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Day of Reckoning (Cascades Concealed #2)
by B.J. DanielsA woman searching for her missing father must trust a stranger with secrets of his own in this romantic suspense from a New York Times–bestselling author.He was an enigma . . . Somehow Ford Lancaster seemed to turn up just when Rozalyn Sawyer needed him most. And as much as she hated to admit it, she couldn’t help but want more of his steady presence . . . his smoldering kisses. Rozalyn was sure a crime had been committed against her family, but was her desperate search for the truth based on fear or madness?Ford had come to settle an old score only to find his investigation colliding with a killer’s next target: Rozalyn. She had every reason to doubt his hidden motives, but Ford knew he would pay any price to reconcile the past and claim Rozalyn as his wife.
Day of the Wolf
by Charles G. WestINEVITABLE WAR When mysterious mountain man Wolf comes down to the Crow village to return one of its wounded, the Crow wonder whether he is man or spirit. Wanting no part in the rampant war in the western plains, Wolf is set on returning to his mountain refuge. But his journey home is interrupted by three desperate women who need his help. What Wolf doesn’t realize about these women is that they aren’t what most people would call ladies. His innocent association with these prostitutes leads to a near-deadly fight that ends with a charge for attempted murder. Chased by the most experienced deputy the marshal service has, Wolf leads him to the Black Hills, where their final showdown can only end in blood. … .
Days on the Road: The Diary of Sarah Raymond Herndon
by Sarah Raymond HerndonSarah Raymond was an unmarried woman of twenty-four who in May 1865--barely a month after the end of the Civil War--mounted her beloved pony and headed west alongside the wagon carrying her mother and two younger brothers. They traveled by wagon train over the Great Plains toward the Rocky Mountains, with no certain idea of where they would settle themselves but a strong desire to leave war-torn Missouri behind and start a new life. Days on the Road is the story of this remarkable journey and of the young woman who made it. Written on the trail and originally published in 1902, it is a tribute to all of the emigrants who made their way west and the tale of a truly extraordinary woman.
Dead Aim (The O'Malleys of Texas #2)
by Dusty RichardsFrom Western Writers of America Spur Award-winning author Dusty Richards comes a thrilling new chapter in the O’Malley family saga, a blazing American epic of blood, bullets, and brotherhood set deep in the heart of Texas . . . Long John O’Malley is only nineteen years old, but he’s no greenhorn. The oldest and boldest of the O’Malley brothers, Long John cut his teeth tangling with Comanche at the tender age of sixteen. He risked his life to rescue a group of captive women settlers—and forged his own destiny as a hero in the making. Now he’s taking on his biggest challenge yet: riding shotgun on a wagon train across the hostile Nebraska Territory. It’s a treacherous trail, and it’s not long before the young Texan is earning his paycheck by fighting off a tribe of bloodthirsty Sioux. But the real test lies in the journey ahead—a genuine ride to hell and back, from the Rocky Mountains to Sante Fe and all the way home—that will either make Long John O’Malley a living legend . . . or a dead one.
Dead Blow: A Horseshoer Mystery (Horseshoer Mystery Series)
by Lisa PrestonThe Terrific Second Book in the New Horseshoer Mystery Series, Featuring the Incorrigible Female Horse Shoer Rainy Dale A dead blow hammer leaves little to no mark on the surface it strikes. It&’s not a shoer&’s tool, but horseshoer Rainy Dale knows them and knows there are more questions than answers about how her new client became a widow. The old woman says there was hardly a bruise on her dead husband. Why was he driving his tractor so dangerously near the killer bull? How long did it take him to die after the machine rolled and pinned him? The whole town seems aware of the dead man&’s wandering eye. Did the widow know? It all happened just before Rainy came to town, about the time that her fiancé, Guy, volunteered with his buddy to help search for a young woman who went missing from Cowdry, Oregon. Rainy is supposed to be making wedding plans and friends, but she can&’t help being drawn into the town&’s old intrigues. Once again, Rainy will have to dig deep and use all the tools in her box to both defend herself and the people she's just learning to love.
