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Vengeance at Sundown
by Larry D. SweazyFirst in a new series! Lucas Fume has had plenty of fights in his life: spying for the Confederate Army, standing up to the railroad company when they tried to take his land, then getting framed for the murder of his business partner--only to lose his land as well as the love of his life. But Lucas isn't finished fighting yet... With help from Ezekiel 'Zeke' Henry, a fellow inmate and former slave, Lucas manages to escape prison. Riding with Zeke to St. Louis, he soon discovers that his former partner is still alive, using a different name, and doing big business with the railroads--and he has Lucas's lost love with him. On the run from the law and up against a rich and influential enemy, Lucas is about to take on the most dangerous fight of his life.
Vengeance Is Mine
by William W. JohnstoneWilliam W. Johnstone is legend in contemporary fiction. From his towering westerns to his edgy thrillers, Johnstone captures the true American spirit. Now, in this blockbuster new novel torn from today's headlines, Johnstone puts us on the frontlines of a new war: for the borders of America itself.Vengeance Is MineThey've already started coming across. The drug dealers and the petty criminals. The terrorists and the parasites. For one man on the West Texas border, the time to stand against them is now. John Howard Stark, a Vietnam vet whose family has worked their ranch for generations, has set off a trip wire--and an ambush has exploded all around him. A Columbian drug cartel commander, with the help of an ex-special forces hit man and his own deadly army, has killed three Americans--including Stark's uncle and his neighbor--and will slaughter anyone else who stands in his way. The local law is in his pocket and the Border Patrol is powerless to help. Now John Howard Stark is about to wage a one-man war. And he's got the best kind of reason to fight to the death. But for this American, there's one thing more dangerous than the enemies slithering across the border--and that's the second enemy standing behind his back: His own government. . .William W. Johnstone is the USA Today bestselling author of over 130 books, including the popular Ashes, Mountain Man, and Last Gunfighter series.
Vengeance is Mine (Texas Red River Mysteries)
by Reavis Z. WorthamTop 5 Modern Westerns by True West Magazine"Loaded with healthy doses of humor, adventure, and intrigue, populated by a remarkable cast of characters both good and bad and featuring one heck of an electrifying climax is a throwback to the pulp era in the best possible sense." —Owen Laukkanen, bestselling authorBy October 1967… the Summer of Love is history, rock and roll is dark and revolutionary, and people in the small East Texas community of Center Springs want only a quiet life. Unluckily, two years earlier, Anthony Agrioli met newlyweds Cody and Norma Faye Parker in a Vegas casino and heard their enthusiastic descriptions of Center Springs as the perfect place to settle down and raise a family. Now handsome hit man Agrioli and a blonde bombshell full of surprises need a place to hide out and, if possible, duck retribution from his Las Vegas crime boss.Thirteen-year-old Top Parker has what his grandmother, Miss Becky, calls a Poisoned Gift. His dreams, though random and disconnected, always seem to come true. This time Top dreams he's a wagon wheel with spokes converging from all directions. To him, the spokes symbolize that something is coming. And it is—Center Springs will soon become a combat zone when a squad of gangsters arrives. Oddly, they're after something else. Not Agrioli—yet. Add a sheriff crooked as a dog's hind leg, an unsolved murder in the river bottoms, counterfeit money, and a bank robbery to this country-noir Shakespearian comedy, cast it with Wortham's real and sometimes wacky characters including a constable and a judge, and the outcomes become unpredictable.
Vengeance Moon
by Charles G. WestAction-packed western adventure from the author of Crow Creek Crossing.BLOODY MAMAOn the run for a murder he didn't commit, Matt Slaughter is lying low in the badlands with a new life, and a new woman. But old troubles are right behind him: her name is P.D. Wildmoon, a hard-drinking bounty huntress armed with a .44, a rawhide horsewhip, and three wild-eyed sons bred to kill. The job? Bring the fugitive back to Virginia--dead or alive.Making matters worse is a Sioux war that's trapped Slaughter between the vengeance of a hostile tribe and the blind greed of a gun-crazy mother who's blocking his only way out. But for Slaughter, there's even more at stake. By his side is Molly, the vulnerable love of his life. And she's just the pretty little tool Wildmoon and her killer brood need for hitting Slaughter straight through the heart.
