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Ambush (The White Indian Series #8)
by Donald Clayton PorterA BATTLE FOR GLORY- Noble of spirit but recklessly proud, Ghonkaba, grandson of Renno, the great Iroquois Sachem, faces the final test of his bravery. Raging with a thirst for vengeance against the Englishman who stole the beautiful white woman he loves, yet sworn to honor the Seneca alliance with the British, the defiant young warrior finds the fate of a continent rests on his mighty shoulders. For as the crack of a rifle signals the start of war with the hated French, only Ghonkaba and his fierce fighting band can turn the bloody carnage of certain defeat into a victory for freedom. THE MAKING OF A LEGEND - The daring rescue of a dusky, passionate Indian maid and a thrilling act of heroism in battle mark Ghonkaba as the true inheritor of the special destiny born with Renno, the White Indian. And from the powerful Manitous, protectors of the Seneca, now comes a stunning personal message--a mysterious circling hawk destined to lead the Iroquois nation to their greatest triumph ever in this new and glorious land.
Ambush
by Luke ShortAPACHES ON THE WARPATH The Apaches were the meanest bunch of Indians around. They would do anything for a fight During a raid, they captured a white woman and made her their slave. It was up to the cavalry to put an end to the Apache menace and to rescue the woman. A big, gripping novel of the Southwest ... a blazing chapter from the annals of cavalry life on the frontier.
Ambush
by Luke ShortThe US Army and a brutal Apache chief prepare for an epic showdown in the New Mexico desert in this novel from a master storyteller of the West. Ward Kinsman has done all he can to escape civilization, spending the summer in a desert mountain range, deep in Apache territory, sifting for gold and praying he never sees another settler again. After a month of backbreaking work, he sees a trail of dust in the distance, and knows a white man has come to find him . . . which means the Apache are right behind. The Apache leader is Diablito, or the Little Devil, a warrior so vicious even his own men fear his rage. He's clever and unpredictable, and he hates Kinsman. The US Army has Diablito in its sights, and they want Kinsman to lead them to him. But finding the Little Devil will mean putting Kinsman's own neck on the line--and risking the life of the most beautiful woman in the territory. Made into a 1950 MGM film starring Robert Taylor, this tense western adventure, considered one of the genre's best cavalry stories, is a classic example of Luke Short's fiction. From its daring lone-wolf hero to its sweeping desert landscapes, Ambush is the American West at its roughest, toughest, and most exciting.
Ambush at Apache Pass
by Frank LeslieBefore he rode a black stallion, young Yakima Henry was a scout for the Arizona cavalry outpost Fort Hell, so named for its unforgiving desert locale and the many fearsome dangers that were all but routine.... When Chiricahua Apaches attack a stagecoach bound for Fort Hell, Yakima Henry and fellow scout Seth Barksdale rush to defend it--only to discover that one of the fallen Apache is a blond-haired, blue-eyed white boy. This is shocking news to the fort's commanding officer, Colonel Ephraim Alexander. Years ago, his family was kidnapped during an Apache attack, and his desperate search was cut short by orders to evacuate. If this white Apache warrior is his son, can his wife and daughter still be alive? The colonel charges Yakima and Seth to lead a search party. Riding as far as the forbidding Shadow Montañas in Mexico, they come up against a ruthless warrior queen--a beautiful blond white woman with cornflower blue eyes. Can this unlikely leader of the fierce Winter Wolf People and a pack of ex-Confederate desperadoes actually be the colonel's long-lost daughter? As bullets fly and blood paints the desert red, Yakima and Seth grow ever more determined to find the truth. FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!
Ambush at Dry Gulch: Ambush At Dry Gulch Lawman On The Hunt Mountain Bodyguard (Big 'D' Dads: The Daltons #8)
by Joanna WayneCOWBOY TO THE CORE Jake Dalton believes in worthy causes-like opening his Texas ranch to inner-city kids for the summer. But there's a catch...that involves a woman. Dedicated do-gooder Carolina Lambert can hold her own against any man...Jake included. Except now someone with a nasty grudge who's been waiting for the perfect moment to strike has the beautiful widow in his sights. R.J. Dalton's estranged son is the last man on earth Carolina wants to trust with her life. But the rugged single father has sworn to keep her safe. As passion ignites-and a killer closes in-Carolina and Jake may lose their chance at a love neither expected to find again.
