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Streets of Laredo: A Novel (Lonesome Dove Ser. #No. 4)
by Larry McmurtryThe final book of Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove tetralogy, an exhilarating tale of legend and heroism in the days of the old American West.
Telegraph Days
by Larry McmurtryNot since the publication of his own beloved classicLonesome Dovehas there been a novel like this one -- another big, brilliant, unputdownable saga of the West from Larry McMurtry. Telegraph Daysis at once a major work of literature and a completely absorbing read, not just great fiction, but fiction on a great scale, encompassing many years, many characters, real and fictional, and the whole vast landscape of place, time, life, and heart, which has served for more than one hundred thirty years as the background for "the Western" in fiction and on the screen. Nobody writes, or has ever written, better about the West than Larry McMurtry, and nobody has caught better in words its myths, its often brutal reality, its overwhelming size, and the way it captured both the imagination and the hopes of those who settled there, only, as was so often the case, to dash those hopes. Told in the voice of Nellie Courtright, a spunky, courageous, attractive young woman whose story this is in part,Telegraph Daysis the big novel of the Western gunfighters that people have been hoping for years Larry McMurtry would write. When Nellie and her brother Jackson are unexpectedly orphaned by their father's suicide on his new and unprosperous ranch, they make their way to the nearby town of Rita Blanca, where Jackson manages to secure a job as a sheriff's deputy, while Nellie, ever resourceful, becomes the town's telegrapher. Together, they inadvertently put Rita Blanca on the map when young Jackson succeeds in shooting down all six of the ferocious Yazee brothers in a gunfight that brings him lifelong fame but which he can never repeat because his success came purely out of luck. Propelled by her own energy and commonsense approach to life, Nellie meets and almost conquers the heart of Buffalo Bill, the man she will love most in her long life, and goes on to meet, and witness the exploits of, Billy the Kid, the Earp brothers, and Doc Holliday. She even gets a ringside seat at the Battle at the O. K. Corral, the most famous gunfight in Western history, and eventually lives long enough to see the West and its gunfighters turned into movies. Full of life, love, shootings, real Western heroes and villains,Telegraph Daysis Larry McMurtry at his epic best, in his most ambitious Western novel sinceLonesome Dove.
Texasville: A Novel
by Larry McMurtryWith Texasville, Larry McMurtry returns to the unforgettable Texas town and entertaining characters from one of his best-loved books, The Last Picture Show. This is a Texas-sized story brimming with home truths of the heart, and men and women we recognize, believe in, and care about deeply. Set in the post-oil-boom 1980s, Texasville brings us up to date with Duane, who's got an adoring dog, a sassy wife, a twelve-million-dollar debt, and a hot tub by the pool; Jacy, who's finished playing "Jungla" in Italian movies and who's returned to Thalia; and Sonny—Duane's teenage rival for Jacy's affections—who owns the car wash, the Kwik-Sackstore, and the video arcade. With his talent for writing lovable, eccentric characters, Texasville is one of Larry McMurtry's funniest and most touching contemporary novels.
Thalia: A Texas Trilogy
by Larry McMurtryThe renaissance of Larry McMurtry, “an alchemist who converts the basest materials to gold” (New York Times Book Review), continues with the publication of Thalia. Larry McMurtry burst onto the American literary scene with a force that would forever redefine how we perceive the American West. His first three novels— Horseman, Pass By (1961),* Leaving Cheyenne (1963), and The Last Picture Show (1966)— all set in the north Texas town of Thalia after World War II, are collected here for the first time. In this trilogy, McMurtry writes tragically of men and women trying to carve out an existence on the plains, where the forces of modernity challenge small- town American life. From a cattleranch rivalry that confirms McMurtry’s “full- blooded Western genius” (Publishers Weekly) to a love triangle involving a cowboy, his rancher boss and wife, and finally to the hardscrabble citizens of an oil- patch town trying to keep their only movie house alive, McMurtry captures the stark realities of the West like no one else. With a new introduction, Thalia emerges as an American classic that celebrates one of our greatest literary masters. *Just named in 2017 by Publishers Weekly the #1 Western novel worthy of rediscovery.
