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Wanted: A Western Duo
by Ray HoganRay Hogan remains one of the masters of Western fiction. His stories are especially notable for their compelling characters united with a narrative style that is as intensely interesting as it is emotionally involving.Between Life and DeathRecently released from prison, Dade Lockett was serving time as an accessory to robbery. His partner in crime, Pete Dillard, was not captured. In fact, Dillard abandoned Lockett during the chase, taking all the money with him. While on his way to confront Dillard and settle the score, Lockett witnesses a raid on a ranch defended by a young woman, her younger brother, and an old man. The last thing Lockett wants is to be distracted from his purpose, but his fundamental sense of decency compels him to act. With the element of surprise on his side, he joins in the fray.Wanted: Dead or AliveIn the second novel in this duo, Ben Jordan leaves Mexico after receiving a job offer from Tom Ashburn, an old friend of Ben’s late father. But while making the journey north, Ben is caught in a terrific thunderstorm in which he loses his horse and gear. He manages to take shelter in a seemingly abandoned cabin, only to find the mortally wounded Walt Woodward. Woodward tells Ben that he is carrying $20,000 in his saddlebags, the proceeds from selling his ranch. If Ben will deliver the money to Woodward’s wife, he can keep $1,000 for himself. But a gang of thieves have been on Woodward’s trail from the very beginning—and they’ll kill anyone who stands between them and the money.
Wanted: Fevered or Alive (Fevered Hearts #6)
by Heather LongMeet Jason Kane. The third son, the secretive one, the keeper of lies—he’s driven by personal demons he can’t outrun. A man on a mission, he wants what he can never have. When the spirit fever struck a town, a village, or an outpost, it left few—if any— survivors. The white man blamed the Indian, saying they used their mojo on them. The Indians blamed the white man for angering the spirits. The survivors knew it didn’t matter. The Fevered were forever changed. Threats overshadow everything they are trying to build… Jason’s always been the outsider, the one with dreams and aspirations to leave Dorado. Rising from the ashes is bittersweet, but he keeps his grief private. His enemies know where he is and his family wishes he was gone, so he throws himself into building the town they love even as his heart remains decimated. She left to pursue a dream and returns to a nightmare. Olivia Stark grew up in Dorado, the town darling despite the severe handicap of blindness. When Jed Kane offered to pay for her admission and expenses at a special school for the blind back east, her parents sent her away. The four years gone from Dorado were a struggle, but nothing can compare to returning home to find everyone—everything—she knew in ashes. Conspiracy, controversy, and craving block him at every turn. When Olivia arrives in the half-built town, Jason’s world turns upside down. Her grief rends his soul, but he rejects her lest anyone discover what she means to him. Desperate to send her away, he’s not prepared for her steadfast refusal. Olivia’s waited for Jason most of her life and she won’t leave him now. His desire. Her determination. Their destiny.
Wanted: Diablo, Defiant, And Wanted
by Patricia PotterA Western beauty&’s only hope of saving her brother from the gallows is to seduce the heartless Texas ranger who has sworn to bring him to justice Three months ago, Morgan Davis went from hunter to hunted. The Texas ranger has devoted his life to carrying out justice, but when he sees his face on a Wanted poster, he knows the price on his head will have every bounty hunter in the West gunning for him. The only way to survive is to clear his name by bringing in the real killer. And he intends to take Nicholas Braden alive. But Morgan didn&’t reckon on Braden&’s sister. The golden-eyed beauty is a crack shot—and a match for any man. Lori Braden will do anything to save her brother from the hangman&’s noose. Their hard-luck life on the road in a traveling medicine show taught her how few people can be trusted. Who is this man Morgan Davis, who bears a resemblance to her brother? Just another corrupt lawman? An enemy she wouldn&’t hesitate to kill in spite of the passion raging between them? All she knows about this seductive stranger is that he seems determined to keep her out of the crossfire—until secrets from the past threaten each of their futures.
Wanted
by Bobbi SmithEven though he was a wanted man, Veronica Reynolds would always believe in the innocence of the handsome half-breed who'd captured her heart when she was just a girl. Now it's her turn to save him when the escaped convict shows up, wounded and hunted, on her family's ranch.
