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Author Amy Cole wants more than to write a story – she wants to live one. Her chance comes when she's asked to help to clear a doctor of murder. Amy's investigation takes her to Little Babylon, a private fortress in the wasteland of New Mexico. Meanwhile, Whitney Scott meets Amy while on the trail of a band of killers who attacked his ranch. They opt to work together, but Whitney faces an unknown assassin – and Amy's priority, over solving the murder, is for them both to stay alive!

Bounty hunting was not the sort of life Jess Logan had expected after the war. However, he had a bit of luck and actually earned a reputation. Then the country's worst blizzard changed his life. Saddled with an unwanted Indian girl, he takes on a job at a stage stop at Lakota Crossing. Wayland Lott and his gang of killer intend to rob an army payroll when they arrive at the way station. Riding with him is the man Jess had been searching for. When trouble arrives, Jess finds himself out-gunned and alone, but then Jess had gotten used to those odds during the war. He takes aim and goes into ...

Bolt is the general foreman for Tug Mackintosh's railroad line, which is competing with Sirus Proctor's railroad to reach Breakneck Pass. The narrow gap is only wide enough for one line, meaning the other crew will have to skirt the mountain range at the cost of several weeks and many extra miles of track. Also, the first crew to arrive at the main line will be awarded the mail delivery contract and a prime spot for their dock. To complicate the situation, Tug has arranged to marry his junior partner's daughter, in lieu of his contributing more money to the railroad line. Ariette Ekhard is ...

Kari Underwood, an investigative reporter, becomes involved in a curious double murder which puts her in a killer’s cross-hairs. With Kari’s life in danger, Jason Keane leaves his position in the Sutton CID and returns to America to protect her. Kari is thrilled to have Jason back at her side, but has no idea why she is a target and as she and Jason renew their problematic relationship, they must solve the mystery before Kari is killed by her unknown assailant. Betrayal, deceit, blackmail, and a vicious drug cartel all play a part in what could mean the death of both Kari and the man ...

Stover Gates was an honorable man, a strict and dogmatic father who looked to the welfare of his family. Marian Gates knew better than to fall for Jerrod Danmyer, because of the hatred her father has for all Danmyers. The suitor Stover has picked for Marian is prosperous, enthusiastic -- a young man she finds utterly obnoxious. Then on August 1, 1874, a devastating plague of locusts strip the prairie bare and obliterate the crops. Unknown assailants use the disaster to commit robbery and murder to swindle the survivors of their land. The desperate times offer Jerrod a chance to win Marion?s...

For Dave Brenteen, it was like standing between the branding iron and the fire. A killer was running loose, a man deemed the Night Prowler, had attacked four unsuspecting women and had murdered his lifelong friend. On the flip side, after killing Hyde Spangler's son, the man had vowed to have blood vengeance. Toss in a woman he had loved, but married his rival; a school teacher, who just might mend his broken heart; and accepting the job of deputy to the town sheriff he had known for years. How hard could it be to sort out all of the problems without ending up dead? Spook on the loose, ...

Taw Spenser was doing his job as a deputy sheriff when he was first smitten by the young lady, Colena Hawthorn. She robbed of his horse and clothing! Tracking her down ended when he got into a blazing gunfight with four bandits. Fate decided to lend a hand in this curious relationship, when Colena's father hires Taw to help open a new business in the mining town of Penance. Little did he know that Colena is the one he would be helping! The two are at odds until Colena is kidnapped. Then comes a robbery, a double-cross and murder. Taw learns that winning Colena's hand is about as dangerous ...

When Sandy Wakefield, Flint's uncle, dies in a mining mishap, Flint and Johnny Wakefield suspect foul play. Sandy was trying to improve the miners' lot, who work long hours in dangerous conditions for a pittance. Then Flint and Johnny discover the stripped body of an unknown man and seek to learn his identity. But life above ground gets as dangerous as below. Ultimately, it seems, Flint will have to die before there can be a Reckoning at Orphan Creek!

Peyton Rand is on the trail of a killer. He has no description of the perpetrator and no idea of the motive. The chore gets harder when he meets Tracy Denton, a fiery little wildcat who steals his heart, yet thinks he has come to destroy the Denton family business. Other forces are also at work in Silver City. There is another murder, which may or may not be connected to the one he is investigating. Then the Denton family become targets for a string of robberies and vandalism. Rand races to discover the motive behind the attacks and discover the killer – before more people die.