Ambush at Heartbreak Ridge (Lost Legacy #2)
by Colleen ThompsonA deadly foe… Meets a lawman&’s secret weapon When a family is brutally attacked in Texas Hill Country, Sheriff Hayden Hale-Walker knows exactly who he needs: search-and-rescue expert Kate McClafferty. Sure, his disgruntled former deputy cracked open his heart years before…but she&’s the best of the best. It&’s only with Kate&’s help that the lawman can foil a killer and kidnapper attempting to ensnare them both! From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama.Feel the excitement in these uplifting romances, part of the Lost Legacy series:Book 1: Danger at Clearwater CrossingBook 2: Ambush at Heartbreak Ridge
Ambush at Shadow Valley
by Ralph CottonArizona Ranger Sam Burrack is on the trail of a gang of Yuma jailbreakers led by the blood-thirsty Suela Soto, and he's leaving a trail of death and destruction. The pursuit will bring Sam up against one of the most infamous criminal gangs ever to pull a heist in the West-the Hole in the Wall Gang. . .
Ambush before Sunrise: Ambush Before Sunrise / Midnight Abduction (tactical Crime Division) (Cardwell Ranch: Montana Legacy #3)
by B.J. DanielsSaddle up for a wild ride deep into New York Times bestselling author B.J. Daniels’ Montana.He’s riding straight into danger.Wrangler Angus Savage has come to Wyoming to help Jinx McCallahan get her cattle to high country. He’s signed on for the dangerous drive, eager to reconnect with the woman he knew when they were kids. Now in the wilderness the no-nonsense cowboy and the strong-willed rancher must navigate the trail’s many hazards—like her treacherous ex who wants her back…or dead.From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.For more action-packed stories, check out the other books in the Cardwell Ranch: Montana Legacy series:Book 1: Steel ResolveBook 2: Iron WillBook 3: Ambush Before SunriseBook 4: Double Action Deputy
Ambush Before Sunrise & Gun-Shy Bride
by B.J. DanielsB.J. Daniels returns to Cardwell country in Ambush Before Sunrise—plus a bonus story!Ambush Before SunriseWrangler Angus Savage has come to Wyoming to help Jinx McCallahan get her cattle to high country. He’s signed on for the dangerous drive, eager to reconnect with the woman he knew when they were kids. Now in the wilderness the no-nonsense cowboy and the strong-willed rancher must navigate the trail’s many hazards—like her treacherous ex who wants her back…or dead.Gun-Shy BrideThe discovery of human bones by the Winchester Ranch rocked the small town and its deputy sheriff, McCall Winchester. The grave held answers to questions that had long haunted her, and nothing would stop her from getting them…not even the return of Luke Crawford.
Ambush for Lassiter
by Loren Zane GreyWhen Lassiter and his best pal Borling were framed for the murder of a card shark, everyone reckoned they'd swing at the end of a rope. But the jury gave them twenty-five years hard time in the roughest prison in the West. That's when Lassiter and Borling decided to break out-only to be double-crossed when freedom was a moment away. Lassiter got solitary confinement. His pardner got a back full of lead. Now all Lassiter lived for was brutal revenge.
Ambush of the Mountain Man (The Last Mountain Man #31)
by William W. JohnstoneONE MAN HAS A KNIFE. TWENTY MEN HAVE GUNS. AND THE ODDS ARE JUST ABOUT EVEN... Smoke Jensen never wanted to kill, but fate had other plans, and the Mountain Man has left plenty of blood, tears and fury in his wake. Angus MacDougal, the father of one of Smoke's victims, wants revenge. Riding up to Big Rock, Colorado, MacDougal has decided that killing Smoke won't be enough. He intends to bring him back to Pueblo and hang him before a crowd. It's a bloodthirsty plan that might have worked, except for a beautiful young woman, and the small knife she slips into Smoke's hand. Suddenly, Smoke is on the run in the Colorado wilderness with no gun, no supplies, and twenty armed men in pursuit. Once, a man named Preacher taught Smoke how to survive in this wilderness. Now, as a brutal winter bears down, the Mountain Man will use those lessons well--not only to fight his way out alive, but also for vengeance of his own...
Ambush on the Mesa
by Gordon D. ShirreffsA regiment was needed but they sent only one man, Hugh Kinzie, scout for the United States Army. Hugh saddled his dun and rode west. He found the party of men and women ambushed by Red Sleeves, the maniacal chief who hated the white man more than he feared death itself. Hugh counted on one thing to get them out—his old, battered, still-deadly rifle.