Dead Broke, Colorado (Dead Broke, Colorado)
by William W. Johnstone J.A. JohnstoneWelcome to Dead Broke, Colorado. Where all that glitters is not gold—it&’s silver. Where miners and grifters get rich or go broke. And where the money flows like blood . . .JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. COLORADO OR BUST. The town got its unusual name when a pair of brokedown prospectors accidentally dropped a stick of dynamite in the Rockies—and unwittingly unearthed a massive vein of silver. One of the two men dropped dead from excitement. The other one named the place &“Dead Broke&” in honor of his dead broke companion and declared himself mayor of a brand-new mining town. Mayor Allane Auchenleck—better known as Nugget—put Dead Broke on the map. But when the silver market takes an unexpected nosedive, the bustling boomtown goes bust . . . And all hell breaks loose. Almost overnight, Dead Broke turns into a lawless hotbed of angry out-of-work miners and out-for-blood merchants. In desperation, Mayor Nugget considers a few hairbrained schemes like bringing in mail-order brides, building ice castles to attract tourists, even planting other minerals in the mines to fool investors. But Dead Broke needs law and order, so Nugget sends for top gun Mick MacMicking. Of course, a notorious gambler named Connor Boyle has other plans—and with his band of hired guns he plans to blow Dead Broke off the map to get what he wants. For this town to survive, Nugget, Mick, a drunken lawman, and a woman gambler will have to put the dead back in Dead Broke . . . and some cool-hand killers in the ground. Live Free. Read Hard. williamjohnstone.net
Dead End Trail
by Norman A. FoxNEVER JUDGE A MAN BY HIS WANTED POSTER! Who'd have thought a tiny china stallion could stir up such a stampede? But when the trinket is the only way to claim the buried booty of Butch Rafferty's Wild Bunch, every gunslick in Montana is out to get his hands on the prize. All except one. Ex-hardcase Rowdy Dow has other ideas. He's not aiming to be a law-dog...just pay back a debt to the legendary Rafferty, since the old desperado wants his loot restored to the ranchers who desperately need it. But with so much cutthroat competition around, Rowdy Dow could good-deed himself right into a cold, cold grave!
Dead Freight for Piute
by Luke ShortCole Armin came into Piute on the late stage, dead broke and hungry. But no amount of money could make him work for the snake-in-the-grass, thieving Monarch Freight Company. He saw firsthand how Monarch played dirty to keep its business number one. So Cole threw in his lot with Monarch's rival, Western Freight, and soon he was driving twenty mules and twenty tons of ore right into a crossfire that would test his manhood... and his heart.
Dead Freight for Piute
by Luke ShortA hard-riding cowboy teams up with a stubborn farm girl to save her family&’s freight business in this adventure from a master storyteller of the West. When her brother finds himself locked in a vicious battle with corrupt kingpin Craig Armin for control of the freight business in a silver town called Piute, Celia Wallace sells the family farm and goes west to help him. She&’s just short of her destination when bandits attack her stagecoach, pressing a pistol to Celia and making her hand over every cent she has. She&’s ruined—but she&’ll fight to get her revenge. Meanwhile, Armin&’s nephew Cole, who knows nothing about his uncle&’s underhanded dealings, has come to Piute looking for a job running one of his uncle&’s mule trains. But he will find a cause instead: helping Celia search for her stolen money, betraying his own family to do what&’s right. Dead Freight for Piute is a hard-hitting, authentic western about the brave men and women who had the true grit to stand up to evil, greedy men in a land where the only law was the law of the gun.
Dead Man Walking: Dead Man Walking (Sixkiller, U.S. Marshal #6)
by William W. Johnstone J.A. JohnstoneTHE GREATEST WESTERN WRITERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY Bestselling William W. Johnstone introduces a hero unlike any other on the frontier: a man carrying a badge of the U.S. Government and the heritage of his Cherokee People—John Henry Sixkiller, manhunter. BAD BLOOD WILL RUN Ignatius O’Reilly is famous for his beautifully crafted counterfeit money. John Henry Sixkiller is famous for hunting criminals into the most violent and dangerous worlds most lawman dare not go. Now, the Deputy U.S. Marshal is zeroing on O’Reilly in San Francisco, when the case blows up in his face. Instead of O’Reilly, Sixkiller finds a beautiful woman and a meddling Federal agent from the Secret Service. O’Reilly gets away and the hunt leads Sixkiller after the woman, the counterfeiter, and the Fed into the rugged Sierra Nevada Mountains. There, a mining town is surrounded by armed men, people inside are dying of disease, and, as outlaws converge, the line between right and wrong disappears . . . until Sixkiller takes out a gun and lays down the law—one bullet at a time.
Dead Man's Corner
by Pepper EspinozaEliza Quinn first meets Ford when he tracks his rival Corbett to her homestead. Ford recruits Eliza to his fight, and they defeat Corbett’s attack, but her homestead is lost in the process.But when they travel to the frontier’s closest town, Dead Man’s Corner, they face Corbett’s brother Ben, a ruthless man with powerful friends. He plans to exact his vengeance against Ford, and destroy anybody or anything who stands in his path.Despite the danger to herself, Eliza can’t turn her back on Ford, and is caught up in the fight to the bitter end. Will she win the fight for her future ... and their love?
