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Badlands (The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré #10)
by Peter BowenA mysterious cult takes over a ranch in this western thriller starring a crime solver who &“resonates with originality and energy&” (Chicago Tribune). The Eides have owned cattle in Montana since 1882, but a few days after they pull up stakes and sell their property, their homestead goes up in flames. When Métis Indian investigator Gabriel Du Pré arrives on the scene, nothing is left but the ashes. A serene young man appears, insisting the fires were set purposely and firmly asking Du Pré to leave. He is a representative from the Host of Yahweh, the millennial cult that has purchased the sprawling ranch on the edge of the Badlands, and arson is just the beginning of their suspicious behavior. At first, the people of Toussaint try to ignore the secretive cult. But when Du Pré gets a tip from an FBI contact that seven Host of Yahweh defectors were recently shot to death, he takes another look at the glassy-eyed conclave. Behind their peaceful smiles, great evil lurks. Badlands is the 10th book in The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Badlands Beware (The Badlands Cops Novels #5)
by Nicole HelmA small town cop puts a local schoolteacher under his protection when her father goes missing in this romantic suspense.The truth might hurt them both.When Detective Tucker Wyatt is sent to protect Rachel Knight from her father’s enemies, neither of them realizes exactly how much danger she’s in. As she starts making connections between her father’s past and a current disappearance, she’s suddenly under attack from all sides. But Rachel and Tucker will not back down. They’ll do whatever it takes to solve the open case, even if it means putting their lives at risk.
Badlands Bloodsport (Trailsman #369)
by Jon SharpeGame of death Fargo is guiding a high-falutin' expedition across the Dakota Badlands when they come across a Cheyenne buffalo hunt. And that's a problem--because Hunt Law states that any white men who interfere are doomed to the slaughter. <P><P>Now, with a group of stuffy tinhorns under his care and a war party of warriors on his tail, the Trailsman has two choices--kill or be killed.
Badlands Bride
by Adrianne WoodA fiery desert flower and an irresistible cowboy steam up the Wild, Wild West in Adrianne Wood's rip-roaring romantic debut. Lily Highfill has spent eight years in Colorado, exiled from her wealthy, high-society Boston family. With a long-awaited invitation to return home finally in hand, she's doing all she can to secure her betrothal to a charming and cultured gentleman. But with just a few weeks left at her grandfather's fossil expedition, a rugged and handsome stranger rides in on horseback, stirring up trouble . . . and excavating a place for himself in her heart. Free-spirited journalist Mason Donnelly came to the frontier to cure his writers' block, unaware the badlands offered such tempting distractions. Lily is as breathtaking as a Western sunset. But she's also as delicate as a bowie knife. The more Mason digs up about the suspicious bone-hunters she works for, the more the feisty heiress derails his plans. If he exposes the priceless secrets hidden deep in the desert, will he lose his only chance with the sensuous diamond in the rough?
Badlands Pursuit
by Nicole HelmA race for their livesBackcountry Escape When Badlands ranger Felicity Harrison finds two bodies while hiking, she&’s shocked to discover she&’s being framed for murder. Family friend and sheriff&’s deputy Gage Wyatt vows to help Felicity find the real killer. But their camping escape into the Badlands will mean facing the elements, their growing attraction and a madman who doesn&’t just want Felicity framed—but silenced for good.Badlands Beware When Detective Tucker Wyatt is sent to protect Rachel Knight from her father&’s enemies, neither of them realizes exactly how much danger she&’s in. As she starts making connections between her father&’s past and a recent disappearance, she&’s suddenly under attack from all sides. But Rachel and Tucker will not back down. They&’ll do whatever it takes to solve the open case, even if it means putting their lives at risk. Previously published as Backcountry Escape and Badlands Beware
Ballad of the Werevixens (Splatter Western)
by Kristopher TrianaYears after battling the dreaded outlaws known as the Koyotes, Delia Van Vracken travels mountains and valleys, hunting demons that managed to escape Hell. But also traveling across the plains is Balthazar Rott, a subhuman who's been alive for centuries. He's searching for something Delia hoped was forever buried, bringing with him a band of bloodthirsty brides. Meanwhile, young prostitute Josie is discovering new changes about herself, particularly when the moon is full. And when sisters Emma and Pearl find a strange sphere in the hands of a dead preacher, they must band together with crusaders to bring the relic to The Reckoning, before the Werevixens come.Ballad of the Werevixens is the thunderous sequel to The Thirteenth Koyote, part of a trilogy of horror-western epics by Splatterpunk Award-winner Kristopher Triana, author of Gone to See the River Man and Shepherd of the Black Sheep. It celebrates the strength of the women of the American West, weaving a stunning tale of horror, hardship, and hope.
