Edna Petunia

Edna Petunia

Kirsten Osbourne

Romance / Westerns

After her father died in the 1880s, Edna Petunia Blue spent many years alone. Although she'd given up on ever finding love due to her advanced years, she was grateful to have become an honorary member of the Sullivan family. When the youngest of the Sullivan girls, Iris, moved to Texas to start her medical practice, Edna Petunia went with her and did it happily. Cletus Sanders was the man who lived in the woods outside of Nowhere, Texas. Everyone just assumed he'd always lived there alone and always would. When Cletus spotted Edna Petunia shortly after she moved to town, he followed her around relentlessly. After a rocky start, he convinced her she should let him court her. Could a woman in her seventies give up the freedom she'd become accustomed to and marry? Could an old man give up his tent in the woods to marry the woman he loved? Could Edna Petunia finally find her happily ever after? ***Please Note: This is not a novel. It's a novella, and a short one at that.***
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Meddling in Manhattan

Meddling in Manhattan

Kirsten Osbourne

Romance / Westerns

After the most recent in a stream of horrific blind dates, Addie's roommate suggests she see a professional matchmaker to try to find love, instead of allowing people who are less qualified to set her up. When she doesn't agree, her friend sets up a meeting without her knowledge. After meeting the woman, Addie decides to let her try to find someone for her, but she doesn't hold out much hope. Jake watched his best friend find love through the services of Matchrimony, but doesn't consider it himself. He's persuaded to contact matchmaker, Dr. Lachele, by his friend and his wife. When he meets his new bride, he's thrilled with the match. Will they be able to get past his obsession with his work to find love? Or will they give up too quickly? 
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Cheatgrass

Cheatgrass

Bart Paul

Fiction / Westerns / Mystery

The follow-up to Under Tower Peak is another taut, fast-moving thriller that builds to an explosive, action-filled conclusion.Under Tower Peak was acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal as one of the Ten Best Mysteries of 2013. In this sequel, Tommy Smith, the Iraq War vet and former Eastern Sierra packer, is home from war after re-upping for a tour in Afghanistan. When his old friend Dave Cathcart disappears from his ranch, Tommy answers the call to help find him. What he learns is that his love for Dave's daughter, his old flame Sarah Cathcart, has never died, but the country where he grew up is undergoing change. Stockmen are selling off water rights to the highest bidder, rendering ranches barren and the community bitter, as drugs and a dangerous new element have moved in.When Sarah confides that her husband, a smooth-talking entrepreneur, has lost her trust and may not be all he seems, Tommy begins to investigate. Soon another...
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Julia

Julia

Ashley Merrick

Romance / Westerns

When Julia unexpectedly loses the accounting job she loves, and is unable to find another position doing anything in Boston, she decides to take her best friend Emma up on her offer to come to Montana. Emma’s husband Ethan has eight brothers and one of them, Liam, has his sights set on Julia. Liam seems almost too perfect, but then Julia discovers the secret that he struggles with. Will she stick with him?
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Murder is an Art

Murder is an Art

Bill Crider

Mystery / Westerns

Dr. Sally Good, head of the English and Fine Arts Division of the Hughes Community College in Texas, has her hands full. On top of dealing with the numerous complaints from testy faculty members concerning the allocation of the department's budget, she must also conduct an inquiry into the recent misbehavior of the department's philandering art professor, Val Hurley, who stands accused of molesting a young female student. And then there is the complaint lodged against the art department—and namely Val—for displaying what some people see as a satanic painting.When Val is found bludgeoned to death in his office and the painting in question disappears, it isn't long before the department dissolves into a state of chaos and hysteria. Sally begins to realize that she might be in over her head when the student in question is found murdered shortly thereafter.The police aren't getting very far with their investigation: Their only tenuous suspect is the victim's...
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Rocky Mountain Nights (Roberts of Silver Springs #6)

Rocky Mountain Nights (Roberts of Silver Springs #6)

Kirsten Osbourne

Romance / Westerns

Bekah Roberts had everything going for her. She was part-owner of a B&B with her cousin. Her social life was active and fun. As the pretty princess of the Roberts clan, she knew she had it all. But watching her cousin, Bri, with her new husband made her heart yearn for more. Everyone saw her as the girl who had no limits, but she knew better.Hunter Sloane, a best-selling murder mystery writer, needed to finish his book. He was stuck looking at the same four walls every day and he needed a change if there was any way to make his deadline. When he arrived at the small B&B in Silver Springs, Colorado, he had chosen for his writing spot, one of the first people he met was beautiful Bekah Roberts. She distracted him from the first moment. Would he be able to keep focused and get his book written? Or would he spend more time writing the story of his life?
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The Range Wolf

The Range Wolf

Andrew J. Fenady

Historical / Historical Fiction / Westerns

On The Frontier There Was One Rule:Learn To Kill, Or Prepare To Die. . .Christopher Guthrie was bred by money, educated by Harvard, saved from the Civil War by an oak desk in Washington D.C. Towering, fierce Wolf Riker was honed by a kind of suffering Guthrie could never imagine. Fate throws these two men together when a stagecoach from Baton Rouge is set upon by killers. The price for Guthrie's survival is joining Riker's trail drive to Kansas, a mad, brawling charge of longhorns and backstabbers. Guthrie is soon bound by Riker's rules, surrounded by his kill-crazy crew, surviving one danger after another and protecting a beautiful young woman as he goes. And it will be here, amidst floods and battles, cut off from his past and civilization, that Christopher Guthrie will emerge a different man. . .for better or worse. As for Wolf Riker, he is running from demons from which only God Himself can save him. . ."Crackling with the fury of a desert storm." --True West on The Rebel: Johnny YumaReview"A good, rousing story with well-defined, involving characters and plenty of action."--Variety on *Tom Horn and the Apache Kid *"A satisfying variation of a familiar theme in an unfamiliar locale."--True West on Double EaglesAbout the AuthorFenady is both a screenwriter and a producer. His credits include Chisum (1970) starring John Wayne, Hondo (1967 TV series), The Sea Wolf (1993) starring Charles Bronson, Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966) starring Chuck Connors, Broken Sabre (1965) starring Chuck Connors, (1965 TV series), and The Rebel (1959 TV series) starring Nick Adams. A member of Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science, he has produced, written, and/or acted in 28 TV series and movies. Fenady has won numerous awards, including an Edgar Award, an Owen Wister Award and the Golden Boot for his contributions to the Western genre. He is also a Spur Award finalist. His previous Westerns were published by TOR, Berkley, and Zebra.
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Larry and Stretch 8

Larry and Stretch 8

Marshall Grover

Westerns

Larry and Stretch, the West's most overworked trouble-shooters, were seeking peace and quiet, a place to rest their weary Texas heads, when they rode into the tomb-silent main street of Three Springs, South Nevada. They hadn't time to cool their saddles before the violence flared and, once again the Lone Star Hellions found themselves in the thick of a suspense-filled adventure, spiked with intrigue and the threat of sudden death. To help a troubled town, and to defy the power of twenty-four blood-thirsty bandidos, the Texans needed all their Texas savvy, their Lone Star Luck, their rock-hard fists and their booming .45s.
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Demon Hunt

Demon Hunt

A. W. Hart

Westerns

When bodies begin to pile up as tourists and unwary locals go missing, Rhi discovers that demons roam the forest looking for fresh meat, vampires haunt Cripple Creek ’s brick-paved streets and rooftops, and a lot of the citizens, including the mysterious Jack Blackthorne, have been a part of the mining town’s landscape for a supernaturally long time.
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