Dead Man's Fancy
by Keith MccaffertyThe third novel starring Montana's fly fisherman-cum-detective Sean Stranahan, for fans of C. J. Box and Craig JohnsonWolves howl as a riderless horse returns at sunset to the Culpepper Dude Ranch in the Madison Valley. The missing woman, Nanika Martinelli, is better known as the Fly Fishing Venus, a red-haired river guide who lures clients the way dry flies draw trout.As Sheriff Martha Ettinger follows hoof tracks in the snow, she finds one of the men who has fallen under the temptress's spell impaled on the antler tine of a giant bull elk, a kill that's been claimed by a wolf pack. An accident? If not, is the killer human or animal? With painter, fly fisherman, and sometimes private detective Sean Stranahan's help, Ettinger will follow clues that point to an animal rights group called the Clan of the Three-Clawed Wolf and to their svengali master, whose eyes blaze with pagan fire.In their most dangerous adventure yet, Stranahan and Ettinger find themselves in the crossfire of wolf lovers, wolf haters, and a sister bent on revenge, and on the trail of an alpha male gone terribly wrong.
Dead Man's Fancy: A Sean Stranahan Mystery
by Keith MccaffertyThe third novel starring Montana's fly fisherman-cum-detective Sean Stranahan, for fans of C. J. Box and Craig JohnsonWolves howl as a riderless horse returns at sunset to the Culpepper Dude Ranch in the Madison Valley. The missing woman, Nanika Martinelli, is better known as the Fly Fishing Venus, a red-haired river guide who lures clients the way dry flies draw trout.As Sheriff Martha Ettinger follows hoof tracks in the snow, she finds one of the men who has fallen under the temptress's spell impaled on the antler tine of a giant bull elk, a kill that's been claimed by a wolf pack. An accident? If not, is the killer human or animal? With painter, fly fisherman, and sometimes private detective Sean Stranahan's help, Ettinger will follow clues that point to an animal rights group called the Clan of the Three-Clawed Wolf and to their svengali master, whose eyes blaze with pagan fire.In their most dangerous adventure yet, Stranahan and Ettinger find themselves in the crossfire of wolf lovers, wolf haters, and a sister bent on revenge, and on the trail of an alpha male gone terribly wrong.
Dead Man's Gold (Under Hill)
by Cameron JuddIn this action-packed Western adventure, a father and son defend families from vicious outlaws.In a remote mining camp in California's rugged Sierra Mountains, a small group of men, women, and children are weathering a slow winter—until a band of trigger-happy, whiskey-slugging thieves comes in search of stolen gold.But what these ruffians didn't count on is having to reckon with the Underhills. Sam and his father Bushrod engage the bandits in a fiery battle that will leave some six feet under . . . and others rich beyond their wildest dreams.
Dead Man's Guns
by Paul LedererRescued by settlers, an injured lawman fights to regain his memoryHis horse shot out from under him, the sheriff scrambles across ragged wasteland, desperate to outrun the four riders behind him. Bullets sing through the air as the chase comes to an abrupt halt at the lip of the Snake River Gorge. Far below him, the rapids roar through the canyon, and the lawman has no choice but to jump. He falls, slamming his head on a rock, and sinks into unconsciousness.He washes up on the riverbank near a small farm, where young Teresa Bright drags him to safety. His rescuer finds no clue to his identity but a piece of a badge nestled in his front pocket. She and her father wash and dress the stranger&’s wounds, but they can do nothing to bring back his shattered memory. Whoever this man is, there were killers on his tail, and they will not rest until he&’s found.
Dead Man's Hand & Deliverance at Cardwell Ranch
by B.J. DanielsIf he wants her love He might have to show his handDead Man's Hand by B.J. Daniels DJ Diamond&’s partnership with Sadie Montclair is purely professional. But when a high-stakes poker game DJ organized turns violent, Sadie refuses to leave his side. Hiding out in a snowbound cabin gives them a chance to explore the feelings they&’ve kept from each other. And it makes them an easy target for the gangsters who want them dead.FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME!Deliverance at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. DanielsWhen deputy sheriff Austin Cardwell rescues a woman in a blizzard, he is stunned to learn the dark-haired beauty has no memory of who she is and who—or what—she was fleeing. But she's terrified of the stranger who shows up at the hospital, claiming to be her husband. From Cardwell Ranch to the wilds of Idaho, Austin vows to uncover her identity…before her past destroys any hope of a future.
Dead Man's Hand (A Colt Brothers Investigation #6)
by B.J. DanielsIf he wants her love...He might have to show his handDJ Diamond&’s partnership with Sadie Montclair is purely professional. But when a high-stakes poker game DJ organized turns violent, Sadie refuses to leave his side. Hiding out in a snowbound cabin gives them a chance to explore the feelings they&’ve kept from each other…and makes them an easy target for the gangsters who want them dead.From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.A Colt Brothers Investigation series by New York Times bestselling author B.J. Daniels: Book 1: Murder Gone Cold Book 2: Sticking to Her Guns Book 3: Christmas Ransom Book 4: Set Up in the City Book 5: Her Brand of Justice Book 6: Dead Man's Hand
Dead Man's Hand (Diamondback #5)
by Guy BrewerAfter defending a woman's honor, Dex's friend ends up behind bars. And Dex must play all his cards close to the vest to save his friend-when the stakes are raised to life or death.
