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England, late 1930s, and Alice Wright - restless, stifled - makes an impulsive decision to marry wealthy American Bennett van Cleve and leave her home and family behind. But stuffy, disapproving Baileyville, Kentucky, where her husband favours work over his wife, and is dominated by his overbearing father, is not the adventure - or the escape - that she hoped for. That is, until she meets Margery O'Hare - daughter of a notorious felon and a troublesome...
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Phil and George are brothers and joint owners of the biggest ranch in their Montana valley. Phil is the bright one, George the plodder. Phil is tall and angular; George is stocky and silent. Phil is a brilliant chess player, a voracious reader, an eloquent storyteller; George learns slowly, and devotes himself to the business. They sleep in the room they shared as boys, and so it has been for forty years. When George unexpectedly marries a young widow...
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Thorpe
Pub. Date
2016
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Sam Cotton is the last person anyone in the New Mexico town of Hope would have suspected of wrongdoing. All that changes, however, when he is seen riding away hell for leather from a scene of robbery and death. Though the victims' families save him from a lynching, once the judge arrives in town, Sam will stand trial for his life - with only his father believing in his innocence...
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Iris Cooper grew up dirt poor in Texas. Her mother left when she was a baby, leaving her to be raised by her rodeo cowboy dad, who was too interested in beer, whisky and women to be a good father to her or to provide what she needed. On top of her innocent beauty, Iris had a rare gift. She had the voice of an angel. After singing in downtrodden bars across the state from the age of twelve, and then many years on the road with different bands suffering...
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In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers...
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Thorpe
Pub. Date
2016
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After the Civil War, former ranger Nicolas Kilpatrick and his fellow ex-soldiers continue to deploy their skills, protecting settlers from Indian attacks and tracking down gangs of robbers and rustlers. In the wake of a shootout with the murderous Maitland Guerrillas, a dying bandit offers Nick information on the gang's leader - in exchange for a promise that his soon-to-be-widow will be taken care of. Setting off to chase down Frank Maitland and...
8) Dark sky
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Joe Pickett volume 21
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Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
2021
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Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must accompany a Silicon Valley CEO on a hunting trip - but soon learns that he himself may be the hunted.
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Robert Hale
Pub. Date
2016.
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For twelve year-old Brent Cutler, seeing his father lynched was the most powerful influence on his young life, giving him an abiding and life-long hatred of injustice of any form. There will be hard words and tough actions before Cutler can finally lay the demons of his childhood to rest.
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Robert Hale
Pub. Date
2016.
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This is the story of a range war, the story of a railroad right of way, of murder, greed and corruption littering the long dark trail from the East Coast of America, to south Texas. This is the story of the township of Serenity, and the people who live and die there.
11) Hell Paso
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Robert Hale
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2016.
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Morgan Latimer is a drifter, riding through the West trying to escape his past and especially trouble. During his travels, he is forced to take shelter in a cave as an ominous dirt storm plunges him into darkness. After the storm passes, he overhears a scuffle breaking out. Immediately, he knows he has found the trouble he was trying to avoid.
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Robert Hale Publishing
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2016.
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Jason Connor, a wandering preacher, stumbles across a wagon and its dead occupants. In shock, he decides he must deliver the only survivor, a young boy, to his aunt and uncle. But before he can do so, he must shoot his way through the gang responsible for the murders. The trouble is not over yet. When he comes upon the scene of a double lynching, the discovery puts Connor on a collision course with the executioners. The killers keep coming and the...
13) McGraw returns
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Robert Hale
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2015.
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Jack NcGraw returns home from twenty years in prison to meet his daughter and protect her from the henchmen of a local man hellbent on buying her farm. The henchmen kidnap Rebecca, leading to a three-state manhunt. During the hunt, McGraw meets Nancy Lowe. Not since the passing of his long-dead wife has he felt the stir of love.
14) Coyote moon
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Robert Hale
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2015.
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Buffalo hunter O'Brien has settled down to a civilized life in Fort Revenge, but trouble soon comes from an outlaw gang and a family seeking revenge. O'Brien must respond to these challenges with his own brand of gunsmoke, while he wrestles with two life decisions.
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The Crowood Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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The good citizens of Wichitam Kansas, are desperate to appoint a lawman who can control the wild Texas cowboys fresh off the trail and eager to have fun. Far more serious, however, are the plans of certain crooked plotters who want to take over the town for their own ends.
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The Crowood Press
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2016.
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When Sarah McKinney finally turns on her abusive husband and beats him unconscious, she and her adopted son Jason are forced to flee and begin a perilous new life on the run. But Sarah is resourceful and Jason is a born survivor, and over the coming weeks their lives settle down as Sarah finds works as a doctor's assistant, and Jason is reunited with his real father and takes a job as a ranch hand. But Jason's quick temper soon gets him into trouble...
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Robert Hale
Pub. Date
2017
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Following his release from prison, all gunfighter Luke Nicholls wants is revenge against William Grant, the man who almost killed him. Unfortunately, when the two meet, things don't go the way Luke had imagined, and his confidence is shaken. More complications arise when Kate Portillo, a woman out to avenge the murder of her husband, tries to enlist his help. He refuses, determined not to lose sight of his own ambition, but Grant has other ideas....
18) Blood feud
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Robert Hale
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2017.
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Montana trapper Luke Driscoll has returned home to Garrison, Texas, when he receives a letter from his estranged brother Nate who has become embroiled in a land dispute with cattle baron Robert McTavish - and it's about to turn deadly. But Luke also meets the lovely Miranda, McTavish's eldest daughter, and cannot help his feelings for her. Now Luke must balance family loyalty and his budding love for Miranda to fight the determined and resourceful...
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The Crowood Press
Pub. Date
2017
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During the hot summer of 1888, three men are traveling to Cheyenne aboard a passenger car of the Union Pacific-Luke Tisdale, Marcus Stokesbury, and Ezra McPherson. Luke, a medical doctor, seeks to claim the body of his brother, who has been murdered. He also intends to find out who killed him. Marcus, a newspaper reporter from Atlanta, is in pursuit of a story. And the story is Ezra, a man of mystery who once called the West home. Ezra, haunted by...
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The Crowood Press
Pub. Date
2017
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At the age of 22, Hal Chesterton's world is turned on its head. He could never have guessed a blocked watercourse heralded such a disastrous change to his life. His pa's lucky coin, a gold half eagle, responsible for a stroke of good luck, now bears a bitter fruit. For the first time, Hal has to stand on his own two feet, and the prospects don't look good. Gunfights, loose women, and deception play havoc with his search for the culprit. Hot-headed...