Wanted
by J. M. SnyderJesse McCray ekes out a hard living cutting cattle from the local beef baron of Defiance, Texas. He's known for his quick draw and his steady aim; no one outguns him. Whenever he and his ragtag group of friends known as the Rustlers ride into town, the local cowboys hold their breaths, waiting for the men to ride through. But one evening, while playing faro at Billy's Saloon, Jesse's attention is drawn to a new face in the crowd.Ethan Phillips is an idealistic tenderfoot from back East, passing through Defiance on his way to the California coast. He's heard tales of the gold that enriches the west coast, and he's looking for a way to make his dreams come true. When his horse pulls up lame, he offers to sing for the cowboys of Billy's Saloon to earn a few coins, but the men jeer at his song until a man in black quiets them. With one look into Jesse's dark eyes, Ethan finds himself falling for the man.Ethan's horse heals but he stays in Defiance, enamored by his outlaw lover. But the cattle baron has a grudge against one of Jesse's outlaw friends, and a gunfight in Billy's Saloon puts a price on the Rustlers' heads. Can Jesse protect Ethan from the lawmen gunning for him and his friends?
Wanted
by J. M. SnyderJesse McCray ekes out a hard living cutting cattle from the local beef baron of Defiance, Texas. He's known for his quick draw and his steady aim; no one outguns him. Whenever he and his ragtag group of friends known as the Rustlers ride into town, the local cowboys hold their breaths, waiting for the men to ride through. But one evening, while playing faro at Billy's Saloon, Jesse's attention is drawn to a new face in the crowd.Ethan Phillips is an idealistic tenderfoot from back East, passing through Defiance on his way to the California coast. He's heard tales of the gold that enriches the west coast, and he's looking for a way to make his dreams come true. When his horse pulls up lame, he offers to sing for the cowboys of Billy's Saloon to earn a few coins, but the men jeer at his song until a man in black quiets them. With one look into Jesse's dark eyes, Ethan finds himself falling for the man.Ethan's horse heals but he stays in Defiance, enamored by his outlaw lover. But the cattle baron has a grudge against one of Jesse's outlaw friends, and a gunfight in Billy's Saloon puts a price on the Rustlers' heads. Can Jesse protect Ethan from the lawmen gunning for him and his friends?
Wanted: Texas Daddy
by Cathy Gillen Thacker"Cathy Gillen Thacker is the go-to author for fun and emotional western romances. " —New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne A SECRET BABY BARGAIN? Small Texas towns always have their secrets. Fortunately, no one in Laramie knows about Sage Lockhart's friends-with-benefits arrangement with hunky cowboy Nick Monroe. And now Sage wants something more from Nick-something that could change the very nature of their relationship. She wants to have his baby. Nick's always wanted to take things with Sage to the next level. Maybe this wasn't exactly what he had in mind, but having a child with Sage is an adventure Nick can't refuse. Of course, neither of them knew just how complicated things could get. With a baby on the way and all their careful plans unraveling, Sage and Nick must face the one secret they've been hiding from themselves...and from each other.
A Wanted Man: A Historical Western Romance (The Stone Creek Novels #2)
by Linda Lael MillerFrom a New York Times–bestselling author, &“another frontier romance loaded with hot lead, steamy sex and surprising plot twists&” (Publishers Weekly). The past has a way of catching up with folks in Stone Creek, Arizona. But schoolmarm Lark Morgan and Marshal Rowdy Rhodes are determined to hide their secrets—and deny their instant attraction. That should be easy, since each suspects the other of living a lie. . . . Yet Rowdy and Lark share one truth: both face real dangers. Such as the gang of train robbers heading their way, men Ranger Sam O&’Ballivan expects Rowdy to nab. As past and current troubles collide, Rowdy and Lark must surrender their pride to the greatest power of all—undying love. &“Linda Lael Miller creates vibrant characters and stories I defy you to forget.&” —Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Best is Yet to Come
Wanton Angel
by Elizabeth ChadwickPassion burns between a lawyer and the sister of a cathouse madam in this fiery Western romance from the bestselling author. Her beauty was intoxicating. Drunk on passion, in the midst of the burning town of Amnonville and among the flames eating away at the Fallen Angel brothel where he found her, Aaron Court mistakenly took Susanna&’s innocence. When he discovered that she was not the Gold Rush&’s newest lady for hire but the naive younger sister of the brothel&’s owner, Court realized that he had a lot of explaining to do. But he could not forget her sizzling embrace, luscious lips, or burning passion. Although he was determined to save her reputation, Court could not resist her ever-present temptation.