Dead Man's Hand (Jake Paynter #1)
by David NixAn action-packed historical western for fans of William Johnstone and Louis L'Amour.Condemned to die, he's about to find a reason to live.Jake Paynter is a doomed man. Haunted by an abusive childhood and his participation in atrocities of the Civil War, he seeks the isolation of the Plains Cavalry as a white officer for an all-Black buffalo soldier troop. Now, he is in irons and certain to be hanged for killing his captain after refusing an inhumane order. Despite his best efforts to maintain isolation, he starts to make friends on his journey to trial. The people of the wagon train begin looking to Paynter for leadership, and he reluctantly falls into the role.The opportunity to escape arises when the wagon train is attacked by bandits, but Paynter's growing ties to the travelers compel him to stay. As his trial approaches, Paynter must lean on his friends for salvation, but the laws of the west are swift and harsh, and a grueling confrontation with his past is on the horizon.
Dead Man's Hand (Wild Bill , No #1)
by Judd ColeA LIVING LEGEND Marshal, gunfighter, stage driver, and scout, Wild Bill Hickok had a legend as big and untamed as the West itself. No man was as good with a gun as Wild Bill, and few men used one as often. From Abilene to Deadwood, his name was known by alland feared by many. That's why he was hired by Allan Pinkerton's new detective agency to protect an eccentric inventor on a train ride through the worst badlands of the West. With hired thugs out to kill him and angry Sioux out for his scalp, Bill knew he had his work cut out for him. But even if he survived that, he had a still worse danger to face a jealous Calamity Jane.
Dead Man's Money
by Ken HodgsonCatching A Murderous Monster Ain't Going To Be Cheap. . . In Oklahoma Indian Territory just over the Kansas line, settlers are losing their heads. Literally, that is. Decapitated bodies are turning up and businessman Cyrus Warwick, who's aiming to make this town bigger than Dodge City, wants it to stop--bad for business, he says. It's bad for his only daughter too: she's the next victim of this "Monster of Osage." Warwick's $20,000 bounty goes up. . . . and all hell breaks loose. Asa Cain, Hardcase The good, the bad, and the just plain trigger-happy come looking to claim the bounty, and up goes the body count. But it's not Wyatt Earp or Doc Watson picking up the killer's trail--it's the bloodiest bounty hunter of them all, Asa Cain, and his undertaker partner Cemetery John. But what's at the end of this trail is something even Asa Cain never imagined in his darkest dreams . . . "Hodgson is a gift to western writing."--Roundup "A first-rate writer." --Dale L. Walker, past president, Western Writers of America
Dead Man's Noose
by Morgan Hill"You may put a rope on my wrists," the captured outlaw Duke McClain taunts Sheriff Matt Blake, "but you'll never put one on my neck." A death sentence awaits McClain in Tucson for his robberies, massacres, and senseless murders--but it lies across miles of unforgiving desert, full of cruel traps and bloodthirsty villains. Although Blake is determined to bring the outlaw to justice, a single thought repeats itself in his head with every thirsty step: A lot of things could happen before they reach Tucson...From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dead Man's Poker (A Wilson Young Western #2)
by Giles TippetteWhen it comes to Western fiction, acclaimed writer Giles Tippette hits the bull's eye every time . . .Saloon owner Wilson Young doesn't need the law to take care of business. But when he takes a train down to Galveston to look up a gambler who owes him a fat debt, he gets paid with a bullet in his chest. After getting out of the scrape alive--barely--Young heads back to San Antone to mend up. And plan his revenge. And draw on his outlaw past to settle a score--one bullet at a time.
Dead Man's Spurs (Slocum #247)
by Jake LoganWhen Slocum and his herding partner, Billy Quince, end the life of a notorious cattle rustler, it's the young man's first kill. But it's far from his last as the infamous rustler leaves him with a mysterious--and murderous--legacy. Now it's up to Slocum to break the deadly spell.
Dead Man's Trail (Yakima Henry Series #10)
by Frank LeslieChristmas for Yakima Henry isn't all that merry... Yakima Henry is hunting wild horses with his partner, Lewis Shackleford, when they're attacked by desperadoes. A mysterious gunman with a Sharps rifle sends the thieves running. But when they go to thank their savior, they find him dead--with a large poke of gold amongst his gear. Haunted by the man's death, Yakima takes it upon himself to take the gold to the shooter's family. But even around Christmas, nothing is easy. On the trip through the snowy Wyoming mountains, Yakima will have to fight hard to save himself and his traveling companions--including a beautiful woman on the run--from predators both animal and human.