Banjo
by Graham SalisburyIn the spirit of of Where the Red Fern Grows and Because of Winn Dixie, this is a contemporary classic in the making about a boy and his dog, and a choice that will test their loyalty and trust.Danny Mack is a rising rodeo star in rural Oregon. He lives on a ranch with his older brother, their dad, and his faithful border collie, Banjo.Late one night, Danny is awakened by gunshots. Banjo has been wounded. The neighbors claim he was going after their livestock, which gives them the right to shoot the dog or have him put down. Dad reluctantly agrees. They must obey the law. Danny knows Banjo is innocent, and comes up with a desperate plan to save him--but something goes terribly wrong.Days later, on a distant ranch, Meg Harris finds a frightened dog alone in the woods. Banjo. She takes him home and searches for the dog's owner, furious that he was abandoned. She's not going to give Banjo up easily.Told by Danny and by Meg, this fast-paced, heartrending novel explores the deep connection between humans and animals, and reminds readers that you can't judge an animal--or a person--before you know their story.
Banner O'Brien (Corbins #1)
by Linda Lael MillerThis vibrant and heartrending historical series from #1 New York Times bestseller Linda Lael Miller follows a female doctor in 1880s Pacific Northwest as she searches for success and romance.In 1886, lovely Banner O&’Brien overcame every obstacle and won her coveted medical diploma. Determined to leave her past—and the nightmares—behind, she escapes Oregon to accept a job with Dr. Adam Corbin in the Washington Territory. Skilled and handsome, Dr. Corbin is also arrogant and rumored to be violent. Banner is both unnerved and intrigued by this moody man but soon, she is facing an unexpected challenge—win this mysterious man&’s heart.
Bannon
by Louis L’amour Traber BurnsRock Bannon, wounded in an Indian attack, is rescued by a wagon train heading to Oregon. He has fully recovered when the train pulls into a fort to stock up on supplies. It is there that the leaders of the train meet Morton Harper, a smooth-talking man who persuades them to take an easier trail that will allow them to escape an attack by Indians. Bannon knows that there will be no escape from attack on that route and that it will lead the train directly onto Hardy Bishop’s vast ranching domain. Either way, and probably both, it will mean war—a war the pioneers will undoubtedly lose.Bannon first appeared in Giant Western (Winter 1948) under the title Showdown Trail. L’Amour subsequently reworked and expanded this story into The Tall Stranger, published as an original paperback in 1957. The expanded story was filmed as The Tall Stranger (Allied Artists, 1957), directed by Thomas Carr and starring Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo.
