Retta Barre has faced a dizzying prairie storm, a stubborn buffalo, and a murderous Indian twice. But that's nothing compared to what happens when her family is left alone in the middle of the prairie. One life-threatening danger after another and Retta's in the middle of them all. Some might think she's just a plain looking 12-year-old from Ohio. With her buckskin dress, moccasins, and sun-tanned face, others see an Indian girl. And some of her friends consider her a heroine. But after Retta encounters horse thieves, prairie pirates, and an army troop, she'll definitely be the undisputed...

Cowboy and prison escapee Tap Andrews has learned that to stay alive he needs three things: a fast horse, a quick hand, and enough smarts to know when to get out of town Which he has done. But now he tries to pass himself off as a respectable rancher. Meanwhile, Pepper Paige is sick and tired of the fighting and emptiness of her life as a dance-hall girl. And she's tired of fearing violent patron, Jordan Beckett. She gets a chance to escape when a woman injured in a stagecoach wreck dies in her room. She assumes the woman's identity and travels to meet the rancher the woman was going to...

In the copper hills of Jerome, Arizona, one man's death could be his fortune. Western author Tony Shadowbrook and his English professor Price Shadowbrook spend another summer researching and writing together about a unique Western vacation spot. In the intriguing copper mining town of Jerome, the local color turns an ominous shade when Tony spots a strange traveler who carries his own tombstone in the back of his ruck. The is engraved with the quickly approaching date of his death. Meanwhile, wedding plans for the Shadowbrook's son Josh and Melody Mason (whom they met in Fox Island) keep...