret that may prove deadlier than any ambush.
Author
Publisher
TwoDot
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Wild salvation is a western novel that explores diverse perspectives on race and the role of women in the Old West through an epic action-packed adventure. Readers will see a side of the West that has often been left out in fiction as Johnson tangles with bandits, hired gunmen, and racism"--
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In the lawless frontier town of Century, Oregon, Esther Chamber is met by her distant cousin, a laconic cattle rancher named Ferris Pickett. But this town on the edge of civilization is in the midst of a very real range in a story of dispossession, greed, and ecstatic visions of America.
Author
Series
Haywire brides volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Texas Ranger Brett Tucker hates to break up a wedding, but the groom--notorious criminal Frank Foster--is a danger to any woman. So he busts into the church, guns blazing...only to find he has the wrong man. Bride-to-be Kate Denver is appalled by her fiancé's over-the-top reaction to the innocent mistake and calls off the wedding--for good. Guilt-ridden, Brett's desperate to get them back on track. But the more time he spends with Kate, the harder...
Author
Series
Red Ryan volume 4
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"It starts with an unusual request: "On this trip there will be no cussing, no drinking, no gambling, and no loose women." No problem. Or so Red Ryan thinks-until he meets the passengers. They include four holy and silent monks, one beautiful lady tutor, and a drunken, washed-up gunfighter. Even worse, they're crossing the wild Texas hill country where bloodthirsty Apaches are on the loose and a mad-dog killer is on the prowl. But that can't compare...
79) Comanche trail
Author
Series
Publisher
A Signet book
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Thad Taylor is no one{u2019}s idea of a fine man. Usually drunk and shiftless, he{u2019}s disapproved of by most{u2014}especially his father. But when his father doesn{u2019}t return from a trip across the Kansas plains, Thad is the only one who can search for him. And he{u2019}s far from ready for the ordeal. Because his father is already dead. He has fallen victim to the bloody Benders{u2014}a demented family who lures travelers into their cabin...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The territorial governor sends John Henry Sixkiller undercover to Chico, New Mexico to challenge the crooked sheriff and the land pirates he is protecting, before they sell the entire territory to Mexico; a story based on the historical Cherokee Nation lawman.
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