Wanton Angel
by Linda Lael MillerA sensually thrilling novel from one of America&’s favorite storytellers, bestselling author Linda Lael Miller, Wanton Angel captures the blazing passions inside a daring woman&’s heart. Her free spirit carried her far away—but her passionate heart never left home... When Bonnie McKutchen left her wealthy husband in a storm of heartache and betrayal, she fled New York with nothing but the dress on her back. Eli McKutchen finally caught up with her in a Washington mining town, outraged to find his beautiful wife dancing for money in a gaudy saloon. Yet as his temper flared, so did his passion...for nothing could extinguish Bonnie&’s blazes once she set them. Tormented with desire by his every touch, Bonnie yielded to the wild delight of her husband&’s embrace. Time and again she vowed to resist, and was sweetly defeated. But with savage pride, she denied her love...even at the risk of losing him forever!
War at Fire Creek
by JuddTHE THRILLING CONCLUSION OF THE CARRIGAN BROTHERS SERIES HELL ON THE RANGE Liam and Joseph Carrigan's quest to find their long-lost Uncle Patrick ends when they finally reach western Montana. Their joyful reunion is short-lived, however, as Patrick is embroiled in a bloody land war with powerful rancher Bret Ellison. Liam and Joseph take up their uncle's cause in their own ways: Liam leaning toward hard action, and Joseph wanting to use diplomacy to find out why Ellison despises their uncle so viciously. After Joseph's attempts at playing peacemaker lead to his being taken hostage by Ellison, Patrick valiantly turns himself over in exchange for his nephew, placing himself at the mercy of his worst enemy. Now, after enduring all the trials of the trail, the Carrigans risk losing the only family they have left. Their last hope is a daring shoot-and-run rescue that can only end with one side the final victor -- and the other side dead.
War Chief (The White Indian Series #3)
by Donald Clayton PorterChained side by side with the fiery Consuelo in a Caribbean dungeon, Renno shares her degradation--until, together, they dare a thrilling escape. THE MAN. Through the Seneca forests that were his home, to the forts of English settlers, across pirate-plundered seas, savage tropical jungles, and the teeming horror of the Everglades, Renno the White Indian blazes a trail of hard-won peace and legendary valor. THE WOMEN. Chained side by side with the fiery Consuelo in a Caribbean dungeon, Renno shares her degradation--until, together, they dare a thrilling escape. And, bound by desire, he takes to his heart the Virginian beauty Betsy--to make her his wife and the mother of his child.
War Comes to the Big Bend: A Western Story
by Zane GreyA wheat farmer is torn between allegiances while fighting to keep the woman he loves in this epic of the First World War!It's 1917, and the United States is about to enter the First World War. The wheat farms of rural Washington State have become an important resource in winning the war. Kurt Dorn is a wheat farmer born of a German father and an American mother, and his family's farm contains some of the finest wheat grown anywhere. But a Bolshevik band, calling itself the Industrial Workers of the World, led by a spy financed by imperial Germany, and, secretly, by a German wheat magnate, seeks to stop Dorn's wheat from getting in Allied hands.Meanwhile, Dorn has fallen in love with Lenore Anderson, the daughter of a wealthy farmer who wants Dorn to supervise his empire and prevent the destructive IWW from ruining everything. But Dorn loses the battle to keep his farm, and instead of fighting from the home front, decides to take up arms and enlist in the US Army. Dorn will now be forced to choose between his patriotism, his love for Lenore, and his desire for revenge in a tale that spans continents and delivers a sobering message of the horrors of war.Heavily edited upon its original publication in 1918, this edition of War Comes to the Big Bend has been restored from Grey's original handwritten manuscript, and showcases the full vision of a master storyteller.
War Cries
by David William RossSEASON OF VENGEANCE Between the Gulf of Mexico and the high plains lies a golden land claimed by a proud warrior people. Now strangers-- unwanted intruders who call themselves Texans--have arrived to challenge the noble Comanche. Soon there will be war in this place where their ancestors rode and hunted--and this land that cannot be shared will be washed in blood and tears. In this time of violence, Libby and Jody Holister have come to build a new life in a rich and fertile valley. But explosive and unstable confrontations now threaten everything they have dared to cherish. For they have settled in the eye of a hurricane of treachery, hatred and greed--a killing storm that will test the resilience of their spirits... and the strength of their dreams.