The Wandering Hill: The Berrybender Narratives, Book 2
by Larry McmurtryInThe Wandering Hill,Larry McMurtry continues the story of Tasmin Berrybender and her family in the still unexplored Wild West of the 1830s, at the point in time when the Mountain Men and trappers like Jim Bridger and Kit Carson (both lively characters in the book), though still alive, are already legendary figures, when the journey of Lewis and Clark is still a living memory, while the painter George Catlin is at work capturing the Mandan tribes just before they are eliminated by the incursion of the white man and smallpox, and when the clash between the powerful Indian tribes of the Missouri and the encroaching white Americans is about to turn into full-blown tragedy. Amidst all this, the Berrybender family -- English, eccentric, wealthy, and fiercely out of place -- continues its journey of exploration, although beset by difficulties, tragedies, the desertion of trusted servants, and the increasing hardships of day-to-day survival in a land where nothing can be taken for granted. Abandoning their luxurious steamer, which is stuck in the ice near the Knife River, they make their way overland to the confluence of the Missouri and the Yellowstone, to spend the winter in conditions of siege at the trading post of Pierre Boisdeffre, right smack in what is, from their point of view, the middle of nowhere. By now, Tasmin is a married woman, or as good as, and about to be a mother, living with the elusive young mountain man Jim Snow (The Sin Killer), and not only going to have his child, but to discover that he has a whole other Indian family he hasn't told her about. On his part, Jim is about to discover that in taking the outspoken, tough-minded, stubbornly practical young aristocratic woman into his teepee he has bitten off more than he can chew -- Tasmin doesn't hesitate to answer back, use the name of the Lord in vain, and strike out, though she is taken aback when the quiet Jim actually strikes her. Still, theirs is a great love affair, lived out in conditions of great risk, and dominates this volume of Larry McMurtry's Berrybender Narratives, in which Tasmin gradually takes center stage as her father loses his strength and powers of concentration, and her family goes to pieces stranded in the hostile wilderness, surrounded by interesting savages with ideas of their own and mountain men who are all of the "strong, silent type" of later Western legend, and hardly less savage than the Indians. From the murder of the iced-in steamship's crew to the appearance of the Partezon, a particularly blood-thirsty Sioux warrior with a band of over two hundred followers (the Partezon thoughtfully buries one of Lord Berrybender's servants alive in a gutted buffalo, ordering his feet and hands to be chopped off so he will fit into the body cavity, to see if the man can get out), The Wandering Hill (which refers to a powerful and threatening legend in local Indian folklore) is at once literature on a grand scale and riveting entertainment by a master storyteller.
Pretty Boy Floyd
by Larry Mcmurtry Diana OssanaThe time is 1925. The place, St. Louis, Missouri. Charley Floyd, a good-looking, sweet-smiling country boy from Oklahoma, is about to rob his first armored car.Written by Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurtry and his writing partner, Diana Ossana, Pretty Boy Floyd traces the wild career of this legendary American folk hero, a young man so charming that it's hard not to like him, even as he's robbing you at gunpoint. From the bank heists and shootings that make him Public Enemy Number One to the women who love him, from the glamour-hungry nation that worships him to the G-men who track Charley down, Pretty Boy Floyd is both a richly comic masterpiece and an American tragedy about the price of fame and the corruption of innocence.
Pretty Boy Floyd
by Larry Mcmurtry Diana OssanaAward-winning team Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana's tale of the career of a charming young man and notorious criminal--a true American folk hero.
Zeke and Ned: A Novel
by Larry McMurtry Diana OssanaFull of adventure, grace, and tragedy, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana tell the story of two powerful Cherokee warriors searching for the future of Indian Territory. Zeke and Ned is the story of Ezekiel Proctor and Ned Christie, the last Cherokee warriors—two proud, passionate men whose remarkable quest to carve a future out of Indian Territory east of the Arkansas River after the Civil War is not only history, but legend. Played out against an American West governed by a brutal brand of frontier justice, this intensely moving saga brims with a rich cast of indomitable and utterly unforgettable characters such as Becca, Zeke's gallant Cherokee wife, and Jewel Sixkiller Proctor, whose love for Ned makes her a tragic heroine.At once exuberant and poignant, bittersweet and brilliant, Zeke and Ned takes us deep into the hearts of two extraordinary men who were willing to go the distance for the bold vision they shared—and for the women they loved.