The Vengeance of Mothers: The Journals of Margaret Kelly & Molly McGill: A Novel (One Thousand White Women Series #2)
by Jim FergusThe stunning sequel to the award-winning novel One Thousand White Women: A Novel."Clever and satisfying...Fergus is a superb writer [and] the characters are as real as any pioneer women who braved the rigors of westering." —The Denver Post"A gripping tale, a history lesson infused with both sadness at the violence perpetuated against the Cheyenne and awe at the endurance of this remarkable group of women." —Booklist, starred review9 March 1876My name is Meggie Kelly and I take up this pencil with my twin sister, Susie. We have nothing left, less than nothing. The village of our People has been destroyed, all our possessions burned, our friends butchered by the soldiers, our baby daughters gone, frozen to death on an ungodly trek across these rocky mountains. Empty of human feeling, half-dead ourselves, all that remains of us intact are hearts turned to stone. We curse the U.S. government, we curse the Army, we curse the savagery of mankind, white and Indian alike. We curse God in his heaven. Do not underestimate the power of a mother’s vengeance...So begins the Journal of Margaret Kelly, a woman who participated in the U.S. government's "Brides for Indians" program in 1873, a program whose conceit was that the way to peace between the United States and the Cheyenne Nation was for One Thousand White Woman to be given as brides in exchange for three hundred horses. These "brides" were mostly fallen women; women in prison, prostitutes, the occasional adventurer, or those incarcerated in asylums. No one expected this program to work. And the brides themselves thought of it simply as a chance at freedom. But many of them fell in love with their Cheyenne spouses and had children with them...and became Cheyenne themselves. The Vengeance of Mothers explores what happens to the bonds between wives and husbands, children and mothers, when society sees them as "unspeakable." What does it mean to be white, to be Cheyenne, and how far will these women go to avenge the ones they love? With vivid detail and keen emotional depth, Jim Fergus brings to light a time and place in American history and fills it with unforgettable characters who live and breathe with a passion we can relate to even today.
Vengeance Of The Mountain Man (The Last Mountain Man #19)
by William W. Johnstone J. A. JohnstoneSOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHEN TO LEAVE BAD ENOUGH ALONE Just when it seemed that Smoke Jensen's life had settled down to something resembling normal... He'd all but forgotten the vicious young gunfighter who called himself Sundance. Smoke had hoped to teach that twisted kid a lesson by shooting off his ear. But the lesson didn't take... Now, after years on the run, Sundance's hunger for revenge has pushed him over the edge. He's gathered a gang of the worst robbing, pillaging, raping scum from the Texas-Mexico border and is heading for the Sugarloaf with the fool idea of nailing Smoke Jensen's hide to the wall. Didn't anybody tell the kid that an old lobo like Smoke Jensen could run bloody rings around him and his desperadoes in those mountains? Doesn't he realize that Smoke Jensen doesn't give out second chances?
Vengeance Ride (The Gunsmith #386)
by J. R. RobertsPack Mentality Clint Adams just narrowly escapes an ambush that leaves his Darley Arabian, Eclipse, with a bullet wound. Coming after the Gunsmith is one thing, but messing with his horse makes things a bit more personal. While Eclipse recuperates, the Gunsmith sets out to find the bushwackers responsible and teach them a lesson. On a rented horse, Clint follows a lead to Orwell, Texas. It seems as though the culprits, Derrick Sands and Adam Dunn, have enlisted more men and use them to distract Clint while they steal Eclipse from the vet. Now he's up against an army of men who have upped the stakes. They've played this card before and won, but their luck is about to run out... OVER FIFTEEN MILLION GUNSMITH BOOKS IN PRINT!
Vengeance Rider (Buck Fletcher #3)
by Ralph Compton Joseph A. WestWhen a band of thieves steals Buck Fletcher's horse, he rides again to make wrong right--with Doc Holliday backing him up.
Vengeance Road
by Erin BowmanWhen Kate Thompson's father is killed by the notorious Rose Riders for a mysterious journal that reveals the secret location of a gold mine, the eighteen-year-old disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers and justice. What she finds are devious strangers, dust storms, and a pair of brothers who refuse to quit riding in her shadow. But as Kate gets closer to the secrets about her family, she gets closer to the truth about herself and must decide if there's room for love in a heart so full of hate. In the spirit of True Grit, the cutthroat days of the Wild West come to life for a new generation.