Bannon's Law
by Lauran PaineJoshua Bannon, a crusty, individualistic old frontier doctor, is never too sparing with advice for his young friend, Sheriff Tom Cartland. "Any time an animal has a lot of brawn and a little brain," he tells Cartland, "it is going to be forceful, dim-witted, obnoxious and troublesome." The sheriff finds out just how applicable this law is to humans when a body of an unknown range rider is discovered just outside of town. The dead man's horse has run off, and there is nothing to identify the man with but his ivory-handled pistol and silver-mounted spurs, which look conspicuously out of place on the apparently ordinary cowboy. Examining the dead man further, the wily but unorthodox lawman discovers two more fascinating items: a moneybelt with six thousand dollars in cash, and a bullet hole in the cowboy's back. Cartland traces the runaway horse to the cabin of George Cannon, a tough but honest homesteader with three sons, each as burly and strong-willed as his father. Despite their initial frostiness and the sheriff's natural prejudice against squatters and settlers, the Cannons and Sheriff Cartland develop a relationship of mutual respect and admiration. The Cannons turn over to Tom a gold pocket watch that the dead cowboy had been carrying, but on the way back from their spread, Tom is ambushed and the watch is stolen. He is wounded in the attack, which the townspeople all assume to be the work of highwaymen, but which Tom and Doc Bannon correctly surmise to be that of men who are after the cash from the moneybelt. With help from the Cannons, the good doctor, and several of the more colorful townspeople, Sheriff Cartland manages to uncover the identity of the bushwackers, and sets a trap for them, using the six thousand dollars as bait. What follows is solid, fast-paced Old West action, interspersed with the constant wisecracking of old Doc Bannon, which makes this another irresistible Western yarn from Lauran Paine.
Bar-20 Days
by Clarence E. MulfordHopalong Cassidy and his fellow cow punchers on the Bar-Twenty ranch run into many adventures during the course of a season. After being shanghaied into forced labor at sea, Hopalong and his friends return to shore to fight Apaches, escape flash floods, and avenge the murder of a lawman.
Barbecue and Blue Jeans (Boys In Blue Jeans Ser. #1)
by Brigitte Ann ThomasCaroline Faye Wright is a twenty-nine-year-old bank teller with abandonment issues, a stubborn will, and a soft spot for doing what people ask. After losing both of her grandparents in the span of a year, their family farm falls into the less-than-capable hands of her father. Caroline gives up graduate school to come back home and help her father with the farm.That was six years ago. Now, she splits her time between those chores and her job in a nearby town… not the fulfilling career she once dreamed of. So when her boyfriend of five years cheats on her, Caroline decides she is through—through giving everything to anyone in need when all she gets in return is crap. That is, until she meets Eliot James. He is sex on a stick, and she can’t help but fall. This cowboy is too good to be true. In traditional form, her self-depreciating, self-destructive ways get between her goals and what might be the best thing to ever happen in her life. If Caroline can’t get to the root of the problem and deal with the issues getting in her way, she may lose him forever. That is the last thing she wants.
Barbed Wire: Two Complete Novels
by Elmer KeltonIrishman Doug Monahan runs a fencing crew outside the south Texas town of Twin Wells, digging post-holes and stringing red painted barbed wire for ranchers as protection against wandering stock, rustlers, and land hungry thugs.Monahan's fencing operation is opposed by Captain Andrew Rinehart, a former Confederate officer and an old-school open range baron of the huge R Cross spread. With his brutal foreman, Archer Spann, assigned to the violent work, Rinehart wages a barbed wire war against Doug Monahan. And neither side takes prisoners!At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Barefoot Blue Jean Night (Made in Montana)
by Debbi RawlinsDestination: Sundance Dude Ranch-Blackfoot Falls, MontanaActivities: Horseback riding, rodeos, guided hikes...and lots of cowboy action!The moment she sees the ad for Sundance Dude Ranch-featuring the rugged McAllister brothers-travel blogger Jamie Daniels can't resist booking. After all, a week of fresh air and scenery will do her good...especially if that scenery includes Cole McAllister's very fine backside!Cole's not thrilled about playing host to hordes of ogling women. But when he's wrangled into showing Jamie the ropes, his reluctance is conspicuously absent. In fact, there's nothing he'd like more than to give Jamie a cowboy experience she won't ever forget....
