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The New Cowboy
by Rebecca WintersHomecoming Cowboy Living on her grandfather's ranch, surrounded by her loving brothers and their families, is helping Avery Bannock put her painful past behind her. But ever since Zane Lawson came home, she's been fighting her feelings for the rugged former Navy SEAL who's sworn to keep her safe-in his arms. After a decade undercover, Zane's ready to settle in Montana horse country. Buying the ranch next to the Bannock spread was the first step. Now he's got to convince the gun-shy archaeologist that he's the only cowboy for her. As they work together to find out who's stealing tribal artifacts from a nearby reservation, Zane will do everything in his power to win Avery's trust...and turn their budding romance into a mission possible!
The New Guy in Town (The Bachelors of Blackwater Lake #10)
by Teresa SouthwickWhen a wildfire sweeps through her small town, a single mom and her young daughter share a home with a wealthy bachelor notorious for his breakups. It’s a dirty job, but someone has to be Blackwater Lake’s most eligible bachelor. Sexy newcomer Sam Hart goes through women like water. Florist Faith Connelly should know—she delivers the millionaire banker’s first-date rose, followed by the inevitable date number two break-up bouquet. But when Sam gallantly offers temporary shelter after a fire sweeps through their small town, it’s the single mother who could end up burned again. The sassy town sweetheart, her adorable daughter and a confirmed bachelor all together under one roof? The divorced businessman even has the perfect flower for a third date with Faith—the one that could tempt him to risk his heart again. Could love be this money man’s bottom line after all?
The New World
by Andrew Motion"Full of big themes such as courage, greed, loyalty and obsession, The New World is still an adventure story first and foremost. . . . An entertaining homage that is deeply felt and sincere." --The Guardian (UK) Washed ashore after escaping Treasure Island, young Jim Hawkins and his companion Natty find themselves stranded on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Their ship, the Nightingale, has been destroyed, and besides one other crew member, they are the only survivors. Before they can even grasp the full scope of their predicament, they realize they are not alone on the beach. When a band of Native Americans approaches the shore in a threatening fury, they brutally kill Jim and Natty's last shipmate, rob their dead crew, and take the two desperate survivors hostage. Suddenly, Jim and Natty are thrust into an adventure that takes them all across the unruly American South. Starting with a desperate escape from a violent chief who obsessively keeps close on their trail, they join up with a troupe of entertainers who take them to a thriving and dangerous New Orleans, and seek the closest port so they can set sail for home once again. In magnificent, free-wheeling prose and in a high-flying style, Andrew Motion has spun a fantastic yarn that will win the hearts of adventure lovers everywhere.From the Hardcover edition.
The Night Always Comes: A Novel
by Willy VlautinDon't miss the film streaming now on Netflix!“Willy Vlautin is not known for happy endings, but there’s something here that defies the downward pull. In the end, Lynette is pure life force: fierce and canny and blazing through a city that no longer has space for her, and it’s all Portland’s loss.”—Portland Monthly MagazineAward-winning author Willy Vlautin explores the impact of trickle-down greed and opportunism of gentrification on ordinary lives in this scorching novel that captures the plight of a young woman pushed to the edge as she fights to secure a stable future for herself and her family.Barely thirty, Lynette is exhausted. Saddled with bad credit and juggling multiple jobs, some illegally, she’s been diligently working to buy the house she lives in with her mother and developmentally disabled brother Kenny. Portland’s housing prices have nearly quadrupled in fifteen years, and the owner is giving them a good deal. Lynette knows it’s their last best chance to own their own home—and obtain the security they’ve never had. While she has enough for the down payment, she needs her mother to cover the rest of the asking price. But a week before they’re set to sign the loan papers, her mother gets cold feet and reneges on her promise, pushing Lynette to her limits to find the money they need.Set over two days and two nights, The Night Always Comes follows Lynette’s frantic search—an odyssey of hope and anguish that will bring her face to face with greedy rich men and ambitious hustlers, those benefiting and those left behind by a city in the throes of a transformative boom. As her desperation builds and her pleas for help go unanswered, Lynette makes a dangerous choice that sets her on a precarious, frenzied spiral. In trying to save her family’s future, she is plunged into the darkness of her past, and forced to confront the reality of her life.A heart wrenching portrait of a woman hungry for security and a home in a rapidly changing city, The Night Always Comes raises the difficult questions we are often too afraid to ask ourselves: What is the price of gentrification, and how far are we really prepared to go to achieve the American Dream? Is the American dream even attainable for those living at the edges? Or for too many of us, is it only a hollow promise?