War Cry (The White Indian Series #7)
by Donald Clayton PorterThe continuing saga of Renno, the white Indian.
War Eagles
by Len LevinsonIn the North, a lanky lawyer named Abraham Lincoln was recovering from a brutal political setback. In the South, eloquent U.S. Senator Jefferson Davis was risking all in a race for governor of his native Mississippi. And far to the Southwest, the future of the frontier was being decided as the U.S. Army, under Colonel Bull Moose Sumner, faced the growing alliance of Native Americans led by the great Mangas Coloradas and determined to defend their ancestral lands. For First Lieutenant Nathanial Barrington it was his first test as a professional soldier following orders he distrusted in an undeclared war without conscience or quarter-and his test as a man when he met the Apache woman warrior Jocita in a night lit by passion that would yield to a day of dark decisions...War Eagles. The tremendous second novel of the authentic Apache Wars Saga epic series that began with Desert Hawks.
War of the Mountain Man (The Last Mountain Man #7)
by William W. JohnstoneRocky Mountain Showdown <P><P> Big Max Higgins ran the outlaw town of Hell's Creek up in the north Montana Rockies... and he decided to include the nearby town of Barlow in his cutthroat operation. What he didn't know was that Smoke Jensen was there with his wife, visiting relatives.<P> It didn't take Smoke long to rout out the lot of them with angry fists and blazing guns... but Smoke didn't count on Big Max doing something as daring, desperate, and stupid as kidnapping his wife--and demanding the town of Barlow itself as ransom.<P> Soon Big Max Higgins would look up and see the last mountain man riding down the middle of the street with reins in his teeth and both hands filled with .44s. Big Max had always wanted to make a name for himself, and he was going to get it, too--carved on his gravestone.
War on Bear Creek
by Robert E. HowardRobert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 - June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. This is one of his western stories.
War on the Cimarron (Center Point Western Standard (large Print) Ser.)
by Luke ShortTwo cattle punchers share a dream of making it big—until one of them is murdered—in this suspenseful western from an award-winning author. Frank Christian and Morg Wheelon were going to build something great. After the two veteran cattle punchers saved up enough to start their own outfit, Frank was to ride down to Texas and buy whatever herd he could, then bring them up the Chisholm Trail through Indian country to the rich grasslands of the Cheyenne in Wyoming. Morg would be waiting with the grazing rights in hand. It was a risky plan, but Frank and Morg weren&’t about to give up their dream. But when Frank arrives with the herd, Morg has been murdered. The land has been stolen by a gang of outlaws, and a corrupt army officer wants to bring Frank down. Frank has never backed away from trouble, however, no matter how long the odds. To avenge his friend&’s death and keep their hopes alive, the small-time cowpuncher must become a world-class gunslinger. A winner of the Levi Strauss Golden Saddleman Award from the Western Writers of America, Luke Short was a master of the frontier epic. War on the Cimarron is one of his most thrilling and unforgettable tales of the Old West.
War Party: Stories (Sacketts #10)
by Louis L'AmourBud Miles was a boy when he crossed the Mississippi. But Bud buried his father after an Indian attack, and as the wagon train pushed on through Sioux country, the boy stood as tall as any man ... Tell Sackett killed cougars at fourteen and fought a war at fifteen. Now Tell was hauling dangerous freight--a soldier's wife and a fortune in gold--knowing that someone wanted him dead ... Laurie Bonnet was a mail-order bride who thought she was a failure on the frontier. But when the chips were down, she was the only one who could save her husband's life ... In these marvelous stories of the West, Louis L'Amour tells of travelers, gunfighters, homesteaders, and adventurers: men and women making hard and sudden choices and fighting battles that could cut a person's life short--or open up a bold new future on the American frontier.From the Paperback edition.