Vengeance Road (Slocum #139)
by Jake LoganFIRST A MARRIAGE-THEN A MASSACRE Four people shot down in cold blood-including the man and woman who'd just gotten hitched. Slocum wants to know who ordered the brutal attack on the Denver wedding party and why. And the bride's grieving sister is mighty curious, too.. .until she's gunned down herself. Now Slocum's mission for justice has turned into a fury of bloodlust. He aims to get revenge. But he's up against Colorado's most cunning criminal-and sometimes the road to vengeance can lead straight to hell...
Vengeance Trail (Wildgun #2)
by Jack HansonAfter a band of Indians destroyed Will Barlow's home, killed his wife and son, and kidnapped his young daughter, he spent months wallowing in grief. But now he's ready for revenge. And nothing is going to stop his search for his little girl--not even a few lustful diversions--and definitely not danger...
Vengeance Valley
by Luke ShortA riveting story of feuding brothers in a fight to the death from an early master of the western genre. Years ago, Owen Daybright was an orphan on a railroad crew when old Arch Stobie took him under his wing at the Acorn ranch. He needed the quiet, hardworking Owen for a special job: to act as a friend and be a calming influence on his fiery-tempered son, Lee. But, instead, the boys showed an immediate hatred for each other that never waned. Only out of loyalty to Arch did Owen cover for Lee&’s stupidity and carelessness. But now Lee&’s crossed the line. There are some angry men after him for disgracing their sister. And he&’s put a target on Owen&’s back. Unless Owen is very fast and very careful, he&’s going to end up taking a bullet for the brother he&’d like to kill himself. Luke Short, a winner of the Levi Strauss Golden Saddleman Award from the Western Writers of America, blazed the trail for authors such as Louis L&’Amour and Elmore Leonard. Vengeance Valley is one of his most compelling tales of western adventure.
Vengeance Valley
by Richard S. WheelerHard Luck Yancey discovers telluride gold under a hospital run by nuns. Alfred Noble, who swindled Yancey out of his mining fortune, finds himself going head-to-head with Yancey, who helps the nuns hold on to their claim.
Venom of the Mountain Man (Mountain Man #45)
by William W. Johnstone J. A. JohnstoneJohnstone Justice. What America Needs Now. A TRAIN RIDE TO HELL When Smoke Jensen sees a gang of outlaws holding up a stagecoach, his gunfighter instincts take over and he storms in with guns blazing. He kills one of the gunmen, the rest scatter like the rats they are. Another notch on the sharpshooter’s weathered grip. But the dead man is the brother of the notorious outlaw Gabe Briggs, and Briggs will want revenge . . . Tired of the savagery of the lawless countryside, Smoke’s wife Sally heads back east for a spell, only to find the big city choking in filth, violence, and corruption. Before Sally can head back home, though, she’s snatched right off the street. When Smoke gets word that Sally’s been kidnapped, he hops the first train east. But Gabe Briggs and his ruthless bandof bad men are along for the ride. Unless Smoke can punch their ticket to hell first, they’ll blow this train sky high . . .
Venus Sings the Blues
by Buck StormWhat if you could change your life and write your own story? What if you could make your dreams come true?To say Bones isn't thrilled with his dead-end job at the Venus Motel would be an understatement. But when you're fifteen with no family, expecting any prospects for your future feels pretty pointless. You just have to roll with the whims of the powers that be. And the motel owner, Calico Foster, can't keep herself afloat, much less rescue a lost kid. A job is all she can offer.Why Jimmy La Roux chooses the Venus to land at when he rolls out of the desert and into the parking lot is more than anyone knows. But with a rattle of Harley pipes and a cloud of dissipating dust, he roars in, fresh from blasting through the cosmos, ready to change all of their lives. Complete with jeans, boots, hair and muttonchops swept back from cosmic winds, and muscles like ropes, he looks like he could take on any sorrow and wrestle it into submission. And he's wielding a magic box that makes anything that goes into it disappear forever…Welcome to the Venus Motel, where a million stars dance above the neon and things are almost never what they seem.With a cast of characters including a blues-playing magician biker, a broken singer running away from her past, a couple of down-and-out crooks, a lovelorn cowboy, and a famous author drowning his demons in a bottle of rum, Venus Sings the Blues is vivid, quirky ride into the desert Southwest. Like all of Buck Storm's stories, it's full of humor and depth, and takes a lyrical look at God's love and his pursuit of man in a style reminiscent of an engaging blend of Jimmy Buffet and Gabriel García Márquez.
