Chase Givens never again expected to see the girl, Minnie, who mysteriously appeared at the ranch he shared with his brothers, Barclay and Jared, gave birth to triplets and disappeared three years ago. Roots to the special bond that had developed between Chase and Minnie during her stay at High Mountain remain. Now, single and lonely, he sows his wild oats holding a horse race through the center of town. Nothing new, but this time a young woman is nearly run down. Mortified, he leaps to help her, not realizing until she shows up at the ranch later Minnie has returned at last.

Jessamine (Minnie) Styles spent the years following the birth of her babies in Paris at a finished school, thanks to her parents who felt she needed polishing. At eighteen, she’s a beautiful, sophisticated, well educated young woman planning to open her own school in the house she grew up in not far from High Mountain ranch. The bitter, defiant child is gone. Everything has changed, including her feelings toward her children. When she goes to the ranch and asks to see them, old emotions between her and Chase re-emerge. Neither of them knows that both their lives are about to change forever.

8 Western Stories you will love!

“One Way or Another” by Frank Kelso
A bitter water dispute twists two Texas cattle ranches one way or another after the son of one rancher takes a shine to the other rancher’s daughter, new from the east.

“The Schoolmarm’s Hero” by Lyn Horner
The Sheriff leads a posse after two drunken cowboys who kidnapped the spinster schoolmarm. The chase forces him to realize how much he loves her.

“Bad Day at Round Rock” by CJ Petterson
The pursuit of stolen gold culminates in a “Bad Day at Round Rock”–a story of greed, death, and love torn from pages of West Texas history.

“The Reckoning” by Charlene Raddon
A half-breed boy seeks his place in the world—with the Shoshone who raised him, or his white aunt and uncle where he has been sent for an education.

“Headed for Texas” by Chimp Robertson
Rowdy Hawkins’s been shot, stabbed, and caught in Custer’s attack on Black Kettle, but it’s the first time he’s ever been in love—with Black Kettle’s granddaughter.

Bonus Story
“The Savage Posse” By JS Stroud
A death-bringer, neither whites nor Apaches wanted her until they needed one full of venom to lead their Savage Posse in rescuing stolen children.

“Set a Thief” by Chuck Tyrell
The man who stole Kimberly’s prize pinto returns the mare. “Let the man have his say,” her Pa says. “Don’t expect to come courting,” she warns.

“Tibby’s Hideout” by Frank Kelso
After the Civil War, Bess Newcomb, a single mother, wants to remarry, but Tibby, her eight-year old son, isn’t sure he wants a new dad—he decides to hideout.

Marriage is the last thing on Annora Lee Bostwick’s mind when she moves to Wyoming to start a new branch of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Her focus is centered solely on saving animals…until blackmail and deceit force her to reconsider.

Buffalo Birch Struthers has no desire to marry, but must if he wants to keep his father’s ranch, and time is running out. His only option is an event scheduled for the upcoming yearly ranch competition called the Ride for a Bride Race, which he's bound to win if he rides his buffalo, Hezekiah.

Can two strangers who find themselves in an unwanted but unavoidable situation set anger and obstinacy aside long enough to fall in love?

High Mountain Trilogy puts together the Bachelor & Babies Books 4, 7 & 11:
Barclay never dreamed when he took in a young pregnant girl that she'd leave him with three infants on his hands.
Jared went to town one day and discovered he had a bride he didn't know about.
Chase never forgot the poor, ragged girl who had given birth at the ranch & now she's back.

Aurora Cavender travels to Utah to find her missing brother and carry out a secret government assignment. She knows her brother still lives but is hurt. As identical twins, they sense each other's emotions. She must find him.
She boards a stagecoach likely to be held up by the gang, hoping to learn something about her brother. When the gang attacks, she's shocked to find Garret Mosely among them, the man who left her at the altar years ago. He denies being Garret and says he's Nebraska Joe. He claims her as his woman and warns her to go along with him, or they, and Jason, could die. She soon finds herself in Robbers' Roost, a notorious Utah hideout for local outlaws.

She becomes the gang's cook, and they come to admire her for her spunk and courage, except for two of the gang who have their own malicious plans for her.

But where is Jason?

Can Garret help her find her brother? Will they be able to escape Robbers' Roost? Or will they wind up in lonely, unmarked graves in Utah's Redrock country?

And will Garret ever admit he still loves her, as she does him?

A woman without a prayer…

A widow with two children, Tempest Whitney had to mortgage everything to repay the money her husband had stolen. But even as she struggles to hold onto her Utah homestead, a scheming rancher buys up her debts, demanding she either get off his land or marry him. Then a dark-haired stranger shows up, claiming to be her dead husband…

A man without a past….