A Soldier's Dare (The Fortunes of Texas: The Wedding Gift #2)
by Jo McNally&“You said you&’re not scared. Prove it.&” When Jack Radcliffe dares Belle Fortune to kiss him at the Hotel Fortune&’s Valentine&’s Ball, he thinks he&’s just having fun. She&’s a pampered Southern princess newly moved to Texas, and she&’s interested in someone else. In other words, she&’s &“safe.&” From the moment their lips touch, however, the former military man is in trouble. The woman he shouldn&’t want challenges him to confront his painful past—and face his future head-on…From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness.The Fortunes of Texas: The Wedding GiftBook 1: Their New Year's Beginning by Michelle MajorBook 2: A Soldier's Dare by Jo McNallyBook 3: Anyone But a Fortune by Judy DuarteBook 4: Cinderella Next Door by Nancy Robards Thompson
Cowboy Curmudgeon And Other Poems
by Wallace Mcrae Clinton McraeWally McRae, a regularly featured performer at the annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, has performed on a syndicated television program and at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. He is the first cowboy poet to be granted a National Heritage Award. This book contains 94 of his poems, including such classics as "Reincarnation," along with 40 new poems published for the first time.
Billy (the Kid): A Novel
by Peter MeechA Colorado dentist claims to be the infamous gunman while mentoring a boy, romancing a widow, and protecting his friend from angry bootleggers. Pueblo, Colorado,1932. Bootleggers thrive in a town where the sheriff is on the take and you can kill a man with impunity. In this thrilling narrative, a once-famous outlaw finds himself thrust into the middle of a bootleg war against his will. At stake is nothing less than the life of his best friend and his last chance at true love with the town beauty. But is the legendary gunman who he claims to be, or is he just a retired dentist with a vivid imagination? Peter Meech reimagines the figure of Billy the Kid in a remarkable story told with verve, humor, grit, and grace. Praise for Billy (the Kid) &“Like a vintage dime novel, Peter Meech imaginatively engages the reader with a once-upon-a-time version of Billy the Kid&’s life and legacy.&” —Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lonesome Dove &“Some story ideas are so good you just hope the writer doesn&’t mess them up, and then there are the ones you read and just wish you&’d written them—Billy (the Kid) is both. Peter Meech&’s masterful handling of this Western is nothing short of dead on.&” —Craig Johnson, New York Times–bestselling author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries &“Vividly imagined, cleverly plotted, and superbly written, Peter Meech&’s Billy (the Kid) provides definite and exhilarating proof that a new master of the Western—and the novel—just rode into town. What a wonderful and wonder-filled book!&” —Christopher Knowlton, author of Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West
Midnight: A Cow Pony
by S. P. MeekThis is a story of life on a working cattle ranch. The time is just after World War II, when modern practices and equipment were just making it out to the Texas panhandle cattle country. The ranch hands struggle with new ideas from a distant ranch owner, with training a green cowpuncher, also from back East, and the ornery horse Midnight has something to teach the cowboys.
Criada en el Outback: Una precuela de A Woman Under Series (3 #2)
by K'Anne MeinelMelissa Lawrence nada en tierra en Australia. No tiene idea de qué esperar después de escapar de sus captores. Desde que se convirtió en Mel Lawrence, descubre que sus intereses se están expandiendo más allá del papel de "mujer de medios" que la habían educado para aceptar. Después de encontrar a alguien que le enseñe cómo convertirse en pastora, lleva un rebaño de ovejas al interior de Australia. Nunca imaginó que encontraría una pareja, una tierra que la desafía y una vida para la que sintió que fue criada.
Esplendor del Outback: Una precuela de A Woman Under Series (7 #5)
by K'Anne MeinelNada en la vida de Mel Lawrence podría haberla preparado para vivir en el interior de Australia. Ella encuentra que crear su nueva vida y establecer una estación de ovejas lejos de la sociedad de élite en la que se esperaba que viviera era extremadamente satisfactorio. Tiene una esposa, una hija y un sueño que nunca imaginó que desearía, y eso es todo lo que necesita. ¿Será capaz de aferrarse a la felicidad que encontró después de buscarla durante tanto tiempo?
Legado del Outback: Una precuela de A Woman Under Series (4 #3)
by K'Anne MeinelLa señora Mary Carmen Valenzuela Pearson hereda medio rancho de ovejas, llamado estación en el Outback de Australia. Ya propietario de un rancho en el centro de California, esta herencia crea un gran dilema para el hispanoamericano. Decidiendo vender su rancho y viajar al Outback para ver lo que le ha dejado su tío, carga a sus hijos, sus primos y sus familias, y sus valiosos caballos y reserva un barco a Australia. El viaje tomará meses por agua y muchos meses más por tierra para llegar desde Sydney a la estación. Siga mientras Carmen decide a dónde pertenece realmente y si esta estación del Outback se convertirá en parte de su legado.
