TROUBLE AT THE STATION "Joe could tell from Bruno's expression that the trip had not gone well. He pulled on the reins, and the wheels skidded a few inches. Before the vehicle was completely stopped, Dakota dropped from his seat with an already empty holster gracing one leg; the weapon that should have been inside glistened in his hand, wickedly catching the late afternoon sun. He pointed the weapon at Joe and trudged with an expression of fierce intent on his face toward the station manager. 'Joe, look out.' Bruno shouted the warning and vaulted from the box, the reins falling slack on the...
TROUBLE AT THE STATION "Joe could tell from Bruno's expression that the trip had not gone well. He pulled on the reins, and the wheels skidded a few i...
Two men, completely different in character and background sit down to play poker in the winter of 1844 in the Red Rooster Saloon in St. Louis. With the turn of a card, their destinies merge in an exciting tale of intrigue, romance, pathos, violence and danger, as emigrants bound for glory or dishonor on the Oregon Trail. JAMES MORGAN, once a hard-working, reliable farmer in Illinois abandons his wife and farm, takes his son and daughter and travels overland by wagon to St. Louis, where he finds temporary shelter in the Hightower Hotel, and entertainment at the local saloons, awaiting the...
Two men, completely different in character and background sit down to play poker in the winter of 1844 in the Red Rooster Saloon in St. Louis. With th...
In this third installment of the beloved Sweetwater Station saga, Fuller, Josiah and Hannah's son, has become a man of privilege. Fuller Hadley, born and reared in the Overland Stage Line manager's house in Central Colorado, under the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, is, nevertheless, equally at ease in the cosmopolitan, society world of the bustling, vibrant city of San Francisco. Moving between his two worlds with skill, integrity, honor and compassion for the poor and weak, this modern man of medicine brings the saga of Josiah and Hannah Hadley to the rich, new world of the 20th century....
In this third installment of the beloved Sweetwater Station saga, Fuller, Josiah and Hannah's son, has become a man of privilege. Fuller Hadley, born ...
Three novelettes by a master of historical fiction Step back in time to when men were men, and women followed where they led. It's a time of military prowess, and a nation warring against itself. In A Soldier's Tale, Becca Rains gives up a life of luxury and ease to become an officer's wife, although she never intended her small act of vengeance to take her from her family and into the narrow world of the United States Cavalry. The Gold Nugget reveals the inner life of a soldier brutally injured in the War of the Rebellion, and his chance meeting with a dying man in an Army hospital. He...
Three novelettes by a master of historical fiction Step back in time to when men were men, and women followed where they led. It's a time of military...
The War for Independence is over, and the westward expansion has begun. From the tidal coastlands of the Carolinas, and the isolated farms and villages of Virginia, former members of The Continental Army of George Washington are given bounty warrants for land in the Interior. Accompanied by politically ambitious merchants and skilled tradesmen of the great cities of the East, they set out to cross the mountains and the valleys to settle in a new place called Kentucky. Who can predict the dangers that await them across the mountains? Among the pioneers traveling west are seventeen-year-old...
The War for Independence is over, and the westward expansion has begun. From the tidal coastlands of the Carolinas, and the isolated farms and village...
Tales of Country Stores, Windmills, and Cattle Ranches... The country store was the social center of rural America in the last century. Serving as a community exchange, trading post and local post office, people gathered around the pot-belly stove to reminisce, share local news and collect necessary supplies. Chandler's Store is one woman's memoir of small town life as seen from across the scarred countertop and through the front window of her store. In Montana Moon, Elizabeth Thompson is married by proxy to a cattleman in far-off Montana. Unsure what to expect, she arrives to a squeaking...
Tales of Country Stores, Windmills, and Cattle Ranches... The country store was the social center of rural America in the last century. Serving as a c...