Ambush Valley: Ambush Valley (A Byrnes Family Ranch Novel #4)
by Dusty Richards"Dusty takes readers into the real west at full gallop." --New York Times bestselling author Jodi ThomasRide into an unforgettable tale of valiant courage and bloody conflict from the Western Heritage and Spur award--winning author Dusty Richards. . .They've Crossed The Line. . .Chet Byrnes has his hands full taking care of his family and running his ranching operation in Arizona Territory. But he still takes his responsibilities as a deputy U.S. marshal very seriously. Bandits have been crossing the border, cutting a bloody swath of mayhem--stealing horses, robbing banks, and murdering innocent folk--then high-tailing it back to safety in Mexico. For The Last TimeThe chief U.S. marshal asks Chet to lead a secret task force to stop the raids and round up the border bandits--dead or alive. But the bandits fight back--putting a five-hundred-dollar bounty on Chet's head. Now he's got bushwhackers to deal with, and when he's led into an ambush, it's kill or be killed in a life-or-death showdown. . ."Dusty Richards writes. . .with the flavor of the real West." --Elmer Kelton
Ambushed!
by B. J. DanielsCOWBOY SHERIFF IN COMMAND Despite his previously unblemished reputation, cowboy sheriff Cash McCall has been the prime suspect in his fiancée’s disappearance and presumed murder for years. So when a woman claiming to be her shows up at his office, Cash is finally off the hook…even though his instincts tell him he’s never before held this woman in his arms. Posing as a missing woman had seemed like a good idea to on-the-run Molly Kilpatrick…unfortunately, she’s made the mistake of stealing the wrong identity. Someone wants this woman dead and will stop at nothing to make sure, this time, she stays that way. Molly needs Cash’s protection and has to believe in his innocence…but if she’s wrong, she’s dead wrong. Originally published in 2010
Ambushed at Christmas (Rushing Creek Crime Spree #3)
by Barb HanA killer is at large.And she’s next on his holiday hit list.Someone is killing women in Detective Leah Cordon’s town—women who jog the same trail as her every day. Leah will do whatever it takes to ensure the case is solved by Christmas. But when details of the crime eerily resemble what’s been happening on cattleman Deacon Kent’s own ranch, he shows up looking for answers. It quickly becomes obvious that the killer has his sights set on Leah. Can Leah and Deacon discover the criminal’s identity before he strikes again?
Amelia: A Novel
by Diana PalmerA WILD, DANGEROUS LOVE Amelia Howard cherishes her desert country. The dazzling colors, white heat, and rough sensuality of west Texas stir her very soul. But there’s a serpent in her paradise: King Culhane. A towering sunburned cowboy with silver eyes that miss nothing, he’s a man she’s come to despise—no matter how much she had worshiped him when she was younger. As her father pushes her to secure a marriage proposal from King’s mild-mannered brother in order to marry into the Culhane dynasty, Amelia assumes the mask of a demure young lady, always correct and obedient. It’s a posture that King holds in contempt. Yet when she reveals the true force of her feelings, she unleashes a smoldering passion that cannot be denied. And everything—propriety, filial duty, even love—will be scorched in the wake of such all-consuming desire.
Amelia Rankin: A Novel
by Charles LockeFrom the acclaimed author of The Hell Bent Kid: The story of a brave woman fighting to protect her land in the midst of a deadly range war Amelia Rankin owns nearly two hundred thousand acres of Texas rangeland. When her husband died, she inherited the vast holdings--and with them, a world of trouble. When Amelia decides to fence off a portion of her land and allow farmers to tend it, she raises the ire of a powerful cattleman who would rather shed blood than see west Texas taken over by homesteaders. The men who work for Amelia vow to stand by her, but when tensions run this high, one spark of violence could set the whole prairie ablaze. Before she knows it, Amelia and her allies are fighting a battle whose outcome will determine the future of the Southwest. From master storyteller Charles O. Locke, Amelia Rankin is an unforgettable tale of passion, violence, and pride.
Amelia's Marriage
by Agnes AlexanderRafe Donahue, one of the richest ranchers in Wyoming is determined his willful daughter Amelia will marry his foreman, Vince Callahan. Amelia doesn't trust the leering Vince and believes he's out to get the Double D ranch through her. With a mind to thwart her father's plans, Amelia travels to Settlers Ridge to buya husband - for $5000. Half-breed Jed Wainwright si a rough-around-the-edges bounty hunter with a questionable reputation. After his next capture, he's looking to get out of the business and take up ranching. A pretty little blonde shows up at his hotel room door and makes a crazy offer...