L’Eredità Dell’ Outback (Outback Series #3)
by K'Anne MeinelLa signora Mary Carmen Valenzuela Pearson eredita metà di un ranch di pecore, una stazione nell'Outback dell'Australia. Già proprietaria di un ranch nella California centrale, questa eredità crea un enorme dilemma per l'ispano-americana. Decidendo di vendere il suo ranch e viaggiare nell'Outback per vedere cosa le ha lasciato suo zio, carica i suoi figli, i suoi cugini e le loro famiglie, i suoi preziosi cavalli e prenota una nave per l'Australia. Il viaggio durerà mesi via acqua e molti altri mesi via terra per arrivare da Sydney alla stazione. Seguite Carmen per scoprire dove appartiene veramente e se questa stazione dell'Outback diventerà parte della sua eredità.
Nacida del Outback: A Woman Down Under Series Libro 2 (2 #1)
by K'Anne MeinelAlinta, criada en una tierra sencilla lejos del hombre blanco, se ve repentinamente empujada a su reino sin culpa propia. De repente, debe aprender a sobrevivir entre estas criaturas extrañas y desconocidas. Pero no todos los hombres blancos la tratan de la misma manera: algunos la ven como la niña asustada que es, y otros la ven como la mujer increíble en la que está a punto de convertirse. Sigue a esta niña/mujer aborigen primitiva que intenta sobrevivir en un mundo nuevo y que cambia rápidamente.
The Hush
by Skye Melki-WegnerChester has taken to the road, traveling from village to village desperately searching for his father, who has disappeared. One night while fiddling to earn a few coins, he accidentally connects to the Song-the music that fuels every aspect of the world, and that it’s illegal for him to interact with. He’s caught and sentenced to death for his crime. Only a licensed Songshaper can bend music to his will.But someone in the crowd-a member of the infamous Nightfall Gang-stages a daring rescue and whisks Chester into the Hush, a shadowy nightmare mirror-world where Music can be deadly and Echoes can kill.Susanna, the Captain of the Nightfall Gang has been watching Chester. She needs him to pull off an elaborate plan that will take down the governing body that keeps her an outlaw and made her the fragment she is. Susanna needs him to exact her revenge, even if he dies doing it. Combining complex stakes, shifting loyalties, nods to fairy tales, and a Western feel, The Hush is a lush and exhilarating fantasy perfect for fans of Catherine Fisher’s Incarceron and Paolo Bacigalupi’s Ship Breaker.
Only With A Cowboy
by P. J. Mellor Vonna Harper Melissa MacnealBlack Stetson, leather chaps, rough hands, and raw muscle-he'll brand you with his touch and ride you hard all night long. "Hard in the Saddle" by P. J. Mellor Cowboy Sam Austin knows all about calming wild horses. But taming spitting mad she-cat Madison St. Claire requires all of his persuasive powers of sexual satisfaction. "Breeding Season" by Vonna Harper Years ago Wendi Rennert lost her virginity to Mike Wagner. Now Mike is back in town, and Wendy can't wait to show this rock-hard rancher some red-hot lovin'. "Getting Lucky" by Melissa MacNeal Bank president Jane Cook has no problem turning down a loan request from bad boy Luke McGrew. But his sinfully seductive body soon has her making sexual requests of her own.
Betrayal in the Badlands
by Dana MentinkIsabel Ling returned to the barren Badlands of South Dakota to bury her sister- but she stayed to find answers no one wants to give. Cassie's death was no accident, and Isabelwillfind the killer, no matter what she has to do. And no matter who stands in her way. The one thing former pararescue soldier Logan Price wants is to avoid the kind of trouble Isabel brings. Yet he can't deny his attraction to her. In this desolate, treacherous land, Isabel needs all the protection she can get- and all the love that Logan can give.