War Path
by Kerry NewcombAs France and Britain wage battle over America, one man takes the war into his own handsTwo lines of Abenaki Indians stand between the settlers and freedom. Each holds a fearsome club, and each is eager to kill. Survive the gauntlet, and the white men are free to go. None but Johnny Stark is up to the task. A mountain of a man, used to spending months at a time in the untamed wilderness of North America, he beats the Indians at their own game, disarming one of the warriors and using his club to fight his way to survival. It is a miracle escape, one that the Abenaki will sing of for generations. This is only the start of the legend of Johnny Stark.When France and Britain go to war over their North American colonies, the Native American tribes are forced to choose sides. In the middle is Stark, who owes allegiance to no crown, but will do whatever it takes to ensure that the frontier remains free for as long as he draws breath.
War Scout (Wildgun #5)
by Jack HansonWhile south of the border, rumblings of war distract Will Barlow from his search for his daughter-and land him in jail as a spy.
War Valley (A Hank Gannon Western #1)
by Lancaster HillIn this powerful new series, a Confederate veteran heads west to start a new life—and gets caught in the middle of a new kind of war . . . WAR VALLEY Hank Gannon grew up on a Florida plantation. He fought alongside his brothers-in-arms in the Civil War. Then he joined the Texas Special Police to help build a more peaceful union—and a future for his beloved Constance. That was the plan. But when a prisoner dies in his custody, Gannon is forced to leave Austin and head into Comanche territory. Alone but undaunted, he meets up with Roving Wolf— who has just slain a former soldier from his unit. Gannon can’t let the killing go unpunished. Even here, in this Godforsaken valley, the law must be upheld . . . On the one side is a bloodthirsty war party of Indians, heading for the white man’s capital. On the other side is a makeshift army of Texas Special Police and the Texas State Guard, ready to meet the threat head-on. In the middle are Hank Gannon and Roving Wolf, waging their own blood feud. Two men trapped in a war. Fighting to survive their mutual hate. Killing to get out alive . . .
Warlock
by Robert Stone Oakley HallOakley Hall's legendary Warlock revisits and reworks the traditional conventions of the Western to present a raw, funny, hypnotic, ultimately devastating picture of American unreality. First published in the 1950s, at the height of the McCarthy era, Warlock is not only one of the most original and entertaining of modern American novels but a lasting contribution to American fiction."Tombstone, Arizona, during the 1880's is, in ways, our national Camelot: a never-never land where American virtues are embodied in the Earps, and the opposite evils in the Clanton gang; where the confrontation at the OK Corral takes on some of the dry purity of the Arthurian joust. Oakley Hall, in his very fine novel Warlock has restored to the myth of Tombstone its full, mortal, blooded humanity. Wyatt Earp is transmogrified into a gunfighter named Blaisdell who . . . is summoned to the embattled town of Warlock by a committee of nervous citizens expressly to be a hero, but finds that he cannot, at last, live up to his image; that there is a flaw not only in him, but also, we feel, in the entire set of assumptions that have allowed the image to exist. . . . Before the agonized epic of Warlock is over with--the rebellion of the proto-Wobblies working in the mines, the struggling for political control of the area, the gunfighting, mob violence, the personal crises of those in power--the collective awareness that is Warlock must face its own inescapable Horror: that what is called society, with its law and order, is as frail, as precarious, as flesh and can be snuffed out and assimilated back into the desert as easily as a corpse can. It is the deep sensitivity to abysses that makes Warlock one of our best American novels. For we are a nation that can, many of us, toss with all aplomb our candy wrapper into the Grand Canyon itself, snap a color shot and drive away; and we need voices like Oakley Hall's to remind us how far that piece of paper, still fluttering brightly behind us, has to fall." --Thomas Pynchon
Warpath of the Mountain Man (Mountain Man #28)
by William W. JohnstoneTHE GREATEST WESTERN WRITER OF THE 21ST CENTURY When an old friend’s family is massacred, legendary mountain man Smoke Jensen hits the vengeance trail. He’s soon riding into a bloody Colorado war that has militia cavalry volunteers and Kiowa warriors stalking each other across the territory—matching kill for kill, outrage for outrage. Defying both sides, Smoke uncovers a sinister conspiracy to set ranchers and Kiowas at each other’s throats. It turns out that the war’s been cooked up by renegade Jack Tatum and his outlaw band, who stand to reap a fortune in gold by selling illegal guns and whiskey to the Indians. High atop the Rockies, a blizzard’s white hell sets the stage for the final showdown with Tatum’s bloody gang, as the mountain man unleashes an avalanche of destruction. Now his enemies are about to learn that the only thing Smoke Jensen sells is death…wholesale.