The Night Horseman
by Max BrandFrederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. This is one of his novels.
The Night Silver River Run Red (Splatter Western)
by Christine MorganSome things, according to Cody McCall, are worth risking a whipping. Such as, sneaking out with your friends after dark for a peek at the traveling show setting up just outside of town. Oddities, the signs promise. Marvels. Grotesqueries. Exotic attractions and mysterious magics.Not as if they'd be allowed to attend otherwise, not with parents and preacher and schoolmarm all disapproving. But how often does a chance like this come along? There isn't much else by way of excitement in quiet, peaceful Silver River, a once-prosperous boom town slowly gone bust. Worth risking a whipping, sure. Worth risking life and limb, and maybe more? Worth risking being ripped to pieces by ravenous, inhuman brutes? Worth crossing paths with those strange, silent cult-folk from the high valley? Worth all the fire and bloodshed and horror and death?Because something far worse than any ordinary traveling show has come to town, and one thing is for certain: those who survive, if any, will never forget the night Silver River run red.
The Night of the Dance: A Mystery (Jeremiah Spur Mysteries #1)
by James HimeSissy Fletcher, the preacher's daughter, disappeared on the night of the Rodeo Dance ten years ago and has been missing ever since. Until now, that is—a team drilling an oil well has made a grisly discovery in an isolated pasture. Seeing as how it's an election year, finding her killer is a bigger priority than it might usually be in sleepy Washington County, Texas, where not much ever happens anyway. Though it's becoming clear that the town isn't quite as sleepy as it seems. Martin Fletcher, Sissy's brother, seems to believe he's on a mission from God to raise hell in Washington County. He and his partner, Dud Hughes, aim to start small, with armed robbery, and work their way up to bigger things, but an inquiry into his sister's death threatens to draw a little more attention his way than he wants just now. As the mood begins to the shift in the town, three men put their heads together to work the case: ex-Texas Ranger Jeremiah Spur, who is retired but can't get the thrill of the chase out of his blood; the current sheriff, Dewey Sharpe, who just may not be as dumb as he looks; and Deputy Clyde Thomas, an African-American ex-Dallas cop who is probably the savviest of the bunch. All in all, James Hime's TheNight of the Dance, is a terrifically original, jaunty, and action-packed debut from a writer to watch.
The Nothing But Trouble Bride
by Sable GreyVi Olson is on the run. After leaving her abusive husband bleeding to death in their home, Vi takes her sister's place and travels all the way into Wyoming to marry another man she's never met. However, when she finds out that man has been killed, she has to rethink her plans. Her only hope is that his brother, Matt Bullock, will be the answer to her prayers and her heart.Matt knows Vi is trouble the moment he lays eyes on her. She's too pretty, too bold, and has a mouth that could drive him insane with irritation and lust. But when she confides her past to him, he is surprised to find that all her flaws and irritations make her a perfect match for him. When they find out that her husband is still alive, does he keep her with him or send her away?
The O'Keefe Empire: A Western Story
by Jane Candia ColemanAlex O'Keefe had a dream. Fired up with visions of an empire and millions of acres for the taking in New Mexico Territory, he set out from Texas to make his dream a reality. His wife, Joanna, became caught up in her husband's enthusiasm, sold the family holdings, then boarded a train to meet him. She had no idea what lay before her. When Joanna arrived, her own dreams were nearly shattered. Alex was dead, murdered by an unknown killer. And the empire they had planned was threatened by exorbitant cattle fees charged by the railroad. But dreams die hard. Joanna would do whatever she had to, even if that meant taking the cattle on a brutal overland trail drive to San Diego, across the Mojave Desert.