Buck Maddux spent two years in jail for a crime he didn’t commit. Now a death bed promise has brought him to Tempest’s dugout. A man without roots, he doesn’t plan to stay—or to feel so fiercely protective of this feisty beauty he saves from a forced marriage. Suddenly, Buck yearns for a home, a family, a lasting love. But what can he offer Tempest? The surprising answer lies in the forbidden canyons of an ancient Anasazi tribe, where fortune and danger await—along with a passion more precious than gold…

Deserted by her good-for-nothing father at the tender age of seven, Jenna Leigh Whittington taught herself to ride, shoot, brawl...and steer clear of the opposite sex. But now, in a lonely Utah canyon, the Pinkerton agent has drawn her six-gun on a rugged stranger—only to discover that, far from the dangerous outlaw she's been tracking, he is Branch McCauley, hired gun . . . and the most irresistible rascal ever to tempt and torment a woman. If there's one thing McCauley trusts less than a female, it's a female that packs a six-gun. Vowing to bring the sensuous hellcat to heel, McCauley has no inkling that their passionate battle of wills has just begun. Taming Jenna will be the most seductive—and satisfying—job he's ever taken on . . .

Carrianne Booker agreed for her husband, Cord, to go to California to seek their fortune. His letters suddenly become rare and hint of peril. Afraid for him, she decides to go search for the man she loves.

Cord's ex-employer, Shiv Deegan—the devil of the Barbary Coast—wants him dead because he knows too much about Deegan's thievery and murders. A U.S. Marshal and San Francisco's governor are backing Cord's efforts to prove the devil's guilt.

Carrianne finds Cord and learns of the danger he's in. Despite her fear that he'll hurt her again, she wants her husband back and decides to help his cause. They travel to San Francisco, where she puts her life on the line, alongside him, to seek evidence against Deegan.

Will they succeed? Or will the devil of the Barbary Coast make good on his threat and take Cord from her before they can reclaim the love they have only just rediscovered?

When the man she loved vanished, Ophelia wed Mortimer Crane hoping for a new, better life. After 20 years of lies and infidelity, she wants out, and luck offers her an opportunity when the mine collapses, and she learns that Mortimer had put all his holdings in Wildcat Ridge in her name to avoid losing them in a pending lawsuit.

She moves to Wildcat Ridge to claim her rights and discovers her old flame waiting there. She still loves Brody Duvall, but can she trust him? He abandoned her once twenty years ago.

Brody can’t believe his luck in having Ophelia back in his life. He won't interfere in her marriage, but can’t help but hope she leaves Mortimer. She has plenty of cause for a divorce. Can Brody win her love once again?

Can Ophelia and Brody defeat Mortimer at his own devious game and win all that they want, including each other, or will Mortimer win again?

Lula May Rivers must get to Cheyenne, Wyoming to get her niece, but a robbery left her broke. Dressed as a boy who calls herself Lou, she stows away in the baggage car of a train headed that way.

Unluckily, she's found. U.S. Marshal Gannon Calloway lets Lou stay aboard. He's expecting a robbery and, as an expert with a whip, Lou can help. Then Gannon learns that a killer he put in prison has escaped and is headed to Cheyenne seeking to kill a female witness he blames for his conviction.

What will Gannon do when he finds out the boy Lou is a beautiful woman, and the witness the convict wants dead? Can they work together to catch him?

And maybe learn along the way that love can come despite one's best intentions?

A foolish mistake left Cadence Biggler and her little sister Regina at the mercy of strangers in a strange town—until Mortimer Crane stepped in, paid her bills and offered her a job as a maid at his Gentlemen Only Salon in Wildcat Ridge, Utah Territory. Soon, she realizes Crane wants more from her than her labor. More than she's willing to give.
Since the salon is no place for a child, he takes Regina to stay with a family then refuses to tell Cady where the little girl is.
Garrick Brant became a traveling photographer to make a living and search for his missing sister July. He's drawn to Cady the first time he sees her, but Mortimer Crane orders his thugs to keep him away from her. How can Garrick and Cady's romance develop under such restrictions? Can Garrick help Cady find Regina and free her from Crane's clutches? Can Cady help him find his sister July?
One thing is certain, they'll have to fight Mortimer Crane every inch of the way.

Charlene's first fantasy romance

At last, Garen McTaggart’s lifelong dream of owning a castle is coming true, but not without certain... impediments. He must complete the renovations on time and marry the owner's granddaughter, Leeza Cantrell, or all will be lost.

Everything appears to be on track—until Garen lies down for a nap in a lush little garden he discovers. There, in an instant, his life changes forever.

It all has to do with a frog, a dragonfly, a newt, and a witch.

Garen is left in a pickle of a situation. On the one hand, he can have everything he ever wanted, including the right woman. On the other hand, having her will cost him all he has—the castle, his business, his reputation. His… fiancée.

Is true love worth losing everything? What’s a man to do?

Find out in this sweet, funny fantasy.