Baron of Coyote River, The
by L. Ron HubbardExperience the Old West. Lance Gordon killed his father's murderer in a fair fight, but now he's got a price on his head and has been running from the law ever since. Cornered by men of the US Cavalry in Santos, Lance gets rescued by a mystery man who convinces him to join forces and go after a notorious cattle rustler up the infamous Coyote River. Even together the pair stands barely a chance of bringing the gang of thieves to account, much less dealing with the soldiers still hot on their trail. ALSO INCLUDES THE WESTERN STORY "REIGN OF THE GILA MONSTER""Heart-racing plot charges at the speed of thrumming hooves."--Library Journal* An International Book Awards Finalist
Barry: The Story of a Wolf Dog (Famous Dog Stories)
by Thomas C. HinkleWhen Jim Williams saved the tiny gray pup from the river, he gained a dog for life. The rescued pup named Barry grew into a large dog bearing a striking resemblance to a timber wolf, so much so that the longhorns on the ranch would attack him. Year after year a wolf pack terrorized the cattle on the ranch and during a skirmish between the wolves and the cowhands, Barry was shot. Wounded, Barry disappeared into the wilderness. Now, with Jim in danger, Barry returns to his master for a final showdown with the wolf pack leader.
Bastion (Wild West Exodus)
by Craig GallantTucked deep within the rocky mountains of the old west lies a hidden stronghold. Protected by ice and rock among the lands of the warrior nation is a fortress known as the Acropolis. The men and women that call it home belong to an elite group known as the Holy Order of Man. They are a society as old as civilization itself, devoted to safeguarding mankind from the evils of the dark council and the horrors they bring. With the country destroying itself from within, a young man named Giovanni Varro has been called upon to join this epic fight. His journey to become a member of the Holy Ordr will be long and difficult with no guarantee of success.
Battle of the Mountain Man (Mountain Man #21)
by William W. JohnstoneUSA Today bestselling author: A Colorado cattleman wages all-out war on a gang of ruthless rustlers . . .The kind of man for whom God created the gun, Smoke Jensen stands as a force of will in the brutal, lawless west . . .Nothing will stand in his waySmoke Jensen has a good woman by his side. Now all he needs to make Sugarloaf the best cattle ranch in Colorado is John Chisum's prime steer.But a cattle war has turned the landscape into a battleground, and a ruthless gang of rustlers is hot on Smoke's trail. The bullet-proof mountain man is determined to get what he wants—even if he has to blast every one of the dirty desperados back to hell.
Battleborn
by Claire Vaye Watkins<P>In each of these ten unforgettable stories, Claire Vaye Watkins writes her way fearlessly into the mythology of the American West, utterly reimagining it. Her characters orbit around the region's vast spaces, winning redemption despite - and often because of - the hardship and violence they endure. <P>The arrival of a foreigner transforms the exchange of eroticism and emotion at a prostitution ranch. <P>A prospecting hermit discovers the limits of his rugged individualism when he tries to rescue an abused teenager. <P> Decades after she led her best friend into a degrading encounter in a Vegas hotel room, a woman feels the aftershock. <P>Most bravely of all, Watkins takes on - and reinvents - her own troubled legacy in a story that emerges from the mayhem and destruction of Helter Skelter. <P>Arcing from the sweeping and sublime to the minute and personal, from Gold Rush to ghost town to desert to brothel, the collection echoes not only in its title but also in its fierce, undefeated spirit the motto of her home state. <P><b>Winner of the 2012 Story Prize <P>Recipient of the 2012 American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Foundation Award <P>A National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" fiction writer of 2012</b>
Bay City Belle (In Old California #2)