The O'Malleys of Texas (The O'Malleys of Texas #1)
by Dusty RichardsSpur Award–winning author: Two half brothers, former Texas Rangers, take their gunfighting skills on the road to secure their family&’s future . . . Western Heritage and Western Writers of America Spur Award–winning author Dusty Richards unleashes the epic beginning to the O&’Malley family saga, a new western classic set in the lawless sprawl of an unforgettable Texas . . . As Civil War bloodies the nation&’s ground, Texas Rangers Harp and Long John O&’Malley patrol a vast, unguarded range, picking off the Comanche while protecting the families of soldiers off fighting at the front. Bullet by bullet the O&’Malleys distinguish themselves as two of the bravest gunfighters to ever wear the Ranger&’s star. At war&’s end, the Rangers are disbanded, but Harp and his half-Cherokee brother Long John are not through fighting yet. They sign on with a cattle drive that will take them across the most treacherous and deadly stretch of the American frontier: the long trail from Texas to Sedalia, Missouri. Beset by ruthless enemies inside and outside the camp, Harp and Long John aim dead straight for the future—where a great ranching fortune awaits back in a Texas they will change forever.
The Old Spanish Trail (Trail Drive #11)
by Ralph ComptonFrom the back cover: Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history blazing trail drives. The Old Spanish Trail. For the ranchers riding with Rand Hayes, things had gone from bad to worse. The Santa Fe man who'd contracted five thousand head of cattle was dead, murdered by renegades. Now the Texans had a herd of longhorns and only one choice: cross two mountain ranges and the Mojave Desert to the gold-fevered market at Los Angeles. A trail blazed by ancient Spaniards, this was a route that would lead through a brutal, wondrous land, where a hostile Ute nation was only one danger the cattle drive faced, and California was a shooting war away.
The Old Wolves
by Peter BrandvoldSpurr Morgan is ready to retire...but only after one last job. Deputy U.S. Marshal Spurr Morgan's ticker isn't what it used to be. After Spurr suffers a heart attack on the job, the Chief Marshal convinces him it's time to step down. Unwilling to go out on a sour note, Spurr asks for one last assignment. The Chief sends him to bring a prisoner back to Denver from the Medicine Bow Mountains. The mission seems routine for an old hand like Spurr, until he discovers that the criminal in question is his old nemesis, Boomer Drago--the former lawman turned train robber that Spurr's been trying to run down for years. Now, with Drago's gang on his trail and a young girl named Greta needing help out of the mountains, Spurr is ready to face his dangerous final job and prove that even old wolves still have a mean bite...
The Omaha Palace (The Gunsmith #367)
by J. R. RobertsTHE GUNSMITH HAD BETTER PLAY HIS CARDS RIGHT... Men from all over are playing their way west to Iowa, hoping to make a fortune in a roll of the dice or in a backroom game of cards. They're trying to cash in on an unpredictable little lady called Luck--and Clint Adams is no different. But along with big winnings come tough towns like Omaha, pretty saloon owners who need protecting, and crooked lawmen who'd just as soon run a man out of town as let him cut in on their action. Bred to the law of frontier survival, is the Gunsmith up to dealing with the high-stakes challenges of working in the gambling business?
The Omaha Trail
by Ralph ComptonBLOOD AND BANKERS Dane Kramer looks forward to the day when his sprawling Oklahoma cattle ranch will truly be his—no strings attached. With only one more bank payment to make, and a buyer in Omaha ready to pay top dollar for a herd of Herefords, he should finally have the banker Earl Throckmorton off his back. But Earl has a plan to keep the ranch for himself, and if he has his way, Dane’s herd will never make it across the Omaha Trail—and Dane won’t make it home alive… Up against Earl’s hired gang of outlaws, Dane must do whatever it takes to bring in the herd—but Earl has more than one trick up his sleeve. Planting one of his own men in Dane’s newly hired team of cowhands could be just the insurance he needs… .
The One Month Marriage
by Judith StacyBrandon Sayer Wanted His Wife Back. What Could Be Simpler?Jana would come home, and they could resume their marriage. All he had to do was give her a little guidance-as all wives needed. But Jana was not the naive girl he married, and didn’t seem to want his guidance!Jana Sayer Wanted A Divorce. What Could Be Simpler?Brandon’s buiness dealings still kept him too busy to be married, let alone be a father to the son he’d never seen. But he insisted Jana try marriage for one month more. And her traitorous heart had her deciding to give the man he’d become one last chance....