Veritas Dawn
by Mark Lynch4 July 2132. The colony ship, SS Artemis, leaves our solar system and begins a journey across the galaxy. The leviathan's destination is the "Veritas" Moon, a sphere thought capable of supporting human life. The "First Wave" colonists seek to create a utopian society on the virgin moon, free from the many problems of old Earth, but no one could have predicted the threat which awaited them. Decades later, a small group of settlers flee from the ravages of civil war and the repressive arm of a totalitarian state. This tiny community must attempt to put old grievances behind them as they struggle to survive the harsh realities of life on an isolated outpost, right on the edge of the fledgling human colony. When their settlement comes under attack by a resurgent indigenous enemy it appears the colonists' only hope rests in the actions of a mysterious stranger whose own motives remain unclear.
A Very Cowboy Christmas: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Y'all
by Kim RedfordThere's nothing like a firefighting cowboy to keep you toasty warm this Christmas...Christmas is coming up, and single mom Sydney Steele is determined to make this a holiday to remember for Wildcat Bluff County. She still has to get those pesky, reluctant—and deliciously attractive—firefighting cowboys to pose for her charity calendar. They claim they're too busy pursuing an unknown arsonist to take a break. Dune Barrett has been flirting with Sydney for months, so he jumps at the chance to give her a hand. And when he agrees to pose as Mr. December, she couldn't be happier. But to really win her over, Dune will have to convince eleven other guys from his crew to exploit their good looks for charity...a task much easier said than done.Smokin' Hot Cowboys:A Cowboy Firefighter for Christmas (Book 1)Blazing Hot Cowboy (Book 2)A Very Cowboy Christmas (Book 3)What People Are Saying About A Cowboy Firefighter for Christmas:"This tale will melt even the iciest heart."—Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review"A whole new type of holiday read. A little mystery and a lot of heat."—Night Owl Reviews"Redford's novel is a fun, sexy read, one that is perfect for the upcoming holiday season." —RT Book Reviews"A Cowboy Firefighter for Christmas will keep you warm and toasty and entertained in a big—and I mean Texas big—way."—USA Today Happily Ever After
A Very Crimson Christmas (Crimson, Colorado #2)
by Michelle MajorThe mountains are alight with holiday festivities—and love—in this second chance romance from the USA Today–bestselling author of Suddenly a Father.IT’S THAT TIME OF YEARFor years there’d been only one woman in Liam Donovan’s life—his beloved nanny, who’d raised him as her own. But someone is clearly taking advantage of Ruth, which brings the studly CEO back to Crimson, the place he was all too happy to have left behind. And there Liam finds Ruth has live-in help—in the form of his high school love, Natalie Holt, and her adorable son . . . He better not fall for Nat a second time—because what if she is the cause of his nanny’s missing money?If Natalie had time for any guy besides her son, it would not be Liam Donovan, who’d broken her heart once, and now seems to think she could add thief to her long list of job titles! She could prove easily enough that she can be trusted with the money—but can Natalie trust Liam with her heart . . . again?
Vic: A Dog of the Prairies
by Thomas C. HinkleHe was a big dog--black and powerful-and his name was Vic. Looking back, it's hard to figure whether it was a piece of luck or a promise of just plain trouble that awaited Vic the day he showed up in the wooded gorge near Jim Williams' ranch. Let's say it was a little of both. Trouble, because Williams' black wolfhound, Pete, had turned cattle killer without anyone's knowing it. Luck, because Vic met up with Williams' younger brother, Gene, who loved the great, huge dog on sight. Gene tried his best to lead Vic home. But before he could, the gentle, man-shy dog had fled before a hail of bullets meant for Pete. Shot at, caught in a blinding blizzard, starving, Vic at last found refuge with old Dan Arden. But even Arden's tender care could not make him forget his friend. And so once again the courageous dog escaped his captors. But together, Vic and Gene were to face an even greater danger in the path of a deadly, whirling tornado and its flashflood wake. Vic, a Dog of the Prairies, is yet another absorbing tale of a memorable dog by the master story-teller of the Old West, Thomas C. Hinkle.