by Shirley KennedyBefore the war, Belle Ainsworth led a life of pleasure and privilege in the deep South. Five years after losing her fiancé at the Battle of Gettysburg, she is still alone, with no prospects for marriage among the remaining men of her acquaintance. But out west, there are possibilities. And when Belle answers an ad for a mail-order bride and boards a train to San Francisco to meet wealthy restaurateur Robert Romano, it’s with the hope of at last making her dreams of family come true. When the train is robbed, Yancy McLeish, a disillusioned Union Army hero, rescues Belle from her attackers—and lays claim to her heart. But Belle has pledged her troth to Romano and intends to honor that commitment. It’s a decision she soon regrets, for her groom-to-be is nothing like his letters. As she plots a course to escape Romano, Belle prays that road can lead her back to the safety of Yancy’s arms, where she believes she was always destined to be…
Bayou Trackdown (Trailsman #329)
by Jon SharpeIn the marshy wilderness of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Swamp, people are being killed by a monster that strikes without mercy, leaving behind little more than mangled flesh, blood, and bones. Now, Fargo finds himself hunting a creature straight out of a bad dream. And once he finds his quarry, the Trailsman is determined to put the nightmare to sleep once and for all…
Be My Texas Valentine
by Jodi Thomas Linda Broday Phyliss Miranda DeWanna PaceIn Texas, Valentine's Day is for restless hearts, brave second chances, and passions rekindled. New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas, Linda Broday, Phyliss Miranda, and DeWanna Pace tempt you with four delicious treats. . .Out on these rugged plains, love never comes easy. And four daring ladies will do whatever it takes to capture the hearts of four irresistibly sweet-talking Texans. . . When a quiet foreman comes to the aid of a mystery lady, they'll find that this perfect starlit night is made for courtin'. . .. A determined heiress gambles high to reclaim the rancher she's never stopped wanting. . .. When a spirited lady and a go-getter mayor compete for their town's future, it's two dreams for a lifetime. . .. And to attract a lonely doctor's attention, a shy young woman needs courage--and two unlikely matchmakers. . ."A sweet, sunny anthology perfect for rainy-day reading." --Publishers Weekly on Give Me a Texas Outlaw"Readers couldn't ask for a finer quartet of heroes. . ." --Romantic Times on Give Me a Texas Ranger"Will warm your heart and bring a smile to your lips." --Love Western Romances on Give Me a Cowboy
Beans, Bourbon, and Blood (A Luke Jensen-Dewey Mckenzie Western #1)
by William W. Johnstone J.A. JohnstoneJOHNSTONE COUNTRY. HOMESTYLE JUSTICE WITH A SIDE OF SLAUGHTER.In this explosive new series, Western legend Luke Jensen teams up with chuckwagon cook Dewey &“Mac&” McKenzie to dish out a steaming plate of hot-blooded justice. But in a corrupt town like Hangman&’s Hill, revenge is a dish best served cold . . .BEANS, BOURBON, AND BLOOD: A RECIPE FOR DISASTER The sight of a rotting corpse hanging from a noose is enough to stop any man in his tracks—and Luke Jensen is no exception. Sure, he could just keep riding through. He&’s got a prisoner to deliver, after all. But when a group of men show up with another prisoner for another hanging, Luke can&’t turn his back—especially when the condemned man keeps swearing he&’s innocent. Right up to the moment he&’s hung by the neck till he&’s dead . . . Welcome to Hannigan&’s Hill, Wyoming. Better known as Hangman&’s Hill. Luke&’s pretty shaken up by what he&’s seen and decides to stay the night, get some rest and grab some grub. The town marshal agrees to lock up Luke&’s prisoner while Luke heads to a local saloon and restaurant called Mac&’s Place. The pub&’s owner—a former chuckwagon cook named Dewey &“Mac&” McKensie—serves up a bellyfull of chow and an earful of gossip. According to Mac, the whole stinking town is run by corrupt cattle baron Ezra Hannigan. Ezra owns practically everything. Including the town marshal. And anyone who gets in his way ends up swinging from a rope . . . Mac might be just an excellent cook. But he&’s got a ferocious appetite for justice—and a fearsome new friend in Luke Jensen. Together, they could end Hannigan&’s reign of terror. But when Hannigan calls in his hired guns, it&’ll be their necks on the line . . . or dancing from the end of a rope.
Beartooth Incident (Trailsman #332)
by Jon SharpeIn the frozen Beartooth Mountains, Fargo is rescued by a kindly wilderness woman named Mary Harper and her children. But when the brutal Cudgel Stein and his gang decide they want what the Harpers have, the Trailsman is going to give the snowbound sidewinders what they deserve…