The Only Man (The Blackstones of Virginia)
by Rochelle AlersOriginally published in 2004 as Very Private Duty, dive into the first book in the Blackstones of Virginia series by national bestselling author Rochelle AlersAt one time, Jeremy Blackstone and Tricia Parker were inseparable. He lived for their passion-filled encounters even though they were from such different worlds. Then ugly accusations of her betrayal ripped them apart….Years later Tricia had come home to help her grandfather, not to rekindle her affair with Blackstone. But Jeremy was injured and needed her nursing skills. Staying by Jeremy’s bedside and seeing to his most intimate needs stirred a sensuous yearning in Tricia she couldn’t control. Like déja vu, the magnetic closeness they once shared ignited an irresistible attraction that inexorably pulled them together…again.
The Only Saloon in Town (A Cap Whitlatch Western #2)
by Reavis Z. WorthamThe start of a crackling new western series by Spur Award–winning author Reavis Z. Wortham perfect for fans of William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. A couple stiff drinks after a long day&’s ride. That&’s all Cap Whitlatch and his one-armed buddy Gil are looking for when they drift into the dusty town of Angel Fire. Problem is, there&’s only one saloon—and they don&’t accept U.S. currency. Just gold and silver coins. Which means Cap and Gil have to go to the only bank in town to exchange their bills for coins. Unfortunately for them, the bank is about to get robbed—by the wildest sons-of-guns this side of the Rio Grande . . . It turns out Cap and Gil aren&’t the only ones who need the gold and silver to get a drink. There&’s a rowdy crew of rough riders from the north, ranch hands from Panther Creek, and vicious bunch of scalp hunters with a grisly cargo of Commanche and Apache scalps. Since the bank president is out of town, the teller can&’t exchange anyone&’s money. Which doesn&’t sit well with some of the boys, who decide to take the gold and silver themselves—with bullets and bloodshed as collaterol. Things turn ugly fast. The town marshal turns his head. Which leaves Cap and Gil to deal with these maurading devils—before they blow the whole town of Angel Fire to kingdom come . . . &“Reavis Z. Wortham is the real thing: a literary voice that&’s delivered with a warm and knowing Texas twang.&”—C.J. Box&“There&’s a term we use in the west, the genuine article, and those words fit Reavis Z. Wortham to a Texas T.&”—Craig Johnson
The Opal Hunter
by Kris EtonA desperate man is in a race against time to find fabled black opals before a beautiful IRS agent seizes his land.Aaron Brady knows he doesn't have long before he loses his family's land and his business -- the Brady Turquoise Mine. The turquoise has long run out and now he's on a mission to find black opals on his land before it's too late. When IRS agent Nina Delgado shows up on his doorstep demanding to do an audit, Aaron does whatever it takes to keep Nina in the dark and in his bed.Nina Delgado visits the Brady Mine to conduct an audit - a surefire way to guarantee a promotion. When she meets Aaron Brady, she didn't expect sparks to fly. She tries to keep it all business, but can she ignore her heart?
The Orchardist
by Amanda CoplinAt the turn of the twentieth century, reclusive orchardist William Talmadge tends to his apples and apricots. One day, two teenaged girls steal his fruit and later return to see the man who gave them no chase. Feral, scared, and pregnant, they take up on Talmadge's land and indulge in his reservoir of compassion. But just as the girls begin to trust him, men arrive in the orchard with guns ...