When a simple job turns out to be a death ride for Lucas, he's rescued by Daniel Books, a half-Cheyenne, and Lucas's life is changed forever... In the midst of an impending Indian war, Daniel helps Lucas to find the men who'd robbed and shot him, leaving him for dead. Meanwhile, Iris Ducane has captured Lucas's heart, but Captain Bagot, from the nearby fort, would kill Lucas to win her hand!

Mac Avery had tamed the town of Dry Wells, Wyoming some time back. Yet, though he still owned the bank there, he was living a new life in the small town of Mona, in a neighboring state. Life had been good … and peaceful in Dry Wells, until a small Syndicate moved in with an eye on taking over the valley and also Avery's bank. They were willing to kill Mac and his best friend, who managed his bank, to get what they wanted. Not killing Mac was their first mistake. When he returns to Dry Wells, he intends to even the score – no matter what the odds. Suffering an early setback, Dace ...

"I am Nemesis and it's time you paid for your sins. Remember what you did and take the memory to your grave...." Such are the final words heard by his victims. With a list of men, Nemesis will not be satisfied until all pay the ultimate price for their crimes. Kari Underwood, dreaming of becoming an investigative reporter, finds herself out of her depth when a visiting British Inspector hands her a clue to help get her on her way. When the clue connects to a rash of murders, and the evidence points at the Inspector's family, Kari is caught between justice or love!

When Chilly Lloyd, a crazed outlaw, instigates a heinous crime, it seals the fate of seven other men. Now two friends, Brett Jackson and Reggie Satterfield, want to bring the killers to justice. Meanwhile, Stella Burdette agrees to run a chuck wagon for eight hunters -- including Chilly Lloyd. But soon she must run for her life. And that causes Brett and Reggie to fall into a deadly trap, doomed to discover that there is No Quarter at Devil's Fork!

After a double killing forces her into exile, Rowena Jansen is living like a hermit in Keylock, Colorado. Travis Clay comes back from the war and joins his friend to work on a ranch, but when an ambush costs them a herd of cattle, he and his sidekick set out to find the men responsible. Inadvertently ended up in Keylock, his fate is joined with Rowena's. Four men are searching for her, while Travis trails the rustlers -- and the only way to win is to invite both sides to a showdown.

Dean Latimer has a reputation for being handy with both his fists and guns -- and staying cool under fire. So When Marshal Konrad Ellington needs him to help Constance Dewitt prove her brother Sheldon innocent of a murder charge, he is the perfect man for the job. But the town of Baxterville is run by crooked men, with gunslingers backing their play: and when Latimer tries to save the innocent Sheldon, he ends up accused of murder and running for his life...

Some crimes are too heinous to go unpunished. Morgan Clancy seeks the man responsible for the deaths of many men, including his younger brother. When the trail leads him to Bluestone Creek, his search for justice becomes entwined with the plight of local farmers and a rancher. Clancy's battle escalates when his meddling uncovers cattle theft, and endangers a young woman, her sister and father. The stakes are lethal and when the final battle comes, Clancy's trial of vengeance may cost all four of them their lives...

They came out of the blackness of night, wailing like messengers of death, extracting life from the ex-vigilantes of Flintlock, Montana. Their death list had eight names on it, and only their own deaths can prevent them from killing those men. Clay Murdock had a reputation as a lawman and a tracker. He finds the last man murdered by the raiders. He knew their tracks were not from ghosts – even if they did vanish into thin air. Determined to stop the bloodshed, Clay discovers that one of the raiders might be a young woman – the very woman he's fallen in love with!

Phoenix Cline sees the error of his ways and wants to do something worthwhile. He helps some indentured Chinese workers, but his involvement in opposing dangerous enemies is not the smartest way to escape live as a gunfighter. Seeking a peaceful existence and a woman to love are all Phoenix wants. But when he's ambushed, shot at, and men are gunning for him, the only law he can make them respect is the Gun Law of Phoenix Cline!

Dayton Garrett is a roving trouble-shooter, taking on jobs from town-taming to bringing down a counterfeiting ring. Charged with searching for a missing child, he fetches up at Shilo, where his attorney brother Kunte provides him with helpful information -- and requests a favor in return. Alyson Walsh has been convicted of murder in a kangaroo court, and faces the noose in two days' time. Kunte wants her broken out of jail while he endeavors ti get her a fair trial -- and Dayton is just the man for the job.