Amanda Wellsby is known at her boarding house and throughout town for her wonderful desserts, but on Christmas Eve, her special apple cream cake disappears. She catches Marshal Everett Bodine--the man she's loved forever--with a piece of the missing cake and accuses him of thievery. But Everett is innocent. Has Amanda ruined all chances of winning his heart?

They set a trap for the thief and catch a starving sister and brother. Orphans with nowhere to go. Suddenly, Amanda has something she had given up hope of every experiencing--two children in her care. If she could win Everett's love as well, her Christmas would be the best ever.

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?

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.

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 . . .

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…

They had lost everything that mattered . . .
Three nightmarish years of marriage shattered Brianna Wight's sheltered world. Leading her husband to believe she's been murdered, she flees to St. Louis . . . harboring terrible secrets that could be the death of her.
The tragic loss of his Indian wife left Columbus Nigh a wanderer; necessity made him a wilderness guide. Now he finds himself drawn to the enigmatic woman who's hired him to lead her westward. Her gentle strength stirs his lonely heart . . . her tender beauty arouses his deepest passions. Would they find love again on a western journey?
But the perils of the Oregon Trail pale beside the murderous wrath of the man who tracks them across the harsh frontier. Briana knows the only way to save herself and Columbus is to risk their tender love. Only then can she free herself from the horrors of the past -- and embrace a rapturous future . . .

Romantic, young Beth Webster dreams of traveling to the west. She’s fascinated by the idea of the noble Native American Indian described by James Fenimore Cooper in his novel, The Last of the Mohicans, and can’t wait to meet one. She gets her wish sooner than anticipated when her mother dies, and Beth must travel from her New York finishing school to join her army father at his fort in Utah Territory. On the long, dangerous journey, she falls in love with a kind, handsome half breed scout, Sparrow Hawk, but their chances of a future together are slim. Beth’s father bears an intense grudge against Indians.
Hawk loves Beth, but he’s enough of a realist to know the future of their relationship is likely doomed. When he learns his mother is dying, he leaves the army supply train to go to her, leaving Beth to travel on with the party, promising to return for her.

But will he?

Beth is miserable living with her cold, army father at the distant, isolated fort. She misses Hawk. If he does come for her, will they be able to have the happy future together they dream of? Or will her father’s hatred tear them apart and possibly end Hawk’s life?

In 1818, when Gavin McAllistair was only eleven years old, his father took him from his home among his mother's people, the Shoshone of the Shining Mountains, and left him with an uncle and aunt to learn how to be a white man. Gavin bitterly resented the move at first, but gradually learned to live in the white man's village. He appreciated his kind aunt and uncle and tried to please them, learning to read, write and work the fields.

Yet he never stopped yearning for the home of his youth in those Shining Mountains.

The people of the white village reviled him because of his Native American blood. The children taunted and tortured him at every opportunity. But no one succeeded in killing the Shoshone boy inside him—Buffalo Brother.

Finally, the day came when Gavin could take the abuse no more. Read The Reckoning and learn what became of him.

A mail-order bride from Cincinnati, Ariah Scott traveled all the way to Oregon to marry one man, only to lose her heart to another. What will become of her now? Ever since her father died at the hands of a vengeful relative, Ariah's life has been shadowed by dark secrets. And now her forbidden desire for Bartholomew Noon fills her with uncertainty -- and a secret longing that can never be fulfilled. And forbidden . . . From the moment Bartholomew saw Ariah standing alone at the Portland train station. The keeper of the Cape Meares Light was lost. Hopelessly in love with this angelic beauty who is fated to live beside him at the isolated lighthouse as the wife of another man, Bartholomew never dreams that destiny will someday bring them together. Is Ariah truly the woman he can cherish . . . forever?

A woman's smile . . . Rosalyn Delaney's husband, Josiah, vanished six years ago. Following a private detective's lead, Rosalyn leaves Salt Lake City and boards a train heading to the mining town of Whiskey Ridge, Arizona. She arrives at Rose House, an old mansion reputed to be haunted, only to discover that her missing husband has been killed, and his business partner, Whip Kincaid, is wanted for his murder. Determined to uncover the secrets surrounding Josiah and his death, Rosalyn decides to stay--even though she begins to receive nightly visits from a charming "ghost" . . . A Ghost's Kiss . . . Escaping a troubled past, Whip Kincaid had hoped he could make a fresh start in Whiskey Ridge and open a saloon with his friend Josiah. Now, as a murder suspect hiding in his own house, Whip's future looks bleak indeed . . . unless he can find the real culprit. But the unexpected intrusion of Rosalyn ruins his plan to sneak out at night to investigate. Scaring her away is his first step in clearing his name, but Rosalyn doesn't rattle easily. And Whip isn't sure he wants the lovely widow to walk out of his life -- especially when she'll take his heart with her.

Ghosts. Murder. Love. Time Travel. T.P.S.I. Agent Burke Jameson travels to Eagle Gulch, Colorado to investigate a report of ghost activity at a house where a murder took place in 1881. When his vehicle carrying his P.S.I. equipment dies, and a riderless mare appears, he mounts up, hoping the horse will lead him to her fallen rider. What he finds is a whole new life beyond his imagination.

Clorinda Halstead believes she’s a widow. After all, she was the one who shot her husband, Horace, on a violent night in 1881. He deserved it, the jury concluded. Living with the town marshal and his wife, all Clori wants is to be left alone. Then a stranger, Burke James, joins the household and nothing is ever the same again.

How did Burke find his way through time to the year 1881, and who is haunting the lovely but distant Widow Halstead? Can Burke find the ghost of Eagle Gulch without his P.S.I. equipment? And how will he ever choose between going home to his own time and a life of love and happiness with Clorinda?

A woman without a prayer . . . A widow with two children, Tempest Whitney has 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 deathbed promise has brought him to Tempest's homestead. A man without roots, he doesn't plan to stay—or to feel so fiercely protective of this feisty beauty he saves from a hated marriage of convenience. Suddenly, Buck years for a home, a family, a lasting love. But what can he offer Tempest? The surprising answer lies in the forbidding canyons of an ancient Anasazi tribe, where fortune and danger await—along with a passion more precious than gold….