The Amen Trail: The Continuing Fun Filled Story Of Letty And Eulis As They Make Their Way To Colorado! (The Whippoorwill Trilogy #2)
by Sharon SalaAn odd couple are on a trail to redemption in this delightful western romance—the second in a bestselling trilogy &“full of adventure, laughter and fun&” (Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times–bestselling author). After one of her clients dies under embarrassing circumstances, frontier saloon girl Leticia Murphy fled the town of Lizard Flats with handyman and erstwhile drunk Eulis Potter in tow. Eager to forget her colorful past, Letty is determined to turn over a new leaf, and Eulis is happy to follow her. Impersonating a preacher and his wife, the pair travel from the Kansas territories to Colorado—marrying couples, baptizing babies, and performing burials along the way. Letty and Eulis manage to fool most people into seeing them as upstanding citizens, but that doesn&’t stop them from getting into trouble . . . or falling in love. &“Once you start reading you won&’t want to stop!&” —Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times–bestselling author &“The delightful Sharon Sala brings back her most memorable characters, Letty and Eulis, in a rousing adventure that is by turns dramatic, funny, touching and ultimately uplifting.&” —Susan Wiggs, New York Times–bestselling author &“Filled with characters that grab you by the funny bone and shake you till you laugh! No one does love and laughter in Sharon Sala&’s style.&” — Joan Johnston, New York Times–bestselling author
American By Blood
by Andrew HuebnerIn American by Blood, three U.S. Army scouts leading an infantry column arrive a day late to join Custer at the Little Bighorn. They come upon the ruins of th Seventh Cavalry, a trail of blood and corpses defiled by wild dogs and swarms of flies. It is a scene that will haunt these three young men in vivid and irrevocable ways. With the loss at Little Bighorn, their mission to find and help clear the land of the Indian tribes ineluctably becomes one of vengeance as well. They journey into limitless wilderness after their prey, skirmishing in the dense forests and the high plains. The scouting party consists of James H. Bradley, who discovers that war is as much a test of the heart as it is of his ideals; William Gentle, who finds himself torn between his desire to emulate the older soldiers and his fascination with the Indians they hunt; and August Huebner, who wishes to see an America beyond that which he knows and escape the slums of the newly industrialized East. Gus Huebner was the author's great-great-grandfather, who in 1875 left New Jersey to join the army int he West. Family myth has it that he arrived a day late to the Battle of Little Bighorn. From these scant biographical details, Andrew Huebner has imagined a rich and powerful novel of the American West. American by Blood unforgettably combines epic storytelling and evocations of awe-inspiring natural beauty with a shattering repudiation of some of our nation's most central myths.
American Hippo: River of Teeth, Taste of Marrow, and New Stories (River of Teeth)
by Sarah GaileyIn 2017 Sarah Gailey made her debut with River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow, two action-packed novellas that introduced readers to an alternate America in which hippos rule the colossal swamp that was once the Mississippi River. Now readers have the chance to own both novellas in American Hippo, a single, beautiful volume.Years ago, in an America that never was, the United States government introduced herds of hippos to the marshlands of Louisiana to be bred and slaughtered as an alternative meat source. This plan failed to take into account some key facts about hippos: they are savage, they are fast, and their jaws can snap a man in two. By the 1890s, the vast bayou that was once America's greatest waterway belongs to feral hippos, and Winslow Houndstooth has been contracted to take it back. To do so, he will gather a crew of the damnedest cons, outlaws, and assassins to ever ride a hippo. American Hippo is the story of their fortunes, their failures, and his revenge.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
American Meteor
by Norman Lock“[Lock’s fiction] shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights. ” —NPR “[Lock] is one of the most interesting writers out there. ” —Reader’s Digest “Lock writes some of the most deceptively beautiful sentences in contemporary fiction. Beneath their clarity are layers of cultural and literary references, profound questions about loyalty, race, the possibility of social progress, and the nature of truth. ” —Shelf Awareness In this panoramic tale of Manifest Destiny, Stephen Moran comes of age with the young country that he crosses on the Union Pacific, just as the railroad unites the continent. Propelled westward from his Brooklyn neighborhood and the killing fields of the Civil War to the Battle of Little Big Horn, he befriends Walt Whitman, becomes a bugler on President Lincoln’s funeral train, apprentices with frontier photographer William Henry Jackson, and stalks General George Custer. When he comes face-to-face with Crazy Horse, his life will be spared but his dreams haunted for the rest of his days. By turns elegiac and comic, American Meteor is a novel of adventure, ideas, and mourning: a unique vision of America’s fabulous and murderous history. Norman Lock is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage, radio, and screenplays. His recent works of fiction include Love Among the Particles, a Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year, and The Boy in His Winter, a re-envisioning of Mark Twain’s classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which Scott Simon of NPR’s Weekend Edition hailed for “mak[ing] Huck and Jim so real you expect to get messages from them on your iPhone. ” He lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey.