Victorio's War (The Desert Legends Trilogy #3)
by John WilsonJim Doolen discovered his father's fate in Written in Blood and met Billy the Kid in Ghost Moon. Now, in the final installment of The Desert Legends Trilogy, he's a scout for the Army in the middle of a brutal war to force Victorio's Apaches onto a reservation far from their traditional lands. Deeply troubled by the violence he's witnessed and been a part of, and having lost so many friends, both white and Indian, Jim feels trapped between the two worlds he's encountered over the past three years. Captured by his nemesis Ghost Moon and forced to flee with an Apache band of warriors, Jim is only saved from a slow and torturous death when his old friend Wellington adopts him as his son. But now he's on the wrong side. Will he be branded a traitor? Or killed in a battle with the 10th US Cavalry or the Mexican Army? Jim finds his loyalties now divided, and he begins to understand the plight of his captors. But as supplies and ammunition run out, Jim's fate is tied to that of the doomed Apache warriors and survival seems unlikely.
The View From Here (Eureka, Colorado #1)
by Cynthia MyersIn this heartfelt, beautifully written novel, a woman with nothing left to lose finds the courage to start over in the last place she ever expected. . . Newly divorced Maggie Carter has little to show for her marriage except a pile of boxes and regrets. So when she learns she's inherited an old house and an abandoned gold mine in Eureka, Colorado, she doesn't hesitate to leave Houston behind. In Colorado, she can learn about her estranged father and take stock of her life. After all, where better to decide what your next move should be than in a cabin 10,000 feet above sea level? Eureka is a tiny hamlet with a café, a library, and plenty of intriguing locals. There's the colorful town mayor, Lucille, and her prodigal daughter Olivia, bitter librarian Cassie, and handsome, enigmatic Jameso Clark, who had a fascinating love-hate relationship with Maggie's father. Then there are the soaring views of distant mountains and clear blue sky, of aspen trees and endless stars. Piece by piece, Maggie is uncovering her father's past--and reconciling with her own. And in this small mountain town, she just might find a place where she truly belongs. Cindy Myers strikes gold with this warm-hearted novel about friendship, family, and second chances. –New York Times bestselling author, Deborah Smith Cindy Myers worked as a newspaper reporter, travel agent, and medical clinic manager before turning to writing full time. She's written both historical and contemporary romance, as well as dozens of short stories and nonfiction articles. Former president of San Antonio Romance Authors, Cindy is a member of Romance Writers of America, Novelists Inc. , and Rocky Mountain Fiction writers. She is in demand as a speaker, teaching workshops and making presentations to both local and national writing groups. She and her husband and their two dogs live in the mountains southwest of Denver.
The Vigilante: Santa Fe Showdown
by Jory ShermanWhen a corrupt sheriff murders the woman Lew Zane loves, he takes it upon himself to deliver the only brand of justice the "lawman" understands.
Vigilante Dawn
by Ralph Compton Marcus GallowayWhen young Jarret Pekoe aims to bring a band of violent border-jumpers to justice, his sister hires rifleman Lem Beauchamp to scare some sense into him. But when trouble arrives, they must work together to defeat the outlaws once and for all.
Vincolato alla Terra
by Mari CollierArenato nel vecchio West del diciannovesimo secolo, un alieno deve sopravvivere su quel pianeta violento e fare ritorno al suo pianeta natale per distruggere i suoi nemici mortali e vendicare la propria gente. Durante un'incursione in un accampamento Comanche salva Anna, un'alta donna guerriera.I due diventano amici e compagni, e i loro destini per sempre intrecciati.Si ritrovano insieme fra le praterie del Texas del XIX secolo, le case chiuse della New Orleans dell'epoca della Guerra Civile, il Proibizionismo degli anni '20, la Grande Depressione, e la vastità dello spazio. Riusciranno a sopravvivere alle avversità della storia, l'ostilità dei loro vicini del sud e la Guerra Civile, e a tornare al suo pianeta natale e compiere la sua vendetta?
Violence of the Mountain Man (The Last Mountain Man #36)
by William W. Johnstone J. A. JohnstoneDEAL WITH THE DEVIL... Smoke Jensen has seen the worst that men can do on the lawless frontier. But even the mountain man is not prepared for the outlaw band that strikes Smoke's ranch, kidnapping Sally and the daughter of Smoke's neighbor. Now, the women are gone and a ranch hand and his young daughter are dead. AND PAY THE PRICE IN BLOOD... Outlaw Reece Van Arndt is the mastermind behind the attack, and he thinks he has Smoke where he wants him: Van Arndt will give back the women if Smoke is willing to cut a deal... It's a ploy no sane man would ever attempt. What Van Arndt doesn't know is the lengths Smoke Jensen will go to find his wife. And when he does, no money or promises will be exchanged: only bullets--and lives...