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Where the Bullets Fly (A Sheriff Aaron Mackey Western #1)
by Terrence McCauleySurrounded by ranches, farms, and precious metal mines, the town of Dover Station, Montana is ripe for the plucking. It’s up to Sheriff Aaron Mackey to keep the peace—and keep the dregs of humanity from trying to make a killing . . . WHERE THE BULLETS FLY, VENGEANCE REIGNS If anyone can smell an investment opportunity, it’s railroad men and big city bankers. They’re not the kind of folks that Sheriff Mackey is used to dealing with. But greed is greed, and if anyone knows how money can drive men to murder, it’s the sheriff of a boomtown like Dover Station. But when Mackey is forced to gun down a pair of saloon rats, it brings a powderkeg of trouble—with a quick-burning fuse of vengeance named Alexander Duramont. This bloodthirsty psychopath wants to kill the sheriff for killing his buddies. And he plans to get his revenge using a highly combustible mix of fire, fear, and dynamite . . . Mackey’s not sure how he’s going to stop this blood-crazed lunatic. But it’s going to be one heck of an explosive and very violent showdown . . . “Hard to put down . . . because of the gritty and stylish narrative, the virtually nonstop action.” —Publishers Weekly on Terrence McCauley’s Sympathy for the Devil
Ralph Compton The Kelly Trail (The Trail Drive Series)
by Terrence McCauley Ralph ComptonIn this new Ralph Compton Western, William "Bull" Kelly brings his five sons onto the cattle drive, but when rustlers stampede the herd and injure them, he'll do anything to protect his own.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 the herd, some of Kelly's sons are hurt in the melee. The rustlers quickly find out that Kelly isn't called "Bull" because he insists on riding at the head of the herd. He's called "Bull" because of his skill with the harsh whip coiled on his belt.
Ralph Compton Ride the Hammer Down (The Gunfighter Series)
by Terrence McCauley Ralph ComptonIn this racing new installment in bestseller Ralph Compton's the Gunfighter series, Marshal John Beck is a man who has spent his career dispensing justice throughout the West, but now the justice is personal.Marshal John Beck was the law in the dangerous town of Mother Lode, Arizona. On his own, he'd managed to keep bandits, rustlers, and desperados at bay. It was a tough job for one man to handle, but he made it work...until the day Bram Hogan and his Brickhouse Gang got the drop on the lawman.They beat Beck to within an inch of his life and dropped him in the desert where nothing but a slow, painful death awaited him. But the gang underestimated Beck. Even at his lowest point, he found a way to survive. Now, he's coming back and anyone who stands against him is going to ride the hammer down to the grave.
Ralph Compton Stagecoach to Hell (The Sundown Riders Series)
by Terrence McCauley Ralph ComptonAn ambush leaves a motley group of stagecoach riders fighting for their lives in this new Ralph Compton Western.A quiet stagecoach run between two Texas towns turns bloody when the riders are attacked by bandits and renegade Comanche. They are forced off the main trail and take cover in an abandoned bunkhouse once used for vaqueros when the land was part of a great estate.The stage was not only hauling a strongbox filled with Army pay, but a couple of dozen crates of new rifles for the cavalry. Unfortunately, the guns are useless as the team's ammunition is limited.Now the besieged stage riders have to join forces to fight off the surrounding desperados.The cast includes a veteran freight driver, an impatient disgraced Army captain looking to regain his standing, a newly promoted sergeant in his first battle, and the man riding shotgun, who has a horrible yet useful set of skills. When a vaquero riding outlier for a cattle drive rides out to investigate the siege on the old bunkhouse, he finds himself in the middle of a pitched battle for survival between the ragtag freighters and desperate outlaws.
The Nanny's Texas Christmas: A Wholesome Western Romance (Lone Star Cowboy League: Boys Ranch #3)
by Lee Tobin McclainThe Cowboy's Christmas Family As foreman of the Lone Star Cowboy League Boys Ranch, single father Flint Rawlings knows all about troubled kids-he just never imagined his son to be among them. Logan needs more looking after than Flint can provide, so he's relieved when the boy's teacher, Lana Alvarez, agrees to be his nanny over Christmas break. But having Lana nearby sets Flint on edge. He'd vowed never to let another woman get close after Logan's mother left them, but Lana fills a hole in their lives Flint didn't know was there. Can he embrace love again and grant Logan his Christmas wish: a new family?
Flyboys and Cowboys
by Michael McclellandThe year is 1930 and pilot Guy Harris is making his way through Central America -- and its men -- on his way to Venezuela for a job. His one rule: no mixing business with pleasure. Suddenly Guy finds himself struggling to stick to that rule when he gets a lucrative job offer from a cowboy named McCracken, who seems to want Guy for more than just his piloting skills.NOTE: This story appears in the anthology, Cowboy Roundup edited by Drew Hunt, available in e-book and print formats.