American Odyssey (A Ghost Rifle Western #2)
by Max McCoyMax McCoy, the Spur Award-winning author of Damnation Road, continues his American Western saga of the Ghost Rifle as the violence and bloodshed the weapon caused return to haunt the man who created it . . .THE WEAPON AND THE WILDERNESS Ten years have passed since Jack Picaro lost his Ghost Rifle—the firearm he invented, the one that never missed its target. The loss of the rifle calmed the hellraiser in his soul. Instead of returning to the gambling halls and whiskey bars of St. Louis, Jack has spent the last decade as a fur trapper in Wyoming&’s Wild River Range, married to Sky, the daughter of an Arikara war chief. Then, after helping rescue U.S. soldiers captured by Crow Indians in the Rocky Mountains, Jack hears the familiar bell-like report of his Ghost Rifle. Determined to retrieve his deadly property, he travels deep into Lakota territory, facing down old enemies—and resuming old sinful habits—unaware of what awaits him when he eventually returns home to his family.&“Few Western writers today can spin a tale with style, wit, and rawness better than Max McCoy.&”—Johnny D. Boggs, Western Heritage and Spur Award-winning author of West Texas Kill
American Tall Tales: A Companion Reader with Dramatizations
by Jim Weiss Jeff West Chris BauerRide across Texas on a mountain lion with Pecos Bill...Work up a giant appetite with the mighty lumberjack Paul Bunyan...spread happiness with Johnny Appleseed...and confront the Fastest Draw in the West! This beautifully illustrated Companion Reader is an exact transcript of Jim Weiss’s award-winning storytelling performance of Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, available on MP3 and audio CD from Well-Trained Mind Press. Ride across Texas on a mountain lion with Pecos Bill...Work up a giant appetite with the mighty lumberjack Paul Bunyan...spread happiness with Johnny Appleseed...and confront the Fastest Draw in the West! This beautifully illustrated Companion Reader is an exact transcript of Jim Weiss’s award-winning storytelling performance of Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, available on MP3 and audio CD from Well-Trained Mind Press. For decades, Jim Weiss has entertained his many listeners with gripping plots, vivid characters, and beautiful words. But his performances are much more than mere entertainment. Jim's stories build language skills by filling young minds with wonderful vocabulary, complex sentence structures, and rich images. Now, our Companion Readers bring these language-learning benefits to a new level. Language, both written and oral, is most easily and thoroughly learned when heard, read, and spoken. Listen to the Jim Weiss performance on CD or MP3. Read along with the performance. The first half of this book as word-for-word transcript of Jim Weiss's performance. Students can improve their reading fluency, vocabulary, and their understanding of punctuation, sentence structure, and grammar by following along as Jim performs these words. Even students who are not at the level represented in this book can be moved forward in reading competency by reading along as Jim speaks the words. Say the words. The final element in language learning is to speak great words and sentences out loud. The has been turned into a short, accessible dramatic version that can be performed by two or more actors. The plays can be memorized or read from the scripts; either way, students will begin to gain confidence in their own language use and in their ability to speak in front of others.
The Americana Series Volume Two: Valley of the Vapours, Fire and Ice, and After the Storm (The Americana Series)
by Janet DaileyThree love stories set against great American landscapes in an acclaimed series by a New York Times–bestselling author and “romance legend” (Publishers Weekly). With more than three hundred million books sold, Janet Dailey is an icon of American fiction. In a romantic tour of the United States, the first lady of romance wrote fifty novels, one set in each state. The three enchanting installments of the Americana Series included in this collection tell heart-soaring tales of love and desire in Arkansas, California, and Colorado. Valley of the Vapours: One kiss was all it took for Tisha’s father to jump to the wrong conclusions and demand that Roarke Madison do the right thing by his daughter. Surely Roarke would put a stop to this ridiculous talk of marriage. Instead he presents her with the most beautiful diamond solitaire engagement ring . . . Fire and Ice: Some women marry for love. Alisa Franklin has to marry to satisfy conditions in her domineering mother’s will and gain custody of her sister, Christine. It’s not easy for her to accept Zachary Stuart’s proposition—or to live with him without letting down her defenses . . . After the Storm: Rad MacLeod was the best-looking, nicest guy in Denver, Colorado—the only man his wife, Lainie, ever truly loved. When he went away, her heart was shattered. But now he’s back. They’re both a little older, a whole lot wiser . . . could their connection be hotter than ever?