Cold Case Connection (Roughwater Ranch Cowboys #3)
by Dana MentinkHunting down old leads puts a murderer on their trail in this breathtaking romantic thriller from the bestselling author of Deadly Christmas Pretense.Convinced his sister’s death wasn’t an accident, private investigator Sergio Ross is determined to catch her killer. But with all the clues hinting at a connection to another unsolved murder, he has to join forces with Helen Pike—a woman linked to both deaths—to find the truth. Can they follow the cold evidence trail to get justice . . . before they become the next victims?“Heart-in-your-throat suspense, endearing characters, and swoony romance plus a sweet faith thread equals the perfect formula for a riveting read!” —Reading Is My Superpower“This book is SO good and has everything I love about the Christian Suspense genre: An intriguing storyline that kept me guessing until the very end; interesting characters that aren’t perfect but have their struggles; a budding romance that doesn’t overwhelm the rest of the storyline; and a faith-based hope that gives light all through the book.” —She Lives to Read
The Sheriff and the Panhandle Murders (Charles Matthews, Book #1)
by D. R. MeredithTOO MANY MURDERS SPOIL THE BARBECUE. Who hated good ole boy Billy Joe Williams and beautiful seventeen-year-old Maria Martinez enough to kill them? One thing's certain: Their murders, on the eve of the big Frontier Days celebration, send Richter-scale tremors through several bigwigs in the Anglo community, and Sheriff Charles Matthews has to get results and fast. There's no hard evidence, not even a murder weapon. But in gossipy Carroll, nothing and no one ever goes entirely unpunished. And the harder the guilty try to hide from the truth, the worse it's going to get....
Starstruck
by L. A. Merrill Jay Starre George Loveland Avery Vanderlyle Asta Idonea M. T. Aspen Elizabeth Coldwell Rob Rosen Sydney Blackburn Bell Ellis Charles Payseur Jessica PayseurLights, camera, action! To the average person, celebrities seem to have it all—money, fame, and droves of adoring fans lining up to fawn over them. But a life in the public eye can make romance challenging, and deep down, these guys are looking for the same thing as any other man: someone to share a steamy tryst with between acts or to ride off into the sunset with after the curtain has gone down. Luckily there are those willing to love the men behind the billboards and on-air personalities, and they’re looking for a private performance from their favorite drag queens, musicians, reality TV stars, actors, rodeo champions, and video game designers. Even superheroes and legendary defenders. Money and fame might not always equal happiness, but these celebrities will leave stars in their lovers’ eyes. Love, Stage Left—L.A. Merrill Rodeo Champion—Jay Starre Marked by the Queen—George Loveland The Ruby—Avery Vanderlyle Pride and Panoramas—Asta Idonea Such Beautiful Music—M.T. Aspen Out on Stage—Elizabeth Coldwell Shooting Star—Rob Rosen Drastic Measures—Sydney Blackburn Garden Variety—Bell Ellis Defying Gravity—Charles Payseur The Defender of Ruldan—Jessica Payseur
The Convict and the Cattleman
by Allison MerrittHis love is the key to her release. Sentenced to seven years of servitude in the penal colony of New South Wales, Bridgit Madden is thrust into a world unlike anything she's known, dangers she never imagined and enemies with their own interests at heart. Certain the conviction has ruined her chances of ever having a real family, she is fearful of her future. Despite his reluctance to take in a convict, grazier and pioneer cattleman Jonah Andrus needs a servant to care for his orphaned niece. When presented with Bridgit, who is far too beautiful and distracting, he initially tries to refuse. However, with a busy cattle station to oversee, he needs help right away. Upon her first meeting with Jonah's niece, Bridgit immediately falls in love with the baby and hopes to unravel the mystery surrounding her birth. As she gets to know her employer better, Bridgit makes it her mission to remind him that family is priceless. When it seems as though she might have found the place she truly belongs, their love is threatened by lies and deceit, and both of them might lose everything they hold dear for a second time.65,000 Words
Reclaiming Her Heart
by Allison MerrittWhen a broken heart heals, love can grow stronger... Ben Darling is infuriating, arrogant, and though he may look like every woman's dream, he's no better than a common thief for stealing Paralee Blake's childhood home. She stopped trusting Ben the moment he broke her heart, and now nothing and no one is going to sway her opinion of him. Not her father's defense of Ben, not his mother's matchmaking attempts--and certainly not the way his kisses make her heart pound. Paralee is infuriating, short-sighted, and too stubborn to see Ben only wants one thing since his return to Wilson township--her happiness. He never intended to hurt her when he left on a personal mission to right a wrong. The trouble is, there's no walking back into Paralee's life. From the moment he sees her again, it's clear it's going to take far more than his usual charm to reclaim her heart...57,632 Words