Gun Thunder (A Bartlett Brothers Western)
by Carson McCloudIn this first novel of a blazing new American Western saga, two brothers must set aside their differences to defend the land and legacy passed onto them from a ruthless, scheming banker and his band of kill-crazy desperadoes. Jack Noble built the Rafter N Ranch with his own blood, sweat, and tears—the pride of Montana and the envy of every cattleman in the surrounding territory. His eldest grandson Gabriel Bartlett inherited Noble&’s fighting spirit, necessary to survive in an unforgiving land. Daniel, Gabriel&’s younger brother, has the strength and discipline to work the ranch, but lacks true grit when faced with a truly bad man. Gabriel is now the notorious Noble Bartlett, a quick-draw gunfighter surly as a sidewinder. So when he learns about rustlers targeting the Rafter N, rides hard for home. There he finds Daniel holding down the ranch. He&’s a hardworking family man who puts his trust in law and order. But the Bartlett brothers face brutal killers who know no mercy. They&’ll need Daniel&’s righteous resolve and Noble&’s vicious violence to protect their family and send evil men to the hell that they deserve . . .
Firefly - Coup de Grâce
by Una McCormackThe Serenity lands on the remote moon of Abel for a lucrative job but becomes embroiled in a young woman&’s quest for vengeance and a starving frontier town&’s fight for survival. Join Mal and the gang in this enthralling original tie-in novel from the award-winning series.The Serenity crew head to Yell City, one of the settlements on Abel, a moon in the Rim. Their job:track down the killers of a local lawyer shot dead in the streets by a local gang. Their client is AnnieRoberts, the eighteen year old daughter of the murdered man.Lucky for them, Annie Roberts is more than capable of handling herself. Unlucky for them, the job is lot more complicated than they first think. Annie&’s father is not just the victim of local gang violence, but the target of some powerful men.Taking down a local gang is one thing, but cleaning up a whole city? That&’s not a job for the Serenitycrew. But when their ship is impounded, and Mal and the crew find themselves trapped in Yell City,they realise they are already in deeper than they could have ever imagined…
American Odyssey (A Ghost Rifle Western #2)
by Max McCoyMax McCoy, the Spur Award-winning author of Damnation Road, continues his American Western saga of the Ghost Rifle as the violence and bloodshed the weapon caused return to haunt the man who created it . . .THE WEAPON AND THE WILDERNESS Ten years have passed since Jack Picaro lost his Ghost Rifle—the firearm he invented, the one that never missed its target. The loss of the rifle calmed the hellraiser in his soul. Instead of returning to the gambling halls and whiskey bars of St. Louis, Jack has spent the last decade as a fur trapper in Wyoming&’s Wild River Range, married to Sky, the daughter of an Arikara war chief. Then, after helping rescue U.S. soldiers captured by Crow Indians in the Rocky Mountains, Jack hears the familiar bell-like report of his Ghost Rifle. Determined to retrieve his deadly property, he travels deep into Lakota territory, facing down old enemies—and resuming old sinful habits—unaware of what awaits him when he eventually returns home to his family.&“Few Western writers today can spin a tale with style, wit, and rawness better than Max McCoy.&”—Johnny D. Boggs, Western Heritage and Spur Award-winning author of West Texas Kill
Damnation Road
by Max MccoyThe Daring And The Doomed. . .It's the last chance for Jacob Gamble, Rough Rider, outlaw and man of a few principles. Nearing 50 and flat broke, Jacob bends his own rule about robbing trains. But by the time he reaches the payroll safe on a Rock Island train, he finds another thief there first with a bullet in his head. Jacob is caught holding the bag--and turned into hero. A broke hero. In A Place Called Damnation Road. . .Shackled by unwanted fame, running from a life gone wrong, and raising the suspicions of a Pinkerton detective, Jacob listens to a woman: beautiful and tattooed by the Indians who seized her as a child. Olivia Weathers knows of a treasure hidden in a cave along the Jornada del Muerto--a merciless hundred mile stretch of hell on earth guarded by Apache warriors. Now, Jacob will follow Olivia into the most savage and deadly territory in the southwest--where few ever come out of Canyon Diablo alive. "Max McCoy is a masterful storyteller. A force of fascinating characters and unexpected plot twists create a can't-put-it-down story." --Cotton Smith, author of Spirit Rider
The Ghost Rifle: A Novel of America's Last Frontier (A Ghost Rifle Western #1)
by Max McCoy&“An instant Old West classic! Max McCoy writes about mountain men and the fur trade with passion.&” —Stuart Rosebrook, editor True West magazineThree-time Spur Award winner Max McCoy combines fast-paced action, frontier history, and powerful family drama in this epic saga of life, love, and death in the American west.SEARCHING FOR A GHOST, A LEGEND, AND A DREAM . . . Descended from a long line of ramblers and rogues, Jack Picaro came to America to seek his fortune. But after killing his best friend in a drunken duel, the apprentice gunsmith flees westward, leaving behind children he does not know, Gus and April. As Jack ventures up the Missouri River, he finds an unspoiled land where a man can live free—and also be attacked by an Arikara war party. His rifle stolen in the bloody skirmish, Jack sets out alone to reclaim it. His wild escapade ends in a fight to the death with a legendary Crow warrior named Standing Wolf. So begins a fateful epic search across the last frontiers of the untamed West. From the muddy banks of the Mississippi to the shining peaks of the Rockies, Jack Picaro will leave a trail of clues for an abandoned son, Gus, to find him: a famous gunsmith who will make history with a weapon of his own design—and forged a legend that would be passed down for generations. This is the story of . . .THE GHOST RIFLE
Hellfire Canyon (Thorndike Western I Ser.)