The Orchardist
by Amanda Coplin'A haunting and epic debut with shades of Steinbeck' [GRAZIA] about a makeshift family in the untamed American West. Includes Reading Group Notes.At the turn of the 20th century, in a remote stretch of Northwest America, a solitary orchardist, Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were his children. One day, two teenage girls steal his fruit at the market. Feral, scared and very pregnant, they follow Talmadge to his land and form an unlikely attachment to his gentle way of life. But their fragile peace is shattered when armed men arrive in the orchard. In the tragedy that unfolds, Talmadge must fight to save the lives of those he has learned to love while confronting the ghosts of his own troubled past.THE ORCHARDIST is an astonishing and unforgettable epic about a man who disrupts the lonely harmony of his life when he opens his heart and lets the world in.'A psychologically complex novel of considerable emotional power' Independent on Sunday'An utterly enthralling, heart-breaking story' Easy Living
The Orchardist: 'An utterly enthralling, heart-breaking story'
by Amanda Coplin'A haunting and epic debut with shades of Steinbeck' [GRAZIA] about a makeshift family in the untamed American West. Includes Reading Group Notes.At the turn of the 20th century, in a remote stretch of Northwest America, a solitary orchardist, Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were his children. One day, two teenage girls steal his fruit at the market. Feral, scared and very pregnant, they follow Talmadge to his land and form an unlikely attachment to his gentle way of life. But their fragile peace is shattered when armed men arrive in the orchard. In the tragedy that unfolds, Talmadge must fight to save the lives of those he has learned to love while confronting the ghosts of his own troubled past.THE ORCHARDIST is an astonishing and unforgettable epic about a man who disrupts the lonely harmony of his life when he opens his heart and lets the world in.
The Ordinary Truth
by Jana RichmanWhen Nell Jorgensen buried her husband, she buried a piece of herself-and more than one secret. Now, thirty-six years later, the rift between Nell and her daughter Kate threatens to implode as Kate, a water manager for the Nevada Water Authority, plans to pipe water from a huge aquifer that lies beneath the family ranch to thirsty Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Nell's granddaughter Cassie intends to unearth those old secrets and repair the resentments that grew in their place. Throughout the novel, sparse and beautiful landscapes surround an emotional wilderness of love, loss, and family.Jana Richman is the award-winning author of The Last Cowgirl (HarperCollins, 2009), a novel which won the 2009 Willa Award for Contemporary Fiction. A sixth-generation Utahn, Jana was born and raised in Utah's west desert, the daughter of a small-time rancher and a hand-wringing Mormon mother. With the exception of a few misguided years spent in New York City trying to make a fortune on Wall Street, she has lived her entire life west of the hundredth meridian. She writes about issues that threaten to destroy the essence of the west-and about passion, beauty, and love. Jana lives in Escalante, Utah.
The Oregon Trail (Go West, Young Man #2)
by William W. Johnstone J.A. JohnstoneJOHNSTONE COUNTRY: TRUST IN THE LORD—SOMETIMES HE&’S ALL YOU GOT.From national bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, a pioneering journey into the raw beauty and untamed dangers of the unsettled West, where the legendary American spirit is fired in true grit and bold determination . . .THE OREGON TRAIL Wagon Master Clayton Scofield has led countless families across the dusty, wide-open territories of the West, helping the brave, sometimes reckless pioneers settle into new lives brimming with the promise of good lives. Accompanied by his nephew Clint Buchanan riding as scout and cook Spud Williams, Scofield&’s latest trail finds him guiding a train of thirty wagons from Independence, Missouri, to the distant dream of Oregon. It isn&’t long before the pioneers fall prey to the hazards of the countryside—both natural and man-made. The rough currents of the Kansas River tears a family apart. A fur trapper threatens Scofield in a foolhardy attempt to win the affections of an uninterested lady. Kill crazy Lakota Sioux warriors attack wagon train and slaughter without mercy. Scofield can&’t remember the trail ride ever being this treacherous and unforgiving—and he knows there&’s even worse things awaiting them along the far-reaching miles before they reach their destination . . .
The Oregon Trail (Trail Drive #9)
by Ralph ComptonFROM THE BACK COVER: The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history, blazing trail drives. Lou Spencer, Dill Sumner and their fourteen Texas cowboys brought a herd up to Independence Missouri and sold half to a wagon train heading West. Then the Texans hired on, leading the battling greenhorn pioneers across the Missouri River, across Nebraska Territory, and into the wilds past Forts Laramie and Bridger. With winter closing in Spencer's men were running out of time to reach the wide open land of Oregon. And with a fortune in gold hidden in one of the pilgrim's wooden wagons, and outlaws circling like wolves, there were miles of shooting and dying still ahead.
The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog (Hank the Cowdog Series, #1)
by John R. EricksonWhile investigating a vicious murder on the ranch, Hank finds himself the number one suspect. He becomes an outlaw and joins a pack of outlaw coyotes until he discovers a plot to raid the ranch