by Max Mccoy2007 Spur Award for Best Paperback Novel by the Western Writers of AmericaHeading For A Showdown. . .Towering, flame-haired Alf Bolin is a ruthless young outlaw with a passion for quoting fine literature, slaughtering anyone who gets in his way and keeping the body parts as souvenirs. Already with forty murders under his belt--and counting--the locals of Branson, Missouri, live in a state of constant terror.. . .In Hellfire CanyonZach Thomas is a federal trooper with a personal vendetta strong enough to send him deep undercover--into the dark heart of Bolin's vicious gang. Fueled by hatred and justice, he soon wins Bolin's confidence and waits for the killer to turn his back...Max McCoy's westerns have been called "powerful" by USA Today. Now comes a gripping new novel inspired by the true story of one of America's first serial killers--and the lone federal trooper who took on the most daring mission of all.
I, Quantrill
by Max MccoyWilliam Clarke Quantrill, more commonly known as Bloody Bill Quantrill, was one of the most notorious and brutal guerrilla fighters for the South in the Civil War, riding with the James brothers and slaughtering his enemies mercilessly. I, Quantrill, is a fictional account of the last few weeks of Quantrill's life, in his own words. He'd been shot in the back by federal guerrillas, and lingered on his deathbed, paralyzed from the waist down, for a month. He took this time to talk about his life, and even converted to Catholicism before he died.
The Rancher's Wyoming Twins: A Clean Romance (Back to Adelaide Creek #1)
by Virginia McCulloughHer worst enemyCould bring her heart home Heather Stanhope wants to despise the man who now owns the ranch her family lost. But Matt Burton is raising his late sister&’s adorable twins, loves horses, and is known for his loyalty and honesty. Sneaking into Adelaide Creek for her friend&’s wedding, Heather hopes to avoid Matt, but fate and family have them crossing paths. Heather knows falling for Matt means risking her heart, but it&’s a risk she can&’t resist.Back to Adelaide CreekBook 1: The Rancher's Wyoming Twins
An Outlaw Thanksgiving
by Emily McCullyWhile traveling with her mother cross-country by train in 1896, a young girl unexpectedly shares Thanksgiving dinner with the notorious outlaw Butch Cassidy.
Tough Bullet
by Peter MccurtinCarmody wanted a good time in New Orleans. With eleven thousand in stolen money in his pocket, he figured to enjoy some good liquor and bad women before he headed back to Texas. But it didn't work out that way, and he found himself framed for a brutal murder. The slickers who robbed and framed him thought Carmody would cut and run, but that's because they didn't know Carmody. He works hard to get money and he's kind of reluctant to take the rap for extra killings. Slugging and shooting through the hellholes and back alleys of New Orleans, he taught the slickers an important home truth-don't mess with Carmody. Man or woman, it can get you killed.
A Baby for the Deputy
by Cathy McdavidA BABY ON THE WAY A secret, no-strings relationship with Aaron Travers has suited Melody Hartman just fine for the past eight months. The lives of the Mustang Valley veterinarian and the deputy sheriff have always been complicated-and are about to become more so, because Mel is pregnant! Raising his toddler daughter and protecting his Arizona town are Aaron's priorities. But this unexpected pregnancy is a life changer. The widowed single dad is ready to do the right thing and marry Mel. Can he say the three words she is waiting to hear? Will she think he wants to marry her only because of the baby? Or will she acknowledge that their feelings for each other run deeper than either of them realized?
The Bull Rider's Son
by Cathy McdavidTOO CLOSE TO HOME Cassidy Beckett has a secret she's kept for six years: the identity of her son's father. She can't hide the truth much longer. The Easy Money Arena's new bull manager, Shane Westcott, also happens to be the boy's handsome uncle. But Cassidy will do anything to protect her young son, even if it means steeling her heart against Shane's nearly irresistible charm. It doesn't take Shane long to figure out two things-Cassidy's son is his nephew, and his feelings for the boy's beautiful mother go way beyond friendship. As a single dad, Shane knows how important a father is to a child. He also knows the men in Cassidy's life have let her down before. Can Shane convince Cassidy to face the truth without losing her trust...or his heart?
The Bull Rider's Valentine
by Cathy McDavidFOREVER HIS VALENTINEIt may be the most romantic time of the year, but Valentine’s Day just brings up bad memories for Nate Truett. Because on that day six years ago, Ronnie Hartman turned down his marriage proposal and broke his heart. Ever since, he’s avoided the holiday—and her—completely. Now he’s returned to Mustang Valley, Arizona, for one last chance to set things right.Ronnie hasn’t forgotten that awful day, or why she turned down Nate’s proposal, but six years is a long time. Seeing how easily the former bull rider fits back into her life is…interesting. As he is welcomed with open arms by her family, Ronnie realizes one thing. Whatever his reasons for coming back, she can’t avoid him, or the past, anymore…
Come Home, Cowboy
by Cathy McdavidA COWBOY'S SECOND ACT To provide stability for his two young children, retired rodeo rider Josh Dempsey returns home to his family's Arizona ranch, part of which is used as a mustang sanctuary run by Cara Alverez. Working with horses helps Cara deal with a tragic loss. When Josh asks her for parenting help in return for his support with the sanctuary, Cara is torn. She is captivated by his adorable toddler son and baby daughter but isn't sure she can survive another blow to the heart. Unless a cowboy looking for his own second chance can show her how to love again. Enjoy a special bonus short story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber, MY FUNNY VALENTINE
The Cowboy's Christmas Baby: A Clean Romance (The Sweetheart Ranch #6)
by Cathy McDavidShe gifted him with a daughterHe stunned her with the truthWhen Tanner Bridwell discovers he’s a father, he gains some much needed hope. A year ago, Tanner lost his livelihood as a champion bull rider, and—more important—Jewel Saunders, the love of his life. Now this cowboy wants to do right by his family. But first he must reveal a stunning secret that will send Jewel and his beloved daughter either packing…or into his arms forever!
A Cowboy's Christmas Proposal: The Rancher's Fake Fiancée Ava's Prize A Cowboy's Christmas Proposal Rescued By The Firefighter (The Sweetheart Ranch #1)
by Cathy McDavidAt a magical time of year…Can a cowboy help falling in love? For single dad Owen Caufield, living and working at Sweetheart Ranch for a month is the perfect change of pace. While the cowboy turned wedding officiant can now spend more time with his children, Molly O’Malley, his new boss, is less thrilled. A wedding ranch isn’t the best place for three rambunctious youngsters. But amid the chaos—and the coming holidays—it may be the best place to fall in love…
The Cowboy's Holiday Bride: A Clean Romance (Wishing Well Springs #1)
by Cathy McDavidChanging his heart…Would be a Christmas miracle!Cash Montgomery creates Western-themed weddings and knows all about happily-ever-after. In theory. He’s been hurt too many times to think that he could ever be a marrying man. His business partner Phoebe Kellerman doesn’t agree with him—on anything! At Christmas, Cash is visited by three of his past girlfriends…and he begins to see the error of his ways. Will it be before he loses Phoebe, the woman he’s falling for?New York Times Bestselling AuthorWishing Well Springs
The Cowboy's Perfect Match: A Clean Romance (The Sweetheart Ranch #Vol. 279)
by Cathy McDavidHe may not be perfect…But he’s perfect for her!Ryan DeMere is definitely enjoying the perks of being Sweetheart Ranch’s new wrangler—the best is working with head chef Bridget O’Malley. He’s fallen head over spurs for the talented and determined beauty. There’s just one hiccup. Bridget is holding out for Mr. Right—and Ryan doesn’t quite meet her requirements. But he’s determined to win Bridget over, because Ryan may not be perfect…but maybe their love could be.
The Cowboy's Twin Surprise
by Cathy McdavidDAD ON THE DOUBLE Frankie Hartman never thought she'd see Spence Bohanan again. Not after he broke her heart and walked away before she could tell the wandering cowboy about his twin daughters. Now that he's back in Mustang Valley, Frankie has to reveal the truth. At least about his kids-Spence can never find out that she still secretly aches for him. Spence finally has his life together and he's ready to prove himself to the only woman he's ever loved, but her revelation shakes everything up. It doesn't take long for him to fall in love with his little girls, but repairing the trust between him and Frankie won't happen quite so quickly. Spence is ready to be a family man-